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.

1/07/2023

Exodus 3:1-22 God Calls Moses from a Burning Bush

 

God Calls Moses from the Midst of a Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-22            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

Moses was [tending] the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian & & led them to the back of the desert to Horeb & the mountain of God. The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. [Moses looked & although] the bush [was burning] with fire, the bush wasn't consumed [& burnt.]  

Moses said, I will turn aside now & see this great sight & why the bush isn't burnt. When the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to see, God called him from the midst of the bush &  said, Moses, Moses. [Moses] said, Here I am. God told him, [Don’t come close & take] off your shoes, for the place [where] you stand is holy ground. 

[Additionally,] He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac & the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. The Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people [who] are in Egypt & I have heard their cry, [because] of their task masters, for I know their sorrows. 

I [have] come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians & to bring them up from that land to a good, large land flowing with milk & honey, to the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites & the Jebusites.

The cry of the children of Israel [has] come to Me & I have seen [their] oppression [from the] Egyptians. Therefore, come now & I will send you to Pharaoh so you [may] bring forth My people, the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Moses [asked] God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh & I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? [The Lord God] said, I will certainly be with you & this will be a [sign] to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.

Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel & say, The God of your [forefathers] has sent me to you; they shall say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, I Am That I Am: and He said, You shall say [this] to the children of Israel, I AM [has] sent me to you. 

[Also,] God said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your [forefathers,] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac & the God of Jacob [has] sent me to you. This is My name forever & this is My memorial to all generations.

Go & gather the elders of Israel together & say, The Lord God of your [forefathers,] the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob appeared to me saying, I have surely visited you & seen [what] is done to you in Egypt.

I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites & Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk & honey.

They will [listen] to your voice & you shall come, you & the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt & you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us & now, let us go, we [request of] you, 3 days journey into the wilderness, [so] that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 

*I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even by a mighty hand. [So] I [the Lord God] will stretch out My hand & [strike] Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in [its] midst & after that, he will let you go. [Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I [don't] know the Lord & neither will I let Israel go.]  

I will give the [Israelites] favor in the sight of the Egyptians & it shall come to pass, when you [leave] you shall not go [away empty handed.] 

*But every woman shall borrow [from] her neighbor & those who [reside] in her house for [articles] of jewelry: silver, gold & clothing & you shall put them on your sons & daughters. So you shall [plunder] the Egyptians. 

[Exodus 12:35-36 And the children [people] of Israel did according to the word of Moses & they borrowed [from] the Egyptians, jewels of silver & jewels of gold & [clothing.] And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them the things they [requested.] And they [plundered] the Egyptians.]