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.

1/22/2024

Esther 7:1-10 Esther Tells the King at the 2nd Banquet of Haman's Plot to Kill All Jews

 

Esther Tells the King at the 2nd Banquet of Haman's Plot to Kill All Jews

Esther 7:1-10           The Book of Esther [in Smaller Chunks]

So, king [Ahasuerus, a.k.a. Xerxes] & Haman came to queen [Esther's] banquet. At the banquet of wine on the 2nd day, the king said again to Esther, What is your petition, queen Esther? And it shall be granted [to] you & what is your request? And it shall be [carried out,] even to 1/2 of the kingdom.

Then, queen Esther answered & said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king & if it [pleases] the king, let my life be given [to] me, [as] my petition & my people at my request.

For we are sold, my people & I, to be destroyed, to be slain & to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen & bond women, I [would have] held my tongue, although the enemy couldn't [counteract] the king's damage. 

[Esther 3:9-10 If it [pleases] the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed & I will pay 10,000 talents of silver [into] the hands of those [in] charge of [this] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. And the king took his ring from his hand & gave it to Haman, [Hammedatha's] son, the Agagite, [who] is the Jew's enemy.]

Then, king Ahasuerus answered & said to queen Esther, Who is he & where is he, [who dares] presume in his heart to do [this?] And Esther said, The adversary & enemy is this wicked Haman.

Then Haman was afraid before the king & queen. The king [arose] from the banquet of wine, in his [fury] & went into the palace garden. And Haman stood up to make [a] request to queen Esther for his life. For he saw evil was determined against him by the king. 

Then, the king returned [from] the palace garden & into the banquet of wine. And Haman was [found] fallen upon the [couch] where Esther was. Then, the king said, Will [Haman] force the queen also, [in front of] me in the [palace?]

As [this] word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains said [in front of the] king, [Look,] the 50 cubits high gallows, [that] Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands [at] the house of Haman. 

Then, the king said, Hang him [on it.] So, they [hung] Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then, the kings [fury] was [calmed.]