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.

12/03/2022

Genesis 17:1-27 God Renames Abram as Abraham

 

God Renames Abram as Abraham

Genesis 17:1-27                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him & said, I am the Almighty God; walk before Me & be perfect [without blame.] I will make My covenant between Me & you & will multiply you exceedingly. Abram fell on his face & God [said,] My covenant is with you & you shall be a father of many nations. Neither shall your name be Abram any more, but it shall be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations & I will make you [very] fruitful & will make nations of you & kings shall come [from] you. 

*I will establish My covenant [contract] between Me & you & your [descendants] generations after you, for an everlasting covenant. to be a God to you & to your [descendants] after you. [Romans 9:7-9 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but In Isaac shall your seed be called. That is, [Those] which are the children of flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the Promise, [who are considered as] the seed. For this is the word of the Promise, At this time, I will come & Sarah shall have a son.]  

And I will give to you & to your [descendants] after you, the land [where] you are [now] a stranger & all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession & I will be their God. And God said to Abraham, You shall keep My covenant [contract]. Therefore, you & your [descendants] after you [throughout] their generations. This is My covenant which you & your descendants shall keep [with] Me: Every [male] child 8 days old, shall be circumcised in the flesh of their foreskins as a sign of the everlasting covenant between Me & you, whether he is born in your house, or he is bought with money from strangers who aren’t your [descendants]. [He] must be circumcised & My covenant & shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant [contract.]

And the uncircumcised man, whose flesh of his foreskin isn't circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken My covenant [contract.] And God [told] Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name & He said, *And I will bless her & will give you a son also by her & she will be a mother of nations & kings of peoples shall be from her. 

[Genesis 35:11 And God said to [Jacob a.k.a. Israel,] I am God Almighty. Be fruitful & multiply. A nation & a [group] of nations shall be [from] you & kings shall come [from you.] And the land which I gave Abraham & Isaac & to you, I will give the land to your [descendants] after you.]

Then, Abraham fell on his face & laughed & said in his heart, Shall a child be born to a man 100 years old? Shall Sarah, [who] is 90 years old, bear [a child]? Abraham [thought God was talking about Ishmael.] And God said, Sarah, your wife, shall indeed bear you a son & you shall call his name: Isaac. I will establish My everlasting covenant with him & his [descendants] after him.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. [See,] I have blessed him & will make him fruitful & will multiply him exceedingly. He will [father] 12 princes & I will make [by] him a great nation. But My covenant will be established with Isaac, [whom] Sarah will bear to you this time next year. 

God went up from Abraham, when [the Lord God finished] talking with him. [So] Abraham took Ishmael, his 13 year old son & all who were born in his house & all who were bought with his money & circumcised every male among the men of Abraham's house, the [very same] day. Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin & his son, Ishmael, was 13 years old. [On] the same day [both] Abraham & Ishmael were circumcised & all the men of his house, [whether] born in his house & [those] bought with money [from] a stranger [along] with him.