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.

Amos 8:1-14 Amos Saw a Basket of Summer Fruit

 

Amos Saw a Basket of Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-14                        The Book of Amos [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord God has [declared this] to me. And [I] [saw] a basket of summer fruit. And He said, Amos, what [do] you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then, the Lord said to me, The end [has] come upon My people of Israel. I won't pass by them anymore. 

And the temple songs shall be [wailing on] that day, says the Lord God. There shall be many dead bodies in every place & in silence, they shall [throw] them [out.] O you, [who] swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Hear this. 

[Deuteronomy 24:14-15 You shall not oppress [a] hired servant that is poor & needy, whether he [is] of your brethren, or [from] the strangers, [who] are within your gates, in your land. 

At [the end of] his day, you shall give his hire, [a.k.a. wages.] Neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, & sets his heart upon it: lest he [cries] [out] against you to the Lord & it [is] a sin [credited] to you.] 

Saying, When will the New Moon be [over, so] that we may sell [grain?] And [when will] the Sabbath [be over, so] that we may [put out] the wheat? Making the ephah [smaller] & the shekel [larger] & [falsify] the balances, [a.k.a. scales,] by deceit? [So,] that we may buy the poor for silver, & the needy for a pair of shoes. 

[Yes,] [& shouldn't we] sell the [inferior] wheat? By [Jacob's excellence,] The Lord has sworn, Surely, I will never forget any of their works, [a.k.a. deeds.] [Shouldn't] the land tremble for this, & everyone mourn, [who] dwells [in it?] 

And it shall [totally] rise up, [like] a flood, & it shall be cast out & [drown like] by the flood [of the Nile River] of Egypt. The Lord God says, And it shall [happen on] that day, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, & I will darken the earth [on a] clear day.

[Luke 23:44-46 *And it was about the 6th hour, [a.k.a. noon,] & there was darkness over all the earth until the 9th hour. And the sun was darkened & the [temple's] veil was [torn] in the [middle.] 

And when Jesus had cried [out] with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands, I commend My Spirit. And having said [this,] He gave up the ghost, [a.k.a. died.]

And I will turn your feasts into mourning & all your songs into [grieving.] And I will bring up sackcloth upon all [waists,] & baldness upon every head. And I will make it [like] the mourning of an Only Son, & the end [of it like] a bitter day. 

[John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that [whoever] believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God [didn't send] His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him, might be saved.]

The Lord God says, [Watch,] the days come, that I will send a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but [for] hearing the Words of the Lord. And they shall wander from sea to sea, & from North, even to the East. They shall run [back & forth,] to seek the Word of the Lord, & shall not find it. 

[Ezekiel 7:26-27 [Destruction] shall come upon [destruction,] & rumor shall [come] upon rumor. Then, they shall seek a vision [for] the prophet; but the Law shall perish from the priest, & [advice] [shall perish] from the [elders.] 

The king shall mourn, & the prince shall be clothed with desolation, & the hands of the people of the land, shall be troubled. I will do to them, [according] to their [ways.] And I will judge them according to [what they deserve.] And they shall know that I Am the Lord.]

[Those, who] swear by the sin of Samaria, & say, Your god, O Dan, lives.            [1 Kings 12:28-30 [Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] [got advice,] & made 2 calves of gold, & said to [the Israelites,] It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to sacrifice.]

[See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up, out of the land of Egypt. And he [put] the 1 in Beth El, [a.k.a. Beth Aven,] & he put the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the 1, even to Dan.] 

And [say,] The [ways] of Beer Sheba lives. [2 Kings 23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, & [defiled] the high places, where the priests had burned incense, from Gaba, [all the way] tp Beer Sheba, & [broke] down the high places of the gates, that were in the [entrance gate] of Joshua, the governor of the city, that were [on] the [right hand side,] at the gate.

Even & [those] shall fall, & never rise again.