Nehemiah a picture of Christ!?!

Nehemiah 13:30-31, "Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work; and I provided the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good."

Wow, as I prepare to teach on this passage this coming Sunday, I couldn't help posting on this passage. Nehemiah is a book of hope and new beginnings, and it is fitting that although we end in the rebuke of the people it ushers in this idea that a leader is needed, without him things fall apart, just as they did when Nehemiah left. The people need one who is awash in the word of the Lord (or perhaps is that very Word *wink wink*) and one who leads by example. A man above reproach and is not afraid to rebuke the people and the leadership. In light of Ezra/Nehemiah's placement in the hebrew canon (2nd to last book directly b4 Chronicles) this idea is definitely fitting, and the book is also prophetic. This leader will cleanse the people, establish the priesthood, and provide the wood offering at appointed times, specifically once, being the firstfruits (I Cor. 15:20-23) And then, he will be glorified! So as scripture faces a new picture of David coming after this book, are we to be looking forward to a new David? This is the question the books Nehemiah, and more obviously Chronicles begs.