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.

12/29/2023

Ezra 6:1-22 They Found King Cyrus’ Decree to Rebuild the Lord God’s House

 

They Found King Cyrus’ Decree to Rebuild the Lord God’s House

Ezra 6:1-22         The Book of Ezra in [Smaller Chunks]

Then, king Darius made a decree & [a] search was made in the house of [scrolls] where [they put] the treasures of Babylon. A [scroll] was found in the palace at Achmetha, [a.k.a. Ecbatana,] in the province of the Medes.

[This] record was written [on it.] In the 1st year of king Cyrus, the king made a decree [about] the house of God [in] Jerusalem. Let the house & the place where they offer sacrifices be [rebuilt.] 

Let the foundations be [strong when it is] laid; the height [of it] 60 cubits & the [width] 60 cubits. With 3 rows of [large] stones & a row of new [lumber] & let the expenses be [paid] out of the king’s [palace.]

Also, let the golden & silver vessels [from] the house of God, [that] Nebuchadnezzar [had taken] out of the temple [in] Jerusalem & brought to Babylon, be restored  & brought [back] to [its own] place in the temple in the house of God, [in] Jerusalem. 

Therefore, now, governor, Tatnai, beyond the [Euphrates] River, Shethar Boznai & your companions, the Apharsachites which are beyond the river, [stay] far from [there &] let the work of the house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews & the Jew’s elders [rebuild God’s] house in [its own] place. 

[Also,] I decree [that] the expenses [are] given to the [Jew’s] elders for building [God’s] house, from the king’s [possessions,] even [from] the tribute, [a.k.a. taxes of those] beyond the [Euphrates] River, [so] these men [aren’t financially] hindered. 

Let them it be given [to] them day by day without fail, [what] they have need of: both young [bulls,] rams & lambs for the burnt offerings of the [Lord] God of heaven [&] wheat, salt, wine & oil, according to the priests [appointed in] Jerusalem. [So] they may offer sacrifices of sweet [aromas] to the God of heaven & pray for the [lives] of the king & his sons.

I have also [decreed] that [whoever alters] this word, [shall have the lumber] pulled down from his house & [put] up to  & let him be [hung here.] And let his house be made a [garbage dump] for [doing] this.

I, Darius, have made a decree. Let it be done with speed & [may] the God, [Who] caused His name to dwell there, destroy all the kings & people [who try] to alter [this] & [try] to destroy this house of God [in] Jerusalem. Then, governor Tatnai, on this side of the [Euphrates] River, Shethar Boznai & their companions speedily did according to [what] king Darius had sent [in the decree.]

And the elders of the Jews [continued to build] & they prospered through the prophesying of the prophet, Haggai & Zechariah, [Iddo’s] son. And they [built] & finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel & according to the [command] of Cyrus, Darius & Artaxerxes, [king] of Persia.

And the [Lord’s] house was finished on the 3rd day of the month Adar, [during] the 6th year king Darius [ruled.] And the children [people] of Israel, the priests & the Levites & the rest of [those returned from] captivity, kept the dedication of [God’s] house with joy. 

At the dedication of [God’s] house, [they] offered: 100 [bulls,] 200 rams, 400 lambs & for a sin offering: 12 [male] goats, according to the number of tribes of Israel. And they [appointed] the priests in their divisions & the Levites in their [groups,] for their service of God, [in] Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

The children [people who returned from] captivity kept the Passover on the 14th day of the 1st month. For the priests & Levites [had] purified [themselves] together & were pure. And [they] killed the Passover [animals] for all the [people who returned from] captivity & for their brethren, the priests & for themselves. 

And the children [people who had] come again [from] captivity & all [those who] separated themselves from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, [in order] to seek the Lord God of Israel, [ate.]

[Ezra 9:10-11 O our God & now what shall we say after this? For we have [abandoned] Your commandments, [that] You have commanded by the prophets, Your servants, saying, The land [where] you go to possess, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.] 

And [they] kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread 7 days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful & turned the heart of [Assyria’s] king to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.