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.

10/15/2023

2 Kings 21:1-26 Manasseh's Doomed to Destruction for Their Witchcraft, Idols & Astrology

Manasseh's Doomed to Destruction for Their Witchcraft, Idols & Astrology 

2 Kings 21:1-26                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

Manasseh [a.k.a. Manesseh,] was 12 years old when he began to [rule] & [he ruled] 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

[Manasseh] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord [threw] out before the children [people] of Israel. [2 Kings 16:3-4 But he [followed] in the [ways] of the kings of Israel. 

[Yes,] he made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children [people] of Israel. And he sacrificed & burnt incense in the high places, on the hills & under every green tree.] 

For [Manasseh] again built up the high places [that] his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. And he [put] up altars for Baal & made a grove, [like] Ahab did. 

[He] worshiped all the [stars & constellations] of heaven [a.k.a. astrology] & served them. And [Manasseh,] built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, I will put My Name in Jerusalem. 

[Jeremiah 7:30 For the children [people] of Judah have done evil in My sight, [says] the Lord. They have [put] their abominations in the house which is called by My Name, to [defile] it.]

And [Manasseh] built altars for all the [stars] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord's] house. And [Manasseh] made his sons pass through the fire & observed times, [a.k.a. horoscopes & astrology,] used enchantments, [a.k.a. witchcraft] & dealt with familiar spirits [a.k.a. consulting mediums] & wizards. 

He [did] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. And [Manasseh put] in the [Lord's] house an [carved] image, [from] the grove that he made, in the [Lord's] house. 

Which the Lord said to David & [to] his son, Solomon, In this house & in Jerusalem, [that] I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name [there] forever.

Neither will I make the feet of [the Israelites] move any more out of the land which I gave their [forefathers,] only if they will observe & do according to all I have commanded them & according to all the Law, that My servant, Moses, commanded them. 

But they [didn't listen] & Manasseh, [enticed] them to do [even] more evil than the nations did, whom the Lord destroyed before the children [people] of Israel. 

And the Lord [spoke] by His prophets, saying, Because Manasseh, [Judah's] king, has done these abominations & has done [more] wickedly [than] all that the Amorites did, [who] were before him,

And [he] has also made Judah sin with his idols. Therefore, the Lord God of Israel [said this, Look,] I am bringing [so much disaster] upon Jerusalem & Judah, that both the ears will tingle of [whoever] hears of it. 

And I will stretch over Jerusalem & the [measuring] line of Samaria & the plummet [used against Ahab's] house & I will wipe [out] Jerusalem, [like] a man wipes a dish, wiping it & turning it upside down. 

I will [abandon the rest] of [My] inheritance & deliver them into the hand of their enemies. And they shall become a prey & [plunder] to all their enemies, because they have done [what] was evil in My sight & have provoked Me to anger, since the day their [forefathers] came [forward] out of Egypt, even [until] this day.

[Also,] Manasseh, shed the blood [of the] innocent, [so] much, [until] he had filled Jerusalem from 1 end to the [other.] [In addition to] his sin, [with which] he made Judah sin, in doing [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Now, [aren't] the rest of [Manasseh's actions] & all he did & his [sins that he did,] written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And Manasseh [died] & slept with his [forefathers] & was buried in the garden of Uzza, [at] his own house. 

And Amon, his son, [ruled] in his [place.] Amon was 22 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 2 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, [Haruz'] daughter, [from] Jotbah. And [Amon] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, [like] Manasseh, his father, did.

And [Amon followed] all the [ways] his father [followed] & served & worshiped the idols that his father served & worshiped them. And [Amon abandoned]  the Lord God of his [forefathers] & [didn't follow] in the [ways] of the Lord.

And [Amon's] servants conspired against him & [killed] him in his own house. And the people of the land, [killed] all [those who] conspired against king Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah, his son, king in his [place.]

Now, [aren't] the rest of [Amon's actions that] he did, written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?  And [Amon] was buried in his [tomb] in the garden of Uzza & Josiah, his son, [ruled] in his place.