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.

7/16/2023

1 Samuel 7:1-17 Taking the Ark of the Lord to the House of Abinadab

 

Taking the Ark of the Lord to the House of Abinadab

  1 Samuel 7:1-17                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

The men of Kirjath Jearim came & [took] the Ark of the Lord into the house of Abinadab [on] the hill & sanctified Eleazar, his son to [take care of] the Ark the Lord. The Ark had stayed [a] long time, for 20 years in Kirjath Jearim & all the house of Israel [mourned & sought] after the Lord. 

Samuel [spoke] to all the [Israelites,] saying, If you return to the Lord with all your hearts & put away the strange gods & Ashtaroth from among you & prepare your hearts to the Lord & serve only Him; He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 

The children [people] of Israel did put away Baalim & Asharoth & served only the Lord [God.] Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mispeh & I will pray for you to the Lord. 

They gathered together in Mizpeh & drew water & poured it out before the Lord & fasted that day & said, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children [people] of Israel in Mizpeh. When the Philistines heard the [Israelites] were gathered together in Mizpeh, the Philistine lords went to [battle] against Israel.

When the [Israelites] heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines & said to Samuel, [Don’t stop crying out] to the Lord our God for us, so He will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

Samuel took a lamb [that wasn’t weaned] & offered it for a burnt offering [totally] to the Lord. And Samuel cried [out] to the Lord for Israel & the Lord heard him.

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, but the Lord thundered [loudly] that day upon the Philistines & [defeated] them & they were [destroyed] before Israel. 

The men of Israel went out of Mizpeh & pursued the Philistines & [struck them down] until they came to Beth Car. Samuel took a [rock] & put it between Mizpeh & Shen & & [named] it Ebenezer, saying, [Up until now,] the Lord [God] helped us. So, the Philistines were [forced into submission] & they no [longer] came into [Israel’s] coast & the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

The cities the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath. And Israel delivered [its coastal territory from] the hands of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel & the Amorites.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life & he went from year to year in a circuit [from] Bethel to Gilgal & [to] Mizpeh & judged Israel in all those places. His house was in Ramah, where he [returned] & he judged Israel there & built an altar to the Lord.