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.

2/26/2024

Job 29:1-25 Job Continues His Parable About the Past

 

Job Continues His Parable About the Past

Job 29:1-25                                  Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks]

Job [also] continued his parable & said, Oh, [if only] I were [like] in the [previous] months, [like during] the days when God [kept me safe.] When [God’s] candle shined upon my head & when I walked through darkness by His light. 

[Like] I was [during] the days of my youth, when the secret [ways] of God was upon my [tent.] When the Almighty was [still] with me & when my children were [still around] me. 

[Like] when I [was prosperous] & I washed my steps with butter & the rock poured out rivers of oil [to] me. When I went through the city, out to the gate, when I prepared my seat [on] the street!

The young men saw me & hid themselves & the aged arose & stood up [in respect.] The princes, [a.k.a. rulers, held back] from talking & [covered] their mouth [with] their hand. The nobles held their peace & their tongue [stuck] to the roof of their mouth. 

When [their ears listened to] me, then [I was] blessed. And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor [who] cried [out,] the fatherless & [those who] had [no one] to help [them.] 

[Those who] were ready to perish [blessed] me. And I [made] the widow's heart sing with joy. I put on righteousness & it clothed me. My [justice] was [like] a robe & a [crown.] [Psalm 23:3 [The Lord] restores my oil. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.]

I was [like] eyes [for] the blind & I was [like] feet [for] the lame. I was [like] a father to the poor & I [researched] the cause [that] I [didn’t] know. [Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked [acted like] they didn't know [about] it.] 

And I [broke] the jaws of the wicked & [snacked the plunder] out of his teeth. Then, I said, I shall die in my nest & I shall multiply my days [like] the [amount of] sand. 

My root was spread out by the waters & the dew lay all night upon my branch. My glory was fresh [within] me & my bow was renewed [within] my hand.

[Job 49:24 But his bow abode in strength & the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from Whom is the Shepherd, the [Rock] of Israel.)] 

Men [listened] to me & waited & kept [silent for] my [advice.] After my words, they [didn't speak] again. And [what I said dawned] upon them. And they waited for me [like they do] for rain & they opened their [mouths] wide as [if to catch some of] the [spring] rain.

If I laughed [at] them, they [didn't] believe it. They [didn't look] down on the light of my face. I [helped choose] their [path] & sat [as a leader] & [lived like] a king in the army, [like someone who] comforts the mourners.