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.

9/26/2023

2 Kings 2:1-25 Elijah is Taken Up to Heaven in a Whirlwind

 

Elijah is Taken Up to Heaven in a Whirlwind

2 Kings 2:1-25                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened,] when the Lord [wanted to] take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha, from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, I pray that you [wait] here; for the Lord has sent me to Bethel. 

Elisha said to [Elijah,] As the Lord lives & your soul lives, I won't leave you. So, they went down to Bethel. The sons of the prophets in Bethel, came to Elisha & said to him, Don't you know the Lord will take away your master from you today? Elisha said, Yes, I know it; hold your peace.

Elijah said to Elisha, I pray that you [wait] here; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And [Elisha] said, As the Lord lives & your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. 

And the sons of the prophets that were [in] Jericho came & said to Elisha, Don't you know the Lord will take away your master from you today? [Elisha] answered, Yes, I know it; hold your peace.

And Elijah said to [Elisha] I pray that you [wait] here; for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. And [Elisha] said, As the Lord lives & as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And the two went on. 

And 50 of the sons of the prophets went & stood by [the] Jordan [River] to [watch far away]. And Elijah took his [cloak] & wrapped it together & [struck] the waters & they were [parted to opposite sides,] so the two went [across the Jordan] on dry ground.

When they had [crossed] over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I'm taken away from you. Elisha said, I pray that you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me. [Elijah] said, You ask a [difficult] thing: [but] if you see me when I'm taken up from you, it shall be [done].

[But] if you don't see me, it won't be so. It [happened] as they still went on & talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire & horses of fire & [separated] them. And Elijah went up [in] a whirlwind into heaven.

Elisha saw it & cried [out,] My Father, My Father, the chariot of Israel & [its] horses. [Elisha no longer saw Elijah]. [Elisha] took hold of his own clothes & [tore] them in 2 pieces.

[Elisha] took up [Elijah's cloak] that fell from him & went back & stood by the bank of [the] Jordan. [Then, Elisha] took [Elijah's cloak] that fell from him & [struck] the waters & said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? 

When [Elisha struck] the waters, they were parted [to opposite sides] & Elisha went [across]. When the sons of the prophets of Jericho, who were watching, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah [rests] on Elisha. 

They came to [greet Elisha] & bowed to the ground [in front of] him & said, [Look,] there are 50 strong men, with [us,] your servants. We pray that you let them go [search] for your master [in case] the Spirit of the Lord took him up & [threw him] upon some mountain or into some valley.

[Elisha,] said, You shall not send [them]. When they urged [Elisha' until he was ashamed, he said, Send [them]. They searched for 3 days, but didn't [find Elijah]. [Elisha waited] in Jericho & when they [returned, Elisha] said to them, Didn't I [tell you not to go]? 

The men of the city said to Elisha, I pray that you [see] the [this pleasant] city is [well situated], as my lord sees; but the water is [bad] & the ground is barren [& can't grow crops]. [Elisha] said, Pult salt [in it]. 

They brought [salt] to him & Elisha went to the spring & [threw] salt in there & said, The Lord says [this,] I have healed these waters & there shall no [longer] be any death or barren land. So, the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha [that] he spoke.

[Elisha] went up from [there] into Bethel. As he was going by the [road, youths] came out of the city & mocked [harassed] him & said to [Elisha,] Go up, you bald [headed man;] go up, you bald [man].

[Elisha] turned back & looked [at] them & cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came [out] of the [woods,] 2 [mother] bears & [tore] 42 [of the] children. [Elisha] went from [there] to Mount Carmel & from [there] he returned to Samaria.