About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

11/17/2022

Genesis 1:1-31 Creation in Six Days

 

Creation in Six Days 

Genesis 1:1-31

In the beginning God created the heavens & earth. The earth was without form & void & darkness was on the face of the deep. The Spirit of God was moved over the face of the waters. [Then] God said, Let there be light, & there was light. And God saw the light & that it was good & God divided the light from the darkness & called the light Day & called the darkness Night. And the evening & the morning were the 1st day. 

[Then] God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters & let it divide the waters from the waters & God made the firmament  & divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament & it was so. And God called the firmament [He made] Heaven. And the evening & the morning were the 2nd day. 

[Then] God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place & let the dry land appear & it was so. And God called the dry land Earth & He called the gathering together of the waters Seas & God saw that it was good. [Then] God said, Let the earth bring forth grass & herbs yielding seed after [its] kind & the fruit tree yielding fruit after [its] kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth & it was so. God saw it was good. The evening & the morning were the 3rd day. And the earth brought forth grass & herb yielding seeds after [its] kind & tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after [its] kind. And God saw that it was good. And the evening & the morning were the 3rd day.

[Then] God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night & let them be for signs & seasons & for days & years. Let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth & it was so. [Then,] God made 2 great lights; the [larger] light to rule the day & the [smaller] light to rule the night & He also made the stars. And God set [the stars] in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon earth. And to rule over the day & the night & to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good & the evening & the morning were the 4th day.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving [creatures] that have life & the [birds] that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. God created [large] whales & every living thing that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind & every winged [bird according to their] kind & God saw that it was good. God blessed them saying, Be fruitful & multiply & fill the waters in the seas & let the [birds] multiply on the earth & the evening & the morning were the 5th day.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after [its] kind: cattle, creeping [things & beasts] of the earth, after [its] kind, & it was so. God made the beast of the earth after [its] kind & cattle after their kind & every thing that [creeps] upon the earth after [its] kind & God saw that it was good. God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness & let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the [birds] of the air, over the cattle & over all the earth & over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So, God created man in His own image & in the image of God, He created him: male & female [God] created them. And God blessed them & said to them, Be fruitful & multiply & replenish the earth & subdue it & have dominion over the fish of the sea, the [birds] of the air & over every living thing that moves on the earth. God said, [Look,] I have given you every herb  bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth & every tree, in which the fruit of the tree [yields] seed. It shall be for [food] for you. Also, I have given every green herb for [food], to every beast of the earth, to every [bird] of the air & to everything that creeps on the earth, [in which] there is life & it was so. [Then,] God saw everything that He had made & [saw that] it was very good & the evening & the morning were the 6th day.