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.

6/05/2025

Malachi 2:1-17 Dealing Wickedly with the Wife of Your Youth

 

Dealing Wickedly with the Wife of Your Youth

Malachi 2:1-17    The Book of Malachi [in Smaller Chunks]

O you priests, & now this commandment is for you. [Malachi 1:6-7 A son honors his father, & a servant, his master. Then, if I Am a Father, where is [My] honor? And if I Am a master, where is My fear [respect?] The Lord of Hosts [said] [this] to you, O priests, [who] despise My Name.

And you say, [How] have we despised Your Name? You offer [defiled] bread upon [My] altar, & you say, [How] have we [defiled] You? [Because,] you say, The table of the Lord is contemptible, [a.k.a. detestable.] 

The Lord of Hosts says, If you won't hear & won't [take] it to heart, to give glory to My Name, I will even send a curse upon you. And I will curse your blessings. [Yes,] I have already cursed them, because you don't [take] it to heart. 

[Deuteronomy 28:14-15 And you shall not go [astray] to the right hand or to the left, from any of the Words [that] I command you this day, & go after other gods to serve them. 

But it shall [happen,] if you won't [listen] to the voice of the Lord your God, to [obey] & do all His commandments, & His [mandates,] that I command you this day, that all these curses shall come upon you, & overtake you.]

[Watch,] I will corrupt your seed, & spread [feces] upon your faces even the [feces from] your solemn feasts. And [someone] will take you away with [the feces.]

And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, [so] that My covenant [contract] might be with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. My covenant was with him [for:] life & peace. And I gave them to him, for the fear [respect with which] he feared Me, & was afraid before My Name.

[Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, & will cause the [wild animals,] to [stop] out of the land. And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, & sleep in the woods.] 

The Law of Truth was in his mouth, & [sinfulness] wasn't found on his lips. He [followed] with Me, in peace & equity, & [turned] away many from [sinfulness.] For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, & they should seek the Law, [from] his mouth. For he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. 

[Galatians 4:14 And [in] my temptations, which [were] in my flesh, you [didn't despise,] nor [reject,] but received me [like] an Angel of God, even [like] Christ Jesus [receives.]

But you [have] departed & [gone astray] [from] the [path,] & have caused many to stumble [in] the Law. You have [distorted] the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. 

[Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there, [those, who] hold [to] the doctrine, [a.k.a. teaching,] of Balaam, who taught [Balack,] to cast a stumbling block before the children [people] of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, & to commit fornication, [a.k.a. infidelity.] 

Therefore, I have also made you contemptible, & [lowly in front of] all people, [since] you haven't kept My ways, but have [shown favoritism,] in the Law. [Deuteronomy 1:17 You shall not respect, [a.k.a. show favoritism to] persons in judgment; but you shall hear the [powerless,] as well as the [powerful.] 

You shall not be afraid of the face of [a] man, for the judgment is God's. And [if] the [case] is too hard for you, bring it to me, & I will hear it.] 

Haven't we all One Father? [Hasn't] One God created us? Why do we, every man, [behave] treacherously, against his brother, by [defiling] the covenant [contract] of our [forefathers?] 

[Ephesian 4:4-7 There is One body, & One Spirit, even [like] you are [all] called in One hope of your calling; One Lord, One faith, One baptism, One God & Father of all, [Who] is above all, & through all, & in you all. But everyone of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.] 

Judah has [behaved] treacherously, & Israel & Jerusalem, [have] committed an abomination. For Judah has [defiled] the holiness of the Lord, [Whom] he loved, & has married the daughter of a [foreign] god. [1 Kings 11:3-4 And he, [a.k.a. Solomon,] had 700 hundred wives, & princesses, & 300  [mistresses.] 

And his wives turned away his heart. For it [happened,] when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods. And his heart wasn't perfect with the Lord his God, [like] the heart was, of David, his father.] 

The Lord will cut off the man, the master, & the scholar, [who] does this, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & him, [who offers a sacrifice] to the Lord of Hosts. 

And you have done this again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping, & crying out, [because] He [doesn't] regard, [a.k.a. respect,] the offering anymore, [nor receives] it [from] your [hands] with goodwill. [Still,] you say, [For what reason?]

Because the Lord has been [a] witness between you & the wife of your youth, against whom, you have [behaved] treacherously. [Still,] she is your companion, & the wife of your covenant [contract.] And didn't He make [them] one? 

[Matthew 19:4-5 And He answered & said to them, Haven't you read, that He, [Who] made them [in] the beginning, made them male & female, & said, For this [reason,] man shall leave [his] father & mother, & shall [cling] to his wife. And they [two] shall be one flesh.] 

[Since,] He had Spirit [remaining, why] [just] one? [So,] that He may seek a godly seed, [a.k.a. Offspring.] Therefore, [pay attention] to your spirit, & let [no one behave] treacherously against the wife of his youth. 

For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He [hates] putting away, [a.k.a. divorce, for [someone] covers [up] his violence, [like] with his garment, says the Lord of Hosts. [Matthew 5:31-32 It has been said, [Whoever] shall put away his wife, let him give her a [written certificate of divorce.] 

But I say to you, That [whoever] shall put away his wife, [except] for the [reason] of fornication, [a.k.a. infidelity,] causes her to commit adultery. And [whoever] shall marry her, [who] is divorced, commits adultery.] 

Therefore, [pay attention] to your spirit, [so] that you don't [behave] treacherously. You have [tired] the Lord with your words. [Still,] you say, [How] have we [tired] Him? 

When you say, Everyone [who] does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, & He delights in them; or, Where is the God of [Justice?] [Psalm 94:7 [Still,] they say, The Lord shall not see, & neither shall the God of Jacob regard, [a.k.a. pay attention to] it.]