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.

12/28/2023

Ezra 5:1-17 The Enemies Continue to Try to Stop the Rebuilding of the Lord’s House

 

The Enemies Try to Stop the Rebuilding of the Lord’s House

Ezra 5:1-17               The Book of Ezra in [Smaller Chunks]

Then, the prophets: Haggai & Zechariah, [Iddo’s] son, prophesied even to the Jews [who] were in Judah & Jerusalem in the Name of the God of Israel. 

Then, Zerubbabel, [Shealtiel’s] son & Jeshua, [a.k.a. Joshua, Jozadak’s] son, rose up & began to [rebuild] the house of God [in] Jerusalem: with [God’s] prophets helping them. 

At the same time, Tatnai, governor on this side of the [Euphrates] River & Shethar Boznai & their companions came & said [this] to them, Who has commanded you to [rebuild] this house & [put] up this wall? Then we said to them, What are the names of the men [who are constructing] this building?

But the eye of their God was upon the [Jews’] elders, [so] they couldn’t [make them stop, until] the matter came to Darius. And then, they returned [an] answer by letter, [about] this matter.

The copy of the letter sent to king Darius, [by:] Tatnai, governor on this side [of] the [Euphrates] River, Shethar Boznai & his companions: the Apharsachites, which were on this side of the river. 

[In] the letter they sent to him was written [this,] All peace [be to] king Darius. The king [should know] that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is [being rebuilt with large] stones & timber is laid in the walls & the work goes [quickly] & their hands prosper.

[When] we asked those elders & said [this] to them, Who commanded you to [rebuild] this house & to [put] up these walls? We also asked their names, [so] we might write the names of the [leaders] of the men & [inform] you.

And they [replied,] We are the servants of the [Lord] God of heaven & earth & [have rebuilt] the house that the great king [Solomon] of Israel [built] many years ago. 

But after that, our [forefathers] provoked the God of heaven [to anger] & He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon’s] king, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house & carried the people away into Babylon.

[2 Kings 17:9-12 And the [people] of Israel secretly did those things that weren’t right, against the Lord, their God & they built [themselves] high places in all their cities, from the Tower of the Watchman to the fenced city. And they [put up for themselves] images & groves in every high hill & under every green tree.

And they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen, whom the Lord carried away before them & [they formed] wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger; for they served idols, where the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing.]

But in the 1st year of king Cyrus of Babylon, [king Cyrus] made a decree to [rebuild] this house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar [had taken] the vessels of gold & silver [from] the temple of [God’s] house in Jerusalem & brought them into the temple in Babylon. 

King Cyrus [took those] out of the temple of Babylon & they were delivered to Sheshbazzar, whom [Cyrus] had made governor. And said to him, Take these vessels & go carry them to the temple [site] that is in Jerusalem & let [God’s] house be [rebuilt] in this place. 

Then, Sheshbazzar came & laid the foundation of [God’s] house, which is in Jerusalem. And since that time even until now, it [has continued being rebuilt] & isn’t finished yet. 

Therefore, now, if it [seems] good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there [in] Babylon, to [see] whether it [is] so, that a decree was made [by] king Cyrus to [rebuild God’s] house in Jerusalem. And let the king send to us [his response about] this matter, at his pleasure.

[Ezra 6:3 In the 1st year of king Cyrus, this same Cyrus made a decree [about] the house of God in Jerusalem, Let the house be [rebuilt,] the place where they offer sacrifices & [its] foundations, should be strongly laid. [It should be] 60 cubits [high] 60 cubits wide.]