About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, 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.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

7/14/2023

1 Samuel 5:1-12 Putting the Ark of the Lord God by Their idol

 

Putting the Ark of the Lord God by Their idol

1 Samuel 5:1-12                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

The Philistines took the Ark of God, & bought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. When the Philistines took the Ark of God they brought it into the house of Dagon, & set [the Ark] by Dagon. [Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall [totally] overthrow them & [totally] break down their images.]

And when [those] of Ashdod arose early the [next day, saw] Dagon [had] fallen upon [its] face to the [ground in front of] the Ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon & set [it] [back] in [its] place again.

When they rose early the [next] morning, & [saw,] Dagon [had] fallen upon [its] face to the ground to the ground, [in front of] the Ark of the Lord, & the head of Dagon, & both the palms of [its] hands were cut off, [& were lying] upon the threshold. 

Only the stump, [a.k.a. torso,] of Dagon was left. Therefore, neither [its] priests, nor anyone [who comes] into Dagon’s house, [walk] on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod to this day. 

But the hand of the Lord was heavy on [those] of Ashdod, & He destroyed them, & [struck] them with emerods, [a.k.a. tumors,] & even [from] Ashdod to [their surrounding] coasts.

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The Ark of the God of Israel shall not [stay] with us, for His hand is [heavy] upon us, & upon Dagon, our god. 

Therefore, they sent [for] & gathered all the [Philistine] lords to them, & said What shall we do with the Ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let the Ark of God of Israel be carried [around] to Gath. And they carried the Ark of the God of Israel [there.] 

And after they had carried [the Ark around,] it [happened,] that the hand of the Lord was against the city [of Gath] with a very [large] destruction, & He [struck] the men of the city, both [powerless & powerful] [with] [tumors] in their [private places.] 

Therefore, they sent the Ark of God to Ekron & it [happened,] as the Ark of God came to Enron, the Ekronites cried out saying, They have brought the Ark of the God of Israel to us, to [kill] us & our people.

So, they sent [for,] & gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, & said, Send away the Ark of the God of Israel, & let it go to [its] own place again, [so] it [doesn’t kill] us, & our people. For there was deadly destruction throughout all the city. 

The hand of [the Lord] God was heavy there. And the men [who hadn’t] died, were [struck] with [tumors] & the [out] cry of the city went up to heaven.