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 11:1-12 My People are Bent on Backsliding From Me

 

My People are Bent on Backsliding From Me

Hosea 11:1-12                      The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, & called My Son out of Egypt. [Matthew 2:14-15 When he arose, he took the young Child, & His mother [at] night, & departed into Egypt. 

* And was there until the death of Herod: [so] that it might be fulfilled, [what] was spoken [about] the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I have called My Son.] 

[Like] they called them, they [also] went from them, & they sacrificed to Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal,] & burned incense to [carved] images. I also taught Ephraim to [walk,] taking them by their [hands,] but they didn't know that I healed them. 

[Exodus 15:26 And said, If you will diligently [pay attention] to the voice of the Lord your God, & will do [what] is right in His sight, & will [listen] to His commandments, & keep His [mandates,] I will [not] put [any] of these disease upon you, [that] I have brought upon the Egyptians. For I Am the Lord, [Who] heals you.]

I [pulled] them [out] with cords [for] a man & bands of love. And I was to them [like those, who remove] the yoke [from] their jaws. [Leviticus 26:13 I Am the Lord your God, [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt, [so] that you [wouldn't] be their [slaves.] And I have broken the bands of your yoke, & made you [walk] upright.] 

And I [gave] meat to them. [Psalm 105:40 The [Israelite] people asked, & He brought quail, & satisfied them with the bread of heaven, [a.k.a. manna.]

He, [a.k.a. Israel,] shouldn't return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return [to the Lord their God.] And the sword shall [remain in] his cities, & consume his branches, [a.k.a. descendants,] & devour them, because of their own [advice.] 

[Ezekiel 28:6-7 Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you have set your heart [like] the heart of God, therefore, [watch,] I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations. And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom & they shall defile your brightness, [a.k.a. intelligence.]

And My people are [focused on] backsliding from Me. [Although] they [were] called to the Most High, none at all would exalt Him. [Jeremiah 3:6-7 The Lord also said to me [during] the days of king Josiah, [Have] you seen [what] backsliding Israel has done? 

She [has] gone up upon every high mountain, & under every green tree, & has played the [unfaithful] harlot there. And after she had done all these things, I said, You, [return] [back] to Me. But she [didn't return.] And her treacherous sister, Judah, saw it.] 

How shall I give up [on] you, Ephraim? How shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you [like] Admah? How shall I [put] you [like] Zeboim? [Deuteronomy 29:22-26 So, that the generation of your children to come, that shall rise up after you, & the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land & the sicknesses which the Lord has laid upon it. 

And the whole land [of it] is brimstone, salt, & burning, that isn't sown, nor [produces,] nor [does] any grass grow [in it.] Like the overthrow of Sodom; Gomorrah; Admah; & Zeboim; [that] the Lord overthrew in His anger & in His [fury.] 

Even all nations shall say, [Why] has the Lord done [like this,] to this land? What [does] the heat of this great anger mean? 

Then, men shall say, Because they have [abandoned] the covenant [contract] of the Lord God of their [forefathers,] which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. For they went & served other gods, & worshiped gods, [that] they [didn't know,] & whom He hadn't given to them.]

[My] heart is [moved] within Me & My [sense of loss grows.] I won't [carry out] the fierceness of [My] anger & I won't return to destroy Ephraim. For I Am God, & not [a] man; the Holy One in the midst of you. And I won't enter into the city. 

[Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie. Neither the Son of Man, that He should repent. Has He said, & [won't] He not do it? Or has He spoken, & shall He not make it [happen?] 

They shall [follow] after the Lord. He shall roar like a lion & when He [roars,] then, the children [people] shall tremble from the West. They shall tremble [like] a bird out of Egypt, & [like] a dove out of the land of Assyria. And I will place them in their houses, says the Lord. 

[Ezekiel 28:25-26 The Lord God says [this;] When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, & [I] shall be sanctified in them, in the sight of the heathen, then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to My servant Jacob, [a.k.a Israel.] 

And they shall dwell safely [there,] & shall build houses & plant vineyards. [Yes,] they shall dwell with confidence, when I have [carried out justice] upon all those, [who] despise them [all around] them. And they shall know that I Am the Lord their God.]

Ephraim [surrounds] Me: with lies, & the house of Israel with deceit. But [still] Judah rules with God, & is faithful with the saints. [Revelation 14:12-13 Here is the patience of the saints: Here are [those, who] keep [God's] commandments, & faith [in] Jesus. 

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead, [who] die in the Lord from [now on.] [Yes,] says the Spirit, [so] that they may rest from their labors & their works, [a.k.a. deeds,] follow them.]