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.

7/21/2023

1 Samuel 12:1-25 Elderly Samuel Asks If He’s Ever Defrauded, Oppressed or Taken a Bribe

Elderly Samuel Asks If He’s Ever Defrauded, Oppressed or Taken a Bribe

  1 Samuel 12:1-25                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

Samuel said to all [of] Israel, I have [listened] to your voice in all that you said & have made a king over you. Now, [see,] the king walks before you & I am old & gray headed. 

[Look,] my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood [until] this day. [See,] I am here. Witness against me before the Lord & His anointed: Whose ox or [donkey] have I taken? 

Whom have I defrauded [or] oppressed? Of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind [my] eyes [with it?] [Tell me] & I will restore it [to] you. They said, You haven’t defrauded us, nor oppressed us & neither have you taken [anything from] any man’s hand.

[Samuel] said to them, The Lord & His anointed [are witnesses] against you this day, that you haven’t found [anything] in my hand. They answered, He is [a] witness.

Samuel said to the people, It is the Lord, [Who] advanced Moses & Aaron & brought your [forefathers] up out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, standstill, [so] I may reason with you before the Lord [about] all the righteous acts of the Lord, that He did to you & to your [forefathers.] 

When Jacob [a.k.a. Israel, came] into Egypt & your [forefathers] cried [out] to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses & Aaron [who] brought your [forefathers] out of Egypt & [made] them [live] in this  place.

When they [forgot] the Lord their God, He sold them into the [hands] of Sisera; captain of [Hazor’s army] & into the [hands] of the Philistines & into the [hands] of [Moab’s] king.

They fought against them & cried [out] to the Lord & said, We have sinned, because we have [abandoned] the Lord & have served Baalim & Ashtaroth. 

But now, deliver us out of the hands of our enemies & we will serve You. The Lord sent Jerubbaal [a.k.a. Gideon] & Bedan, Jephthah & Samuel & delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side & you [lived safely.] 

When you saw that Nahash, the king of the children [people] of Ammon came against you, you said to me, [No;] but a king shall [rule] over us; when the Lord your God was your king. 

Therefore, now, [see,] the king you have chosen & desired! [Look,] the Lord has [put] a king over you. 

If you will fear [respect] the Lord & serve Him & obey His voice & not rebel against the [commandments] of the Lord, then both you & the king [who rules] over you shall continue following the Lord your God. 

But if you won’t obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the [commandments] of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord shall be against you [like] it was against your [forefathers.]

Therefore, now stand & see this great thing, [that] the Lord shall do before your eyes. Isn’t today wheat harvest?

I will call to the Lord & He shall send thunder & rain, [so] that you may see & [realize] your wickedness is great & [what] you have done in the sight of the Lord, [by] asking for a king [for yourselves.] 

So, Samuel called to the Lord & the Lord sent thunder & rain that day & all the people greatly feared [respected] the Lord & Samuel. 

And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, [so] that we [won’t] die: for we have added to all our sins, this evil in [asking] for a king [for us.]

And Samuel said to the people, [Don’t be fearful,] you have done all this wickedness, but don’t [go astray] from following the Lord, but [continue] to serve the Lord with all of your heart. 

[Don’t go astray]: for then if you go after vain things, [that] can’t [benefit] or deliver [you,] for they are [worthless.] For the Lord won’t [abandon] His people for His great Name’s sake; because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

As for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good & right way. Only fear [respect] the Lord & serve Him in truth with all your heart. Consider how [many] great things He has done for you. But if you shall still do wickedly, you & your king shall both [perish.]