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.

Hosea 1:1-11 The Lord Directs Hosea to Marry Gomer

 

The Lord Directs Hosea to Marry Gomer

Hosea 1:1-11                         The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

The Word of the Lord that came to Hosea, [Beeri's] son, [during] the days of: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, & Hezekiah, [Judah's] kings, & [during] the days of [Joash's] son, Jeroboam, [Israel's] king. The beginning of the [Lord's] Word [to be shared] by Hosea. 

And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take [for] yourself [a] wife [that's been an unfaithful harlot] & children [from this unfaithfulness.] [Psalm 73:27 For, [look, those who] are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all [those, who] go [unfaithfully like a harlot.] 

Departing from the Lord, the land has committed [immense infidelities.] So, [Hosea] went & took Gomer, [Diblaim's] daughter, [who] conceived & [bore Hosea] a son. And the Lord said to Hosea, Call his name Jezreel. For [in] a little while, I will avenge the [bloodshed] of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu & will cause the house of [Israel's] kingdom to cease.

[2 Kings 17:7-12 For it was so, that the children [people] of Israel had feared, [a.k.a. respected] other gods [that] they had made & had sinned against the Lord their God, [Who] had brought them up, out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand, [a.k.a. control,] of Pharaoh, [Egypt's] king. 

And [the Israelites] [followed] in the [mandates] of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children [people] & kings of Israel. And the children [people] of Israel secretly did those things that weren't right, against the Lord their God. 

And they built [themselves] high places in all their cities, from the Tower of the Watchman, [a.k.a. The Watchman's Tower,] to the [fortified] city. And they set up images & groves [for] [themselves] under every green tree, in every high hill. 

And they burnt incense there in all the high places, [like] the heathen did, whom the Lord carried away before them. And [they] [did] wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger. For they served idols, [of which] the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing.]

And it shall [happen on] that day, that I will break the [archer's] bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel. And [Gomer] conceived again, & [bore] a daughter. And God said to [Hosea,] call her name Lo Ruhamah, [a.k.a. No Mercy,] for I will no [longer] have mercy upon the house of Israel. But I will [totally] take them away. 

[2 Kings 17:6 [During] the 9th year of Hoshea, [a.k.a. Hosea,] the king of Assyria, took Samaria, & carried Israel away into Assyria. And placed them in Halah & Habor by the river of Gozan, [a.k.a. Gozan River,] & in the cities of the Medes.] 

But I will have mercy on the house of Judah & won't save them by the: bow; sword; battle; horses; nor by horsemen, [but] will save them by the Lord their God. Now, when they have weaned Lo Ruhamah, [Gomer] conceived & [bore] a son. 

Then, God said, Call his name Lo Ammi: for you aren't My people, & I won't be your God. [Still,] the number of the children of Israel shall be [like] the sand of the sea, which can't be measured, nor [counted.] 

[Genesis 22:16-18 And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, because you, [a.k.a. Abraham, have] done this thing, & haven't withheld your son, your only son. 

That I will bless you, in [blessings,] & in multiplying, I will multiply your seed, [a.k.a. descendants, like] the stars of the heaven & [like] the sand, [that] is upon the seashore. And your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. *And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed, because you [have] obeyed My voice.] 

And it shall [happen,] that in the place where it was said to them, You aren't My people, it shall be said to them there, You are the sons of the Living God. [Isaiah 8:18-19 *[Look,] the children & I, whom the Lord has given me are for signs & for wonders, [a.k.a. miracles,] from the Lord of Hosts, [Who] dwells in Mount Zion. 

And when they shall say to you, Seek [for those, who] have familiar spirits, [a.k.a. mediums, or those who talk with the dead,] that peep, [a.k.a. whisper] & mutter: Shouldn't a people seek to their God? For the Living [not] to the dead?] 

Then, the children [people] of Judah & Israel, shall be gathered together & appoint [for] themselves 1 [leader] & they shall come up out of the land. For the day of Jezreel shall be great.