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.

12/26/2023

Ezra 3:1-13 Those Who Return from Babylon Unite Together as One

 

Those Who Return from Babylon Unite Together as One

Ezra 3:1-13                                    The Book of Ezra in [Smaller Chunks]

When the 7th month [came] the children [people] of Israel were in the cities. The people gathered themselves together [united] [like] one man [in] Jerusalem. 

Then, Jeshua, [a.k.a. Joshua, Jozadak’s] son & his brethren, the priests & Zerubbabel, [Shealtiel’s] son & his brethren, stood up & [rebuilt] the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings [on it,] as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God. They [put] the altar on [its base.]

Fear [respect] was upon them, because of the people of [the other] countries & they offered burnt offerings [on it] to the Lord, [every] morning & evening. They also kept the Feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written. [They] offered the required number [of] daily burnt offerings, according to the custom [for each] day.

Afterward, they offered the continual burnt [offerings, both] of the New Moon [sacrifices] & all the [appointed sacred] feasts of the Lord, that were consecrated & [from] everyone [who] willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord. 

From the 1st day of the 7th month, they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. But the foundation of the [Lord’s] temple, [hadn’t] been laid yet.

They also gave money, food, [drinks] & oil to the masons & carpenters of Zidon & Tyre to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the Sea of Joppa, according to the [contract authorized by] Cyrus, [Persia’s] king. 

Now in the 2nd year, 2nd month, of their coming to [God’s] house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, [Shealtiel’s] son & Jeshua, [Jozadak’s] son, & [the remaining] of their brethren, the priests & the Levites & all [those who had] come out of captivity to Jerusalem, began & appointed the Levites, 20 years & older, to [move] forward the work in the [Lord God’s] house. 

Then, Jeshua stood with his sons & his brethren, Kadmiel & his sons & the sons of Judah, together to [move] forward the workmen of [God’s] house: [who were] the sons of Henadad, with their sons & their brethren [of] the Levites. 

When the builders laid the foundation of the [Lord’s] house, the priests [wore] their [priestly clothes, along] with trumpets & the Levites, [Asaph’s] sons, [had] cymbals to praise the Lord, [as ordered by] king David of Israel. 

They sang together by [divisions] in praising & giving thanks to the Lord, because He is good & His mercy [endures] forever toward Israel. All the people shouted [loudly,] when they praised the Lord, because the foundation [was] laid for the [Lord’s] house.

Many of the priests, Levites & [elderly leaders of] the fathers [who] had seen the 1st [temple] wept with a loud voice & shouted aloud when the foundation of this [temple] was laid. 

The people [couldn’t distinguish between] the noise of the shouts of joy & the noise of the weeping. The people [shouted so loudly, it] was heard far [away.]