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.

9/19/2024

Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 What Is Better?

What Is Better?

Ecclesiastes 7:1-29            The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks]

A good name is better than precious ointment. And the day of death [is better] than the day of [someone's] birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men. And the living will [take it] to heart. 

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by sadness of the [face,] the [heart's mood] is made better. [2 Corinthians 7:9-10 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your [sorrow] [led] to [remorse.] 

For you were made sorry, after a godly manner, [so] that you might not receive [any] damage [from] us in [anything.] For godly sorrow works [remorse] [that leads] to Salvation, not to be [regretted:] but the sorrow of the world [leads to] death.] 

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of [happiness.] It is better to hear the [correction] of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 

For [like] the [sound of] crackling thorns [burning] under a pot, so is the [sound of the] laughter of the fool. This is also vanity. Surely oppression makes a wise man [angry] & a [bribe] destroys the heart. [Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be [empty] & fire shall consume the [tents] of bribery.] 

Better is the end of a thing, than the beginning [of it] & [those] patient in spirit [are] better than the proud in spirit. [Don't let] your spirit be [quickly] angry. For anger rests in the [chest] of fools. 

[Don't] say, What [caused the previous] days [to be] better than these? For you don’t inquire wisely [about] this. Wisdom is good with an inheritance & [through wisdom it's beneficial, for those who] see the sun. 

For wisdom & money [are] a defense: but the [advantage] of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to [those who] have it. [Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.] 

Consider the work of God, for who can make straight, [what] He has made crooked? [On] the day of prosperity, be joyful, but [on] the day of adversity [contemplate:] God has also [put in a scale] the one, [a.k.a. prosperity] over, [next to] the other, [a.k.a. adversity,] to the end, that man should [foresee] nothing [that shall happen] after him. 

[During] the days of my vanity & all the things I've seen: there is a just man, [who] perishes in his righteousness & there is a wicked man, [who] prolongs his life in his wickedness. 

[Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a vanity, which is done upon the earth: that there [are] just men, to whom it happens, according to the work of the wicked. Again, there [are] wicked men, to whom it happens, according to the work of the righteous. I said that this is also vanity.]

[Don’t] be [overly] righteous & neither make yourself [overly] wise. Why should you destroy yourself? [Don't] be [overly] wicked & neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time? It is good that you should take [stock] of this. [Yes,] also [don't] withdraw your hand, for he, [who] fears [respects] God, shall come [forward out] of them all. 

[Ecclesiastes 8:12 [Although] a sinner [does] evil 100 times & his days are prolonged, yet [truly] I know that it shall [go] well [for those who] fear [respect] God & fear before Him.] 

Wisdom strengthens the wise more than 10 mighty men, [who] are in the city. [Colossians 1:9 Since the day we heard it, we also, for this [reason,] don't [stop from praying] for you & desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all wisdom & spiritual understanding.] 

For there isn't a just man upon the earth, [who] does good & doesn't sin. Also, [don't pay attention] to all the words that are spoken: lest you hear your servant curse you. For your own heart also knows that you have [often, similarly] cursed others. I have [tested] all this by wisdom. I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me. 

Who can [figure] it out, that which is far [away & exceedingly] deep? I applied [my] heart to seek, to search & to know [what is] wisdom & the reason [for] things & the wickedness of folly, even foolishness & [insanity.] And [what] I find more bitter than death [is] the woman, whose heart is [plots of:] [traps] & nets

 & her hands [are] [like chains.]

[Whoever] pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be [captured] by her. [Look,] I have found this, says the preacher, counting 1 by 1, to find out the [total captured.] 

[What] my soul [still] seeks, but I [can't] find. I have found 1 [wise] man among 1,000, but I haven't found a woman among all those. [Look,] I have only found this, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many [schemes.] 

[Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful & desperately wicked above all things. Who [could] know it? I, the Lord, search the heart & I [test] the [heart strings,] even to give [to] every man according to his ways & according to the fruit of his [actions.]