About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, 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.
By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

1 Samuel 12:1-25 Elderly Samuel Asks If He’s Ever Defrauded, Oppressed or Taken a Bribe

 

Elderly Samuel Asks If He’s Ever Defrauded, Oppressed or Taken a Bribe

1 Samuel 12:1-25                The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

Samuel said to all [of] Israel, [Look,] I have [listened] to your voice in all that you said to me, & have made a king over you. Now, [see,] the king [walks] before you, & I am old & gray headed. 

[Look,] my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood [until] this day. [See,] I am here. Witness against me before the Lord, & before His anointed: Whose ox or [donkey] have I taken? 

Or whom have I defrauded [or] oppressed? Or [from] whose hand have I received any bribe to blind [my] eyes [with it?] [Tell me] & I will restore it [to] you. And they said, You [haven’t] defrauded us, nor oppressed us, & neither [have] you taken [anything from] any man’s hand.

[Samuel] said to them, The Lord & His anointed [are witnesses] against you this day, that you haven’t found [anything] in my hand. And they answered, He is [a] witness.

And Samuel said to the people, It is the Lord, [Who] advanced Moses & Aaron, & [Who] brought your [forefathers] up, out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, standstill now, [so] I may reason with you before the Lord [about] all the righteous acts of the Lord, [that] He did to you & to your [forefathers.] 

When Jacob [a.k.a. Israel, came] into Egypt, & your [forefathers] cried [out] to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses & Aaron [who] brought your [forefathers] out of Egypt & made them [live] in this  place.

And when they [forgot] the Lord their God, He sold them into the [hands] of Sisera; captain of [Hazor’s army,] & into the [hands] of the Philistines, & into the [hands] of [Moab’s] king.

And they fought against them & cried [out] to the Lord & said, We have sinned, because we have [abandoned] the Lord, & have served Baalim & Ashtaroth. 

But now, deliver us out of the [hands] of our enemies, & we will serve You. And the Lord sent: Jerubbaal [a.k.a. Gideon;] Bedan; Jephthah; & Samuel; & delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, & you [lived safely.] 

And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon came against you, you said to me, [No;] but a king shall [rule] over us; when the Lord your God, was your King. 

Therefore, now, [see,] the king whom you have: chosen & desired! [Look,] the Lord [has put] a king over you. 

If you will fear, [a.k.a. respect,] the Lord, & serve Him, & obey His voice, & not rebel against the [commandments] of the Lord, then you & also the king [who rules] over you, shall both continue following the Lord your God. 

But if you won’t obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the [commandments] of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord shall be against you [like] it was against your [forefathers.]

Therefore, now stand & see this great thing, [a.k.a. a miracle, that] the Lord shall do before your eyes. Isn’t today wheat harvest?

I will call to the Lord, & He shall send thunder & rain, [so] that you may see & [realize,] [that by:] asking for a king [for yourselves,] & [what] you have done in the sight of the Lord, that your wickedness is [huge.] 

So, Samuel called to the Lord; & the Lord sent thunder & rain that day & all the people greatly feared, [a.k.a. respected,] the Lord & Samuel. 

And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, [so] that we [won’t] die: for this evil, to ask [for] a king [for] us, we have added to all our sins. 

And Samuel said to the people, [Don’t] fear, you have done all this wickedness, [but don’t] turn aside, [a.k.a. go astray,] from following the Lord, but [continue] to serve the Lord with all of your heart. 

And [don’t go astray]: for then, if you go after vain things, [that] can’t [benefit] nor deliver [you,] for they are vain, [a.k.a. worthless.] For the Lord won’t [abandon] His people for His great Name’s sake; because it [has] pleased the Lord to make you His people.

[Philippians 2:5-11 Let [your minds within] you, also [be like] [that] in Christ Jesus. Who being in the [image] of God, thought it not [a crime,] to be equal with God, but made Himself, [with] no reputation, [a.k.a. humble,] & took upon [Himself,] the image of a servant, [& without sin,] was made in the likeness of men. And being found in the [image like] a man, He humbled Himself, & became obedient [until] death, even the death [on] the cross. [For this reason, God [has] also highly exalted Him, & [has] given Him a Name, which is above every name, [so] that every knee of things: in heaven; [on] earth; & under the earth; should bow at the Name of Jesus. *And that every tongue should confess to the glory of God the Father, that Jesus Christ is Lord.]

[Additionally, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the: good & right way. Only fear, [a.k.a. respect,] the Lord & serve Him in truth with all your heart. Consider how [many] great things He [has] done for you. But if you shall still do wickedly, you & your king shall both [perish.]

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