I love how Keller presents how we should treat the bible as a grand narrative (in comparison to using individual passages to teach on topics/lessons you desire to convey).
Excerpt (in verbatim) of his exposition of Nehemiah 3-4 titled "Laboring for a God Who Fights for Us" From 5:03 to 6:05
Laboring for a God Who Fights for Us
That means that the bible ultimately is one story. It is not just a bunch of little stories, though it is in a sense. But it is one large story, there is one large narrative arc. And everything in the bible because it's all written by a divine author behind the human author, is moving and pointing along on that arc.
In this case, here's what we know. We know that this Nehemiah... is pointing to the ultimate Nehemiah. That is, the ultimate one who was in the palace, completely safe, had it made, and who left all of that and went out into danger, to identify with his people. And of course, Jesus Christ the ultimate Nehemiah, not doing that at the risk of his life but at the cost of his life... And what did he come to do? Essentially to make us citizens of the ultimate city.
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