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.

3/09/2024

Job 41:1-34 The Lord Talks to Job About the Leviathan

 

The Lord Talks to Job About the Leviathan

Job 41:1-34                                  Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks]

Can you draw out [the] Leviathan with a hook? Or [catch] his tongue with a cord, which you let down? Can you put a hook into his nose? Or bore through his jaw with a thorn? Will he make many [requests of] you? Will he speak soft, [pleasant] words to you? Will he make a covenant [contract] with you?

Will you take him [like] a servant forever? Will you play with him, [like] with a bird? Or will you [tie him up] for your maidens? Shall [your friends] make a banquet of him? Shall they [divide his meat from] him among the merchants? 

Can you fill his skin with barbed [iron harpoons?] Or [fill] his head with [fishing] spears? Lay your hand upon him & remember [how he battles against you] & do [it] no more. [Look,] the hope of [catching Leviathan] is [worthless.]  

[Wouldn't someone] be [thrown] down at the [very] sight of [Leviathan?] [No one] is so fierce to dare [wake] him up. Who then is able to stand before Me? Who has [preceded] Me, that I should repay him? [Whatever] is under the whole heaven is Mine.

I won't conceal [Leviathan's] parts, nor his power, nor his [beautiful proportions.] Who can [find the front of his hide, he wears like a] garment? Or who can come to him with [a] double bridle? Who can open [his mouth, like the] doors of his face? His teeth are [terrifying all around.]

His scales are his pride, shut up [close] together [like with a seal that closes.] One is so [close] to another, that no air can come between them. They are joined one to another & they stick together, [so] that they can't be [separated.] 

[During Leviathan's sneezing,] a light [shines out.] And his eyes [rise up] like the [sunrise] of the morning. [What looks like] burning lamps go out of [Leviathan's] mouth & sparks of fire leap out. Smoke goes out of his nostrils, [like steam goes] out of a [boiling] pot or caldron. His breath [starts] the coals [on fire] & a flame goes out of his mouth.

His neck remains [his] strength & sorrow is turned into joy before him. The [scales] of his [skin] are joined together. They, themselves are firm & can't be moved. His heart is [hard like a rock.] [Yes] as hard [like] a piece of the [lower] millstone [for grinding grain.]

When [Leviathan] raises himself up, the mighty are afraid, [because of the waves] [breaking,] they [cleanse] themselves. [He] who lays a sword, [a] spear, a dart, or a [javelin] at [Leviathan] cannot hold [it.] He [regards] iron [like it was] straw & brass [like] rotten wood.

[Arrows] can't make [Leviathan] flee. [And rocks from slings] are turned into stubble [by] him. Darts are [considered like] stubble & [Leviathan] laughs at the shaking of a spear. 

Sharp [rocks] are under [Leviathan, but he is unharmed.] He spreads [the] sharp, pointed [scales] upon the [deep, muddy waters.] He makes the deep [waters to bubble, like a boiling] pot. He makes the sea [ooze] like a pot of ointment, [leaving] a path to shine after him. 

[Someone] would think the deep [waters' waves had white hair.] [There is nothing similar] to him upon all the earth, who is made without fear. [Leviathan sees] all the high things & he is the king over all the children of pride.