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.

9/20/2024

Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 Comparing the Death of the Wicked & the Just

 

Comparing the Death of the Wicked & the Just

Ecclesiastes 8:1-17            The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks]

Who is [like] the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine & the boldness of his face shall be changed. [Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can't  be [hidden.] 

Neither do men light a candle & put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick & it gives light unto all [who] are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works & glorify your Father, [Who] is in heaven.]

I [advise] you to keep the king's [command] & [do] that [related to] the oath of God. [Don't] be hasty to go out of [the king's] sight & [don't withstand him about] an evil thing, for [the king] does [whatever] pleases him. There is power where the word of a king is. And who may say to him, What [are] you [doing?] 

[Whoever] keeps the [command] shall feel no evil thing & a wise man's heart [distinguishes between] both [the right;] [timing] & judgment. Therefore, the misery of a man [weighs heavily] upon him, because there is time & judgment to every purpose. [Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season & a time to every purpose under heaven.] 

For he [doesn't] know [what] shall [happen:] for who can tell him when it shall [happen?] [Proverbs 24:21-22 My son, fear [respect] the Lord & the king. And [don't interfere with those who] are given to change. For their calamity shall rise [up] suddenly & who knows [what] the ruin of them both [shall be?] 

There is no man who has power over the spirit, to [keep] the spirit. Neither has he power [on] the day of death & there is no [release] in that [conflict.] Neither shall [the wicked] deliver [those who] are [determined for death.] 

[Matthew 16:24-27 Then, Jesus said to His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself & take up his cross & follow Me. For [whoever] will save his life, shall lose it. And [whoever] shall lose his life for My sake, shall find it. 

For what is a man [benefited] if he shall gain the whole world & lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? *For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His Angels & He shall reward every man then, according to his [actions.] 

I have seen all this & applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time [in which] one man rules over another, to his own [harm.] So, I saw the wicked buried, who had come & [left] from the place of the holy & they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. 

This is also vanity. Because [the] sentence against an evil [deed] isn’t executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men [are] fully [focused within] them to do [what is] evil.

[Although] a sinner [does what is] evil 100 times & his days [of his life are] prolonged, [still] I [certainly] know that it shall be well with [those who] fear [respect] God & [who show] fear before Him. But it shall not [go] well with the wicked. Neither shall he prolong his days, which are [like] a shadow, because he [doesn't show] fear [respect] before God. 

There is a vanity, [that] is done upon the earth; that there shall be just men, to whom it happens, [just like] according to the work of the wicked. Again, there [are] wicked men, to whom it happens, [just like] according to the work of the righteous. I said, This is also vanity.

Then, I [recommended happiness,] because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, drink & be merry. For that shall [stay] with him [from] his labor [all] the days of his life, which God gives him, under the sun. 

When I [focused] my heart to know wisdom & to see [what] business is done upon the earth: (for also [God's] eyes neither sleep day, nor night.) 

Then, I [saw] all the work of God, that a man can't find out the work that is done under the sun. Because [although] a man [works] to seek it out, [still] he shall not find it. [Yes,] though a wise man [thinks he knows] it, [still] he shall not be able to find it.