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.

9/17/2024

Ecclesiastes 5:1-20 Think Before You Speak & Act

 

Think Before You Speak & Act

Ecclesiastes 5:1-20            The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks]

Keep your foot when you [go into God's] house. [Proverbs 1:15-16 My sons, [don't] walk in the [road] with them. [Restrain] your foot from their path. Their feet run to evil & [hurry] to shed blood.]

And be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they [don't] consider that they do evil. [1 Samuel 15:21-23 But the people took [from] the [plunder:] sheep, oxen & the [best] things, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal, which should have been [totally] destroyed. 

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings & sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? [See,] to obey is better than sacrifice & to [pay attention] [is better] than the fat of rams. For rebellion is [like] the sin of witchcraft & stubbornness is [like] iniquity & idolatry, because you have rejected the Word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.] 

[Don't] be [impulsive] with your mouth & [don't] let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven & you are upon the earth. Therefore, let your words be few. [Matthew 6:7 But when you pray, [don't use vain repetitions, [like] the heathen do. For they think that they shall be heard for their speaking much.]

For a dream comes [from] a multitude of busyness & a fool’s voice is known by [a] multitude of words. When you [make] a vow to God, [don't delay] to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay [what] you have vowed. It is better that you [wouldn't] vow, than you [would] vow & not pay.

[Don't allow] your mouth to cause you [body] to sin. Neither [shall] you say [in front of] the Angel, that it was an error. [Why] should God be angry [with] your [excuse] & destroy the work of your hands? For in the multitude of dreams & many words, there are also [various types of vanity:] but you [should] fear [respect] God. 

[Ephesians 4:17-18 Therefore, I say this & testify in the Lord, that you [from now on] not [follow like] other Gentiles [follow,] in the vanity of their mind, having [their] understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is [within] them, because of the blindness of their heart.] 

If in the province, you see the oppression of the poor & [the] violent: [diverting] judgment & justice, [don't] marvel at the matter. [Amos 5:12 For I know your [many & huge] sins. They afflict the just & they take a bribe & they turn the poor aside in the gate from [what is] their right.] 

[For He, [Who] is higher than the highest [kings] [pays attention] & there is higher than they [are.] [Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body & one Spirit, even [like] you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God & Father of all, [Who] is above all & through all & in you all.] 

[Additionally, the benefit] of the earth is for all. The king, himself, is served by the field. He, [who] loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he [who] loves abundance [shall be satisfied] with increase. This is also vanity. When goods increase, [those, who] eat them are increased. And what good is [that] to the owners [of it, other than seeing] them with their eyes? 

The working [man’s] sleep is sweet, whether he [eats] little or much: but the abundance of the rich, won't [allow] [the rich person] to sleep. There is a [severe] evil, [that] I've seen under the sun, [specifically] riches, kept [for its] owners, to their [harm.] 

[Ecclesiastes 6:1-2 There is an evil, [that] I have seen under the sun & it's common among men. A man to whom God has given riches, wealth & honor, so that he [doesn't lack anything] for his soul, [or anything] he desires. Yet, God [doesn't] give him power to eat [of it,] but a stranger eats it. This is vanity & it's an evil disease.] 

But those riches perish by [misfortune] & he [fathers] a son & there is nothing in his hand. He shall go, [like] he came [from] his mother's womb, naked & shall take nothing [for] his [work,] which he may carry away in his hand. 

And this is also a [severe] evil, that in all [places] he shall go, [just like] he came. And what [benefit does] he, [who] has labored for the wind, have? Also, all his days, he eats in darkness & he has much sorrow & [anger] with his sickness. 

[Look, what] I have seen: it is good & [appealing] for [someone] to eat, drink & to enjoy the good of all his labor, that he [engages in] under the sun, all the days of his life, [that] God gives him, for it is his portion: [rewarded for all his labor.] 

Also, this is the gift of God: [to] every man, to whom God has given riches & wealth & has given him the power to eat [of it] & to rejoice in his labor & to take his portion: [rewarded for all his labor.] For he shall not remember much [from] the days of his life; because God [acknowledges] him [through] the joy [within] his heart.