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.

1/31/2024

Job 3:1-26 Job Curses the Day He was Born & Wishes He was in the Grave

 

Job Curses the Day He was Born & Wishes He was in the Grave

Job 3:1-26                                  Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks]

After this, Job opened his mouth & cursed [the day he was born.] And Job [spoke] & said, Let the day perish [in which] I was born & the night it was said, There is a [male] child conceived.

Let that day be darkness. Let God not regard it from above. Neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness & the shadow of death, stain it. Let a cloud dwell upon it & let the blackness of day terrify it.

As for that night, let darkness seize it & let it not [be included in] the days of the year. Let it not [be included in] the days of the year. Let it not [be among] the number of the months. Let the night be [lonely] & let no joyful voice come [in it.]

Let them curse it, [who] curse the day, who are ready to raise up their [mournful cries.] Let the stars of twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none. Neither let it see the [sunrise] of day, because it [didn't close] up the doors of my mother's womb. Nor [did it hide the] sorrow from [my] eyes.

Why [didn't] I die from the womb? Why [didn't] I [perish] when I came out of the belly? Why [didn't] the knees prevent me [from being born?] Or why [didn't] the breasts I should suck [stop me?] For now, I should have lain still & been quiet. I should have slept [in death.] 

Then, I [would have] been at rest, with [the] kings & counselors of the earth, [who] built themselves desolate [& empty] places for themselves. Or with princes, [who] had gold & filled their houses with silver. 

Or [I had been like] a hidden untimely birth; [like stillborn] infants, [who] never saw light. There, the wicked cease from troubling [others] & the weary are there at rest. There, the prisoners rest together. They [don't] hear the voice of the oppressor.

The [powerless & the powerful] are there & the servant is free from his master. [Why] is light given to him [who] is in misery & life to [those with] bitter [souls, who] long for death, but it [doesn't] come, 

and they [search] & dig for it, more than for [hidden] treasures, [who] rejoice exceedingly & are glad, when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose [path] is [hidden & to] whom God has hedged in?

For my sighing comes before I eat & my [groans] are poured out like the waters. For the thing [that] I greatly feared, [has] come upon me. And [what] I was afraid of, [has happened] to me. I wasn't in safety, neither had I rest, [nor] was I quiet, [but still] trouble came.