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.

9/18/2024

Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 Pondering Wealth & Death

 

Pondering Wealth & Death

Ecclesiastes 6:1-12            The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks]

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 [lacks] nothing 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. 

[Luke 12:18-21 And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns & build [larger,] & I will [store] all my [crops] & goods there. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods [stored] up for many years.Take [it easy,] eat, drink & be merry. But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you. Then, whose shall those things be, which you have provided? So is he, [who stores] up treasure for himself & isn’t rich toward God.]

If a man [fathers] 100 children & lives many years, so that his days [are] many & his soul [wasn't] filled with good & he also [doesn't] have [a] burial; I say that a [premature] birth is better [off] than he [is.] For he comes [into this world] with vanity & [leaves it] in darkness & his name shall be covered with darkness. 

[Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead [don't] know anything, neither [do] they have any more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.] 

[Additionally,] he [who was a stillborn] hasn't seen the sun, nor known anything. This has more rest, than the other [child, who lived.] [Yes,] though, he [lives] 1,000 years, twice [over, still] he hasn't seen [any] good.

Don't all go to one place? All the labor of man is for his mouth & yet the appetite is not [satisfied.] [Proverbs 16:26 He, [who works,] labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.] 

For what [do] the wise have, more than the fool? What [do] the poor have, that know to walk [in front of] the living? Better is the sight of the eyes, than the wandering of the [desires.] 

[1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world: the [desires] of the flesh, the lust of the eyes & the pride of life, [aren't] of the Father, but [are] of the world.] This also is vanity & [like trying to grab the wind.]

That which already is & has been Named & it is known that, it is man. [Hebrews 2:16-18 For [truly, Jesus Christ didn't] take [for Himself,] the nature of Angels, but He took [for] Him, the [body of] the seed of Abraham. 

[For this reason,] in all things it [was necessary for] Him to be made [similar] to His brethren, [so] that He might be a merciful & faithful high priest, in things pertaining to God, [in order] to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He, Himself, has suffered being tempted, He is able to [assist those who] are tempted.]

Neither may [man argue] with Him, [Who] is mightier than he [is.] [Revelation 1:8 I Am [the] Alpha & [the] Omega, the Beginning & the Ending, says the Lord, [Who] is, [Who] was & [Who] is to come, the Almighty.]

[Since] there are many things that increase vanity, [by] what is man the better? For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life, [that] he spends [disappear] [like] a shadow? 

For who can tell a man what shall be after him, under the sun? [James 4:14 [Since,] you [don't] know what shall be [tomorrow,] what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time & then vanishes away.]