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.

4/26/2023

Deuteronomy 9:1-29 Don’t Think You’re Possessing this Land because of Your Size or Might

 

Don’t Think You’re Possessing this Land because of Your Size or Might

Deuteronomy 9:1-29      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

O Israel, hear: You [are] to pass over [the] Jordan [River today,] to go in & possess nations [larger] & mightier than [you.] [Large] cities with fenced [& fortified] up to heaven.

The children [people] of the Anakims, [many] & tall people, whom you know & of whom you know & [have] heard [it said,] Who can stand before the children [people] of Anak! 

Therefore, understand [today,] that it is the Lord your God [Who] goes over before you. [Like] a consuming fire, He shall destroy them. He shall bring them down before your [eyes.] So, you shall drive them out & destroy them quickly, as the Lord has said to you.

[Don’t think] in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, [Because of] my righteousness, the Lord has brought me in to possess this land. [It’s because] of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord [drives] them out from before you. 

[It’s not because of] your righteousness or [how upright your hearts are that] you go in to possess their land, but the Lord your God is [driving] them out, [because of] the wickedness of these nations, [so] that He may [fulfill] the Word [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers:] Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.]

Therefore, understand that the Lord your God [doesn’t give] you this good land to possess it, for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked [stubborn] people.

Remember & don’t forget how you [provoked] the Lord your God to [anger] in the wilderness. From the day you [left] the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. Also, in Horeb, [a.k.a. Mount Sinai,] you provoked the Lord to [fury,] that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. [Psalm 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb & worshiped the [molded] image.]

When I [had] gone up into the [mountain] to receive the [tablets] of stone, of the covenant [contract] the Lord made with you & then I [stayed] in the [mountain] 40 days & nights & I ate neither bread nor [drank] water.

The Lord delivered to me 2 [tablets] of stone written with the finger of God. On them was written according to all the words, [that] the Lord [spoke] with you in the [mountain] out of the midst of the fire [on] the day of the assembly.

At the end of 40 days & nights, the Lord gave me the 2 [tablets] of stone of the covenant & the Lord said to me, Arise & [go] down quickly from here, [because] your people [that] you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves & [have gone astray from what] I commanded them & have made [themselves] a [molded] image.

[Also,] the Lord [said] to me, I have seen [these] people & [look it’s] a stiff-necked [stubborn] people. [Leave] me alone, [so] I may destroy them & blot out their name from under heaven.

And I will make [for] you a nation mightier and greater than they [are.] So, I turned & came down from the [mountain that] burned with fire [with] the 2 [tablets] of the covenant in my hands.

I looked & [saw you] had sinned against the Lord your God & [you] had made [yourselves] a [molded golden] calf.  You quickly [turned astray from the way] the Lord had commanded you. 

I took the 2 [tablets & threw] them out of my hands & [broke] them before your eyes. I fell down before the Lord, [like] I did at the [beginning] of the 40 days & nights. I didn’t eat bread or drink water, because of all your sins which you [did,] in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

For I was afraid of the anger & hot displeasure [of] the [Lord’s fury] & hot displeasure, [with which] the Lord was [angry] against you to destroy you. But the Lord also [listened] to me, at that time. The Lord was very angry with Aaron, to [destroy] him & I also prayed for Aaron, [at] the same time.

I took your [sins] & the calf [that] you made & burnt it with fire. I [stomped on] it & ground it very small [like] dust & cast it into the brook that [came down from the mountain.] [Also,] at Taberah, at Massah, at Kibroth Hattaavah, [you] provoked the Lord to [anger.] 

[Numbers 11:3-5 And [Moses] called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. And the [mixed] multitude that was among them & the children [people] of Israel, fell [lusting] & wept again, saying, Who shall give us [meat] to eat??

We remember the fish in Egypt, we [ate] freely, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions &. [garlic.] But. now our souls [are] dried [up] & there is nothing at all, [besides] this manna, before our eyes.]

Likewise, when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up & possess the land [that] I have [given to] you; then you rebelled against the [command] of the Lord your God & you didn't believe Him, nor listen to His voice.

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the [first] day that I knew you. [That’s why] I fell down before the Lord 40 days & nights, [like] I fell down [the first time]; because the Lord said He would destroy you. 

Therefore, I prayed to the Lord & said, O Lord [don’t] destroy Your people & Your inheritance, [that] You have redeemed through Your greatness, [when] You brought them [out] of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember Your servants: Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.

[Don’t] look [at] the stubbornness, the wickedness, [or] the sin of this people: Lest the land [Egypt, where] You brought us out [says,] The Lord wasn’t able to bring them into the land He promised them, because He hated them & brought them into the wilderness to [kill] them.

[Still] they are Your people & Your inheritance [that] you brought out by Your mighty power & Your [outstretched] arm.