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.

11/21/2024

Isaiah 51:1-23 The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

 

The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

Isaiah 51:1-23                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] seek the Lord & follow after righteousness. Look to the Rock [from which] you [were cut] & the hole of the pit, [which] you [have dug.] [Deuteronomy 32:15-16 But Jeshurun, [a.k.a. Israel, grew] fat & [rebelled.] 

You [have grown] fat & you [have] grown thick, [calloused hearts] & you are covered with [plumpness.] Then he [abandoned] God, [Who] made him & lightly [respected] the Rock of his Salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked Him to anger with abominations.] 

Look to Abraham, your [forefather] & to Sarah, [who bore] you. For I alone called him & blessed & increased him. [Genesis 26:4-5 And I will make your [descendants] to multiply [like] the stars of heaven. 

And will give to your [descendants] all these countries. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed, because Abraham obeyed My voice & kept My [order,] My commandments, My [mandates] & My Laws.] 

For the Lord shall comfort Zion & He will comfort her waste [lands.] And He will make her wilderness like Eden & her desert like the [Lord's] garden. Joy & gladness & [giving thanks] & the [sound] of melody shall be found [there.]  [Listen,] to Me, My people & [lend] your ear to Me, O My nation. 

For a Law shall [come] from Me & I shall make My [justice] for a Light to the rest of the people. [Isaiah 42:6 In righteousness, I, the Lord, have called You & will hold Your hand & will keep You. And will give You for a Covenant of the people & a Light for the Gentiles.] 

My righteousness is [close] & My Salvation [has] gone [out.] And [My] arms shall judge the people. The [coastal islands] shall wait upon Me & they shall trust upon [My] arm. 

[Isaiah 60:9 Surely the [coastal islands] shall wait for Me & the ships of Tarshish. First, to bring your sons from far [away] & their silver & gold with them, unto the Name of the Lord your God & to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.]

Lift up your eyes to the heavens & look upon the earth [below.] For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke & the earth shall [grow] old like a garment & [those who] dwell [there] shall die in [a similar] manner. But My Salvation shall not be abolished. 

[Revelation 6:13-14 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even [like] a fig tree casts [its premature] figs, when she is shaken by a mighty wind. And the heaven departed [like] a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain & island were moved out of their places.]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law. [Don't] fear the [disapproval] of men & neither be afraid of their [criticism.] For the moth shall eat them up [like] a garment & the worm shall eat them like wool. 

But My righteousness shall be forever & My Salvation from generation to generation. [Wake up] & put on strength. Awake, awake, O arm of the Lord. Awake, [like] in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Aren't You [He, Who] has cut Rahab, [a.k.a. Egypt] & wounded the dragon? 

[Psalm 74:12-14  For God is My King of old, working Salvation in the midst of the earth. You [divided] the sea by Your strength. You [broke] the heads of the dragons in the waters. You [broke] the heads of Leviathan in pieces & gave him to the people in the wilderness, to be [food.]

Aren't You, [He, Who] has dried [up] the sea, the waters of the great deep; [Who] has made a [road] in the depths of the sea, for the ransomed to pass over? [Isaiah 63:11-13 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses & his people, saying Where is He, [Who] brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock.? Where is He, [Who] put His Holy Spirit within [them?] 

[Who] led them by the right hand of Moses with His glorious arm, dividing the water [in front of] them, to make Himself an everlasting Name? [Who] led them through the deep, [like] a horse in the wilderness, [so] that they shouldn't stumble?] 

Therefore, the [Lord's] redeemed shall return & come with singing to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] And everlasting joy shall be upon their [minds, instead of:] sorrow & mourning, [that] shall flee away. They shall [receive] gladness & joy. 

I, even I, Am He, [Who] comforts you. Who are you, that you should be afraid of a man, [who] shall die & of the son of man, [who] shall be made [like] grass? [Romans 8:31 Then, what shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who can be against us?] 

And [do you] forget the Lord, your Maker, [Who] has stretched [out] the heavens & laid the foundations of the earth. And has feared continually everyday, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor? 

[Psalm 106:21-22 They [forgot] God, their Savior, [Who] had done great things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham & [terribly awesome] things by the Red Sea.] 

The [deported] captives [hurried, so] that he [could] be [loosened, so] he [wouldn't] die in the pit & [so] that his bread [wouldn't] fail. [Zechariah 9:11 As for you, by the blood of your covenant, I have also sent [forward] your prisoners out of the pit, [where there isn't any] water.]

But I Am the Lord your God, [Who] divided the sea, whose waves roared. The Lord of Hosts is His Name. [Exodus 14:26-28 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, [so] that the waters may [return] again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots & their horsemen. 

And Moses stretched [out] his hand over the sea & the sea returned to [its] strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it & the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned & covered the chariots, the horsemen & all of [Pharaoh's army, who] came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained there.]

And I have put My words in your mouth & I have covered you in the shadow of [My] hand, [so] that I may [position] the heavens & lay the foundations of the earth & say to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] You are My people. Awake, awake & stand up, O Jerusalem, [that] has drunk His cup of fury, at the hand of the Lord. 

You have [drunk] the [scum] of the cup of trembling & wrung them out. [Isaiah 5:22-23 [Distress for those who] are mighty to drink wine & men of strength to [mix] strong [drinks who] justify the wicked for [bribes] & take away the [rights] from the righteous!]

There [are] none to guide her, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] among all the sons whom she has brought forth. Neither is there any of all the sons that she has brought up, [who] takes her by the hand. These 2 things: Desolation & Destruction and Famine & the Sword [have] come to you.

Who shall be sorry for you? By whom shall I comfort you. [Isaiah 47:9 But these 2 things shall [happen] to you in a moment [on] 1 day: the loss of children & widowhood. They shall [completely] come upon you for the multitude of your sorceries & for the great abundance of your enchantments.]

Your sons have fainted & they lie at the [top] of all the streets, [like] a wild [male antelope] in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord & the [scolding] of your God. Therefore, now hear this you [drunk] & afflicted, but not with wine. 

The Lord, your Lord & your God, [Who] pleads the [case] of His people, [says this, Look,] I have taken the cup of trembling out of your hand, even the [scum] of the cup of My fury. You shall no [longer] drink it again. 

But I will put it into the hand of [those who] afflict you: [who] have said to your soul, [Bend] down [flat,] [so] that we may go over [you] & you have laid your body [down] [like] the ground & [like] the street, to [those who] went over [them.]