To Fear God Doesn’t Mean To Be Afraid Of Him Toward the end of the Old Testament God raised up a man named Nehemiah to lead in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He was a Jewish exile living in Persia. One day he heard news from his brother and other Jews who had recently returned from Judah that the walls of the city were broken down and the gates burned. Nehemiah 1:1-3 When Nehemiah learns the walls  of Jerusalem have not been rebuilt, he asks God for the opportunity to rebuild them. Nehemiah 1-2 This news upset him ...