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.

12/02/2023

2 Chronicles 15:1-19 The Israelites Turned Back to the Lord God Under Asa’s Rule

 

Under Asa’s Rule, the Israelites Turned Back to the Lord God

2 Chronicles 15:1-19                    2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

The spirit of God came upon Azariah, [Obed’s] son. [Azariah] went out to meet Asa & said to [Asa] & all Judah & Benjamin, Hear me, Asa & all [of] Judah & Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while you [are] with Him.

If you seek Him, you will [find] Him. If you [abandon] Him, He will [abandon] you. For a long [time,] Israel had been without the true God, without a teaching priest & without law.

When they [returned] to the Lord God of Israel, [in the midst of] their trouble & sought Him, [they] found [the Lord God.] In those [days, it wasn’t safe to travel around for] all the inhabitants of the [lands were in turmoil] & had no peace. 

Nation was destroyed [by] nation & city [by] city. For God had [troubled] them with adversity. [Matthew 24:7-8 For nation shall rise against nation & kingdom against kingdom & there shall be famines, [pestilence] & earthquakes in [various] places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.]

Therefore, be strong & [don’t] let your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. When Asa heard [this] & the prophecy of Oded, the prophet, he [gained] courage & put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah & Benjamin & out of all the cities he had taken from Mount Ephraim. 

[Asa restored] the altar of the Lord that was [in front of] the [covered] porch of the [Lord’s temple.] [Asa] gathered all Judah & Benjamin & the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh & Simeon.

For they fell to [Asa] out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord, his God was with him. So, they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the 3rd month, in the 15th year Asa [ruled.]

The same time, they offered 700 oxen & 7,000 sheep to the Lord from the [plunder] they had brought. They entered into a covenant [contract] to seek the Lord God of their [forefathers] with all their heart & all their soul. 

That whoever wouldn’t seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether a man or woman, [powerless or powerful.] They swore to the Lord with: a loud voice, shouting, trumpets & cornets.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath they had sworn with all their heart & [might] & [God] was found [by] them & the Lord gave them [peace all around.] [King] Asa removed his mother, Maachah, from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove. 

Asa cut down her idol, [stomped on it] & burnt it at the Brook Kidron. The high places weren’t taken away out of Israel: [still Asa’s] heart was [loyal] all his days. 

[2 Chronicles 14:3-4 For [Asa] took away the altars of the strange gods & the high places & broke down the images [idols] & cut down the groves. And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their [forefathers] & to do the Law & the [commandments.]

And [Asa] brought into the house of God the things that His father had dedicated, silver, gold & vessels. And there was no more war unto the 35th year Asa [ruled.]