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.

11/22/2024

Isaiah 52:1-15 The Lord Says, You Have Sold Yourselves for Nothing & Shall be Redeemed Without Money

 

The Lord Says, You Have Sold Yourselves for Nothing & Shall be Redeemed Without Money

Isaiah 52:1-15                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Awake, O Zion, awake & put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. [From now on,] the uncircumcised & the unclean shall no [longer] come into you. Loosen yourself from the [shackles around] your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 

Shake yourself from the [dirt,] arise & sit down, O Jerusalem. [Isaiah 10:27 And it shall [happen on] that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your neck & the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.]

For the Lord says [this,] You have sold yourselves for [nothing] & you shall be redeemed without money. For the Lord God, says [this,] My people went down [before this time,] into Egypt to [stay] there & the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 

[Exodus 1:11-13 Therefore, they did [put] over them task masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities: Pithom & Raamses, [a.k.a Ramses.] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied & grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children [people] of Israel serve with rigor.]

The Lord says, Therefore, now, what [do] I have here, that My people [are] taken away for [nothing?] [Those who] rule over them, make them howl, says the Lord & My Name is continually blasphemed every day. [Ezekiel 36:23-25 And I will sanctify My great Name, [that] was profaned among the heathen, which you have profaned in the midst of them. 

And the heathen shall know that I Am the Lord, when I shall be sanctified [through] you before their eyes, says the Lord God. For I will take you from among the heathen & gather you out of all countries & will bring you into your own land. Then, I will sprinkle clean water upon you & you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness & from all your idols.] 

Therefore, My people shall know My Name & they shall know [on] that day, that I Am He, [Who speaks.] [See,] it is I. How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of him, [who] brings good [news] & [declares] peace. [Who] brings good [news] of good & [Who] [proclaims] Salvation. 

[Isaiah 40:9-11 O Zion, [that] brings good [news,] get [yourselves] up into the high mountain. O Jerusalem, [that] brings good [news,] lift up your [voices] with strength. Lift it up & [don’t] be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, [See] your God! [Look,] the Lord God will come with [a] strong hand & His arm shall rule for Him. 

[See,] His reward is with Him & His work is [in front of] Him. *He shall feed His flock like a Shepherd. He shall gather the lambs with His arm & carry them [against] His [chest] & shall gently lead those [who] are with young.]

[Who] says to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] Your God [rules!] Your [guards] shall lift up [their voices] & they shall sing with [their voices] together. For they shall see [face] to [face,] when the Lord shall bring Zion [back] again. Break [out] into joy & sing together, you waste [lands] of Jerusalem.

For the Lord has comforted His people & He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has made His holy arm bare in the eyes of all nations. And all the ends of the earth shall see the Salvation of our God. Depart you & you go out from there. Depart you & [don't] touch [any] unclean thing. 

[Revelation 18:4-5  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, [so] that you [aren’t participants] of her sins & [so] that you [don’t] receive [any] of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven & God has remembered her iniquities.]

Be clean, you [who] go out of the midst of her & [carry] the [Lord's] vessels. For you shall not go out [in a hurry,] nor by [fleeing:] for the Lord will go [in front of] you. And the God of Israel will be your [rear guard.] [Look,] My Servant shall [behave wisely] & He shall be exalted & [praised] & be very high. 

*[Like] many were [astonished] at You, His [appearance] was marred more than any man & His [image,] more than the sons of men. [Isaiah 53:2-5 *For He shall grow up before Him [like] a tender plant & [like] a root out of dry ground. He has no [pleasant] form, nor [attractiveness.] 

And when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. *He is despised & rejected [by] men. A man of sorrows & acquainted with grief. And we hid [like] it were our faces from Him. He was despised & we [didn't hold] Him [in high regard.]

*Surely, He has borne our grief & carried our sorrows, yet we [didn't respect] Him, [suffering, struck] & afflicted [by] God. *But He was wounded for our [sins] & He was bruised for our iniquities. The [discipline for] our peace was upon Him. And with His stripes, we are healed.] 

So, He shall sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him. For they shall see, [what] hadn't been told [to] them. And they shall [ponder, what] they hadn't heard. 

[1 Peter 1:2 According to the [previous] knowledge of God the Father, through the sanctification of the Spirit & [through] obedience & sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace [be] to you, [Chosen] & [may your] peace be multiplied.]