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.

1/04/2024

Nehemiah 2:1-20 Nehemiah Asks the King to Send Him to Judah to Rebuilt It

 

Nehemiah Asks the King to Send Him to Judah to Rebuilt It

Nehemiah 2:1-20         The Book of Nehemiah in [Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened] in the month of Milan, in the 20th year, king Artaxerxes [ruled, when] wine was [in front of] him. And I [Nehemiah] took up the wine & gave it to the king. Now, I had not been sad [before] in his presence. [Therefore,] the king said to me, Why [do you look so] sad, [since] you aren’t sick?

It can only be [heartfelt] sorrow. Then, I was [very] afraid & said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why shouldn’t I [look] sad, when the cities, the place of my [forefather’s tombs] lie [in] waste & [its] gates are [destroyed] with fire?

The king said to me, What is your request? So, I prayed to the God of heaven. I said to the king, If it [pleases] the king & if your servant has found favor in your sight, [so that ]you send to Judah, to the city of my [forefather’s tombs, so] I may [rebuild] it. 

The king said to me, (the queen, also sitting by him,) How long will your journey [take?]  When will you return? It pleased the king to send me & I [gave] him a [return date.] 

[Also,] I said to the king, If it [pleases] the king, may I [have] the governors, beyond the [Euphrates] River [escort me] over [until] I [arrive safely in] Judah?

And [additionally,] a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, [to] give me [lumber] to make beams for the gates to the palace, which pertain to the [Lord’s] house, the wall of the city & for the house that I shall [stay at.] 

According to the good hand of my God upon me, the king granted [it to] me. Then, I came to the governors beyond the [Euphrates] River & gave them the king’s letters. Now, the king had sent captains of the army & horsemen with me. 

When Sanballat, the Horonite & the servant, Tobias, the Ammonite, heard of it, [they were] exceedingly grieved, that no man [had] come to come seek the welfare of the children [people] of Israel. 

So, I came to Jerusalem & was there 3 days. I [got up] at night, with a few men [without telling anyone] what my God had put in my heart to do [in] Jerusalem. I [only had the animal] I rode on & [no others.] 

At night, I [left] by the Valley Gate & even [in front of] the Dragon Well [a.k.a. The Serpent Well,] [all the way to] the [garbage gate & saw] the walls of Jerusalem, [that] were broken down & [their] gates were [destroyed by] fire. 

Then, I went to the Fountain Gate & to the King’s Pool, but there wasn’t a place for the [animal I was riding] to pass [through.] Then, I went up in the night by the brook & [looked at] the wall & turned back & [re-entered through] the Valley Gate & returned.

The [officials didn’t know where] I went [or] what I did. Neither had I told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the [officials,] or the rest [who still] did the work. Then, I said to them, You see the [trouble] we are in & how Jerusalem lies [in ruins] & the gates are burned with fire. 

Come, let’s [rebuild] the wall of Jerusalem, [so] we are no [longer a disgrace.] Then, I told them, [about] the [gracious] hand of my God, [that] was upon me [for] good. Also, [about what] the king had spoken to me.

They said, Let’s rise up & [start rebuilding.] So, they strengthened their hands [to do] this good work. When Sanballat, the Horonite, the servant, Tobias, the Ammonite & Geshem, the Arabian, heard it & they laughed at us & despised us. 

[They] said, What [are you doing?] Will you rebel against the king? Then, I answered them, The God of heaven, He will [make] us prosper. Therefore, we, His servants, will [rise] up & [rebuild.] But you [don’t have any heritage rights] or memorial in Jerusalem. 

[Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel & Jeshua & the rest of the [leaders of the forefather’s families] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us to [rebuild] a house to our God. But we, ourselves, will [rebuild it] together & will build [for] the Lord God of Israel, [like] king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.]