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.

12/04/2022

Genesis 18:1-33 Abraham Asks the Lord to Spare Sodom

 

Abraham Asks the Lord to Spare Sodom

Genesis 18:1-33                  The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

The Lord appeared to [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre; as he sat in [his] tent door in the heat of the day & looked up & saw 3 men & ran to meet them & bowed toward the ground. [Abraham] said, My Lord, I pray You, if I have now found favor in Your sight, [don't pass on by,] from Your servant. I pray You, let a little water be [gotten to] wash your feet & rest yourselves under the tree. Therefore, I will [bring] you a morsel of bread & you comfort your hearts. After that, you shall pass on, for you [have] come to Your servant. And they said, Do as you have said.

Abraham hurried to the tent to Sarah & said, Quickly make ready, kneaded cakes of 3 measures of fine meal, upon the hearth. Abraham ran to the herd & got a tender calf from the herd & gave it to a young man [who quickly prepared it.] He took the butter, milk & [the prepared] calf & set it before them & they did eat, as he stood by them under the tree. 

They [asked,] Where is Sarah, your wife? [Abraham] said, [Look,] she was in the tent. The [Lord] said, I will certainly return to you, according to the time of life & Sarah, your wife, shall have a son. And Sarah heard it, [while] in the tent door, behind Him. Now, Abraham & Sarah were old & well stricken [by] age & Sarah [was past the age of child bearing.] 

Therefore, Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have [grown] old, shall I have [this] pleasure, my [husband] being old, also? And the Lord said to Agraham, [Why] did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, [since] I am old? [The Lord replied,] Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, Sarah shall have a son. Sarah denied, [because] she was afraid, saying, I [didn't] laugh. [But the Lord] said, No, but you did laugh.

[As] the 3 men rose from there & looked toward Sodom, Abraham went with them to [take them to the road.] And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham [what I’m going to] do, [since] Abraham shall surely become a great & mighty nation & all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him & he will command his children & household after him, so they all keep the [path] of the Lord, to do justice & judgment, [so] that the Lord may bring upon Abraham [what I have] spoken to him.

The Lord said, Because the cry [against] Sodom & Gomorrah is great, because their sin is very [serious;] I will go down now & see whether they have done according to the cry [that] has come to Me & if not, I will know. Then the men turned [away] from [there] & went toward Sodom. 

But Abraham [still] stood before the Lord. Abraham [came close] & asked [the Lord,] Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? [Perhaps,] if there are 50 righteous within the city, would You also destroy the place & not spare [it] for the 50 righteous that are [in there?] Far be it from You, to do [something like] this, to [kill] the righteous with the wicked & that the righteous should be [treated like] the wicked. That [would] be far from You. [Shouldn't] the Judge of all the earth, do right? The Lord said, If I find 50 righteous within [Sodom,] then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered & said, [Look] now, I have taken it upon [myself] to speak to the Lord, [when I'm just] dust & ashes. [Perhaps, if there were 5 less than] the 50 righteous, would You destroy all the city for lack of 5? The [Lord] said to [Abraham,] If I find 45 [righteous,] I won't destroy it.

And [Abraham] spoke to the Lord again, & said, [Perhaps,] if there were only 40 [righteous] found there? And [the Lord] said, I will not do it for 40's sake. [Then,] Abraham] said to [the Lord,] Oh, [don't] let the Lord be angry & I will speak. [Perhaps,] if 30 [should] be found there? [The Lord] said, I won't do it if I find 30 [righteous] there. 

And [Abraham asked the Lord,] [Look] now, I have taken [it upon myself] to speak to the Lord. [Perhaps] there shall be 20 found there? And [the Lord] said, I won't destroy it for the sake [of] 20. And [Abraham] said, Oh, [don't] let the Lord be angry & I will speak this once. [Perhaps,] if 10 should be found there? [The Lord] said, I won't destroy it for the sake [of] 10 [righteous]. The Lord went His way [after speaking] with Abraham & Abraham returned to his place.