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.

Judges 2:1-23 The Actions of the Generations After Joshua’s Passing

 

The Actions of the Generations After Joshua’s Passing

Judges 2:1-23    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

An Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim & said, I made you go up out of Egypt & have brought you into the land I swore to [give] your [forefathers] & I will never break My covenant [contract] with you.

You shall not make [any alliance] with the inhabitants of this land & you shall [tear] down their altars, but you haven’t obeyed My voice. Why haven’t you done this? 

[For this reason,] I also said that I won’t drive [those nations] out before you, but they shall be [like] thorns in your sides & their gods shall [entrap] you. It [happened,] when the Angel of the Lord [spoke] these words to all the children [people] of Israel, the people lifted up their [voices] & wept.

They called the name of the place Bochim & they sacrificed there to the Lord. When Joshua had let the [people] of Israel [leave,] every man went to his inheritance to possess the land. 

The people served the Lord all the days of [Joshua’s life] & all the [lives] of the elders who outlived Joshua & had seen all the great works of the Lord & all He [had done] for Israel. 

Joshua, [Nun’s] son, the servant of the Lord, died [at] 110 years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres in Mount Ephraim, on the north side of the [Mount] Gaash. All that generation were gathered to their [forefathers in death.] 

And there arose another generation after them, [that didn’t know] the Lord, nor the works He had done for Israel. The children [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & served Baalim & they [abandoned] the Lord God of their [forefathers, Who] brought them out of the land of Egypt.

And [they] followed other gods, the gods of the people [who] were round about them & bowed themselves to them & provoked the Lord to anger. They [abandoned]  the Lord & served Baal & Ashteroth. 

And the [Lord’s] anger was hot against Israel & He delivered them into the hands of the spoilers [who plundered] them & sold them into the hands of their enemies [around them,] so they could no longer stand before their enemies. 

[Wherever] they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said & as the Lord had sworn to them & [he Israelites] were [very] distressed.

[Deuteronomy 28:64-66 And the Lord shall scatter you among all people, from one end of the earth, even to the other. And there you shall serve other gods, [that] neither you nor your [forefathers] have known, even [of] wood & stone. 

And among these nations, you shall not find ease & neither shall the sole of your foot have rest. But there the Lord shall give you, a trembling heart & failing eyes & a sorrowful mind. and your life shall hang in doubt before you. And you shall [be afraid] day & night. And [you] shall have [no] assurance of your life.]

[However] the Lord raised up judges, [who] delivered them out of the hands of those [who plundered] them. Yet, they wouldn’t [listen to] their judges & [played the unfaithful harlot] after other gods & bowed themselves to them.

They quickly turned from the [path] their [forefathers] walked in, [by] obeying the commandments of the Lord, but they didn’t [do] so. When the Lord raised up the judges [for] them, the Lord [God] was with the judge & delivered [the Israelites] out of the hand of their enemies, all the days of the judge.

The Lord was [grieved,] because of their [groaning from those who] oppressed & [harassed] them. It [happened,] when the judge was dead, [the Israelites] returned & corrupted themselves more than their [forefathers, by] following other gods [& serving] them [& bowing] down to them. 

They didn’t [stop] from [doing this,] nor from their stubborn [ways.] The anger of the Lord was hot against Israel & He said, 

Because this people [have sinned] against My covenant [contract,] which I commanded their [forefathers] & they haven’t [listened] to My voice, I will not also drive out any of the nations before them, which [were] left when Joshua died. 

That through [the other nations,] I may [test] Israel [& see] whether they will keep the way of the Lord & walk [in them, like their [forefathers kept] it, or not. Therefore, the Lord left those nations, without driving them out [quickly] & neither [did] He [deliver] them into the hand of Joshua.