Day 257..."Nehemiah's seeks to keep the identity clear...I saw the light"

Nehemiah again expresses outrage regarding his people's disregard for their religion. Again, these teachings in Nehemiah are about diluting religion and not race or culture. Nehemiah ends with the words..."Remember me, O my God, for good." in these words he seemed to bear the burden of a people trying to "get their act together" following exile. Isaiah, chapter sixty, reads more like an advent passage with the metaphor of light..."Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples;but the Lord will arise upon you,and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising." Later, Isaiah says..."The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory." Speaking of light...Paul recalls and retells his seeing the light. He also says a word about sanctioning the stoning of Stephen. Paul's story was a amazing life changing story!