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.

Joel 3:1-21 The Lord God Tells How He Will Return Judah & Jerusalem from Captivity

 

The Lord God Tells How He Will Return Judah & Jerusalem from Captivity

Joel 3:1-21                                 The Book of Joel [in Smaller Chunks]

For [watch,] in those days, & [during] that time, when I shall [return] again [those from] Judah & Jerusalem [from] captivity. [Jeremiah 30:3 The Lord says, For [look,] the days come, that I will bring [back] again, [those from] the captivity of My people, Israel & Judah. And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their [forefathers,] & they shall possess it.]

I will also gather all nations & will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, & will plead with them there for My people & for My heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, & [divided] My land. 

And they have cast lots for My people; & have given a boy for [a] harlot, & sold a girl, for wine, [so] that they might drink. [Yes,] O Tyre, [a.k.a. Tyrus,] & Zidon, [a.k.a. Sidon,] & all the coasts of Palestine, what [do] you have to do with Me? Will you [give] Me a [repayment?] 

And if you [repay] Me, swiftly & speedily, I will return your [repayment] upon your own head. [Amos 1:6-8 The Lord says [this;] For 3 [sins] of Gaza, & for 4, I won't [withdraw its] punishment [from it;] because they carried away captive [all those from] captivity, to deliver them up to Edom. 

But I will send a fire upon the Wall of Gaza, [that] shall devour [its] palaces. And I will cut off the [residents] from Ashdod, & him, [who] holds the scepter from Ashkelon. And I will [return My] hand against Ekron, [until] the [rest] of the Philistines, [have perished,] says the Lord God.] 

Because you have taken My silver & My gold, & have carried My [pretty,] pleasant things into your temples. [2 Kings 24:13 And he, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar,] carried out [from there,] all the treasures of the [Lord's] house, & the treasures of the king's house, & cut  in pieces all the vessels of gold, [that] Solomon, [Israel's] king, made, [like] the Lord had said, [for] the temple of the Lord.] 

Also, you have sold the children [people] of: Judah & Jerusalem, to the [Greeks, so] that you might remove them far from their [borders.] [Look,] I will raise them out of the place [where] you have sold them, & will return your [repayment] upon your own head. 

[Jeremiah 23:7-8 The Lord says, Therefore, the days come, that they shall no [longer] say, The Lord Lives, [Who] brought up the children [people] of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 

But, The Lord Lives, [Who] brought up & [Who] led the seed, [a.k.a. descendants] of the house of Israel, out of the North country, & from all countries [where] I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.] 

And I will sell your sons & daughters into the hand of the children [people] of Judah, & they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far [away.] For the Lord has spoken it. [Zephaniah 2:4-7 For Gaza shall be [abandoned] & Ashkelon, [shall be] a desolation. 

They shall drive out Ashdod, at noon, & Ekron shall be [uprooted.] Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherathites. O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, the Word of the Lord is against you. I will even destroy you, that there shall be no [inhabitants.]

And the sea cost shall be dwellings & cottages for shepherds, & [pens] for flocks. And the coast shall be for the [rest] of the house of Judah. They shall feed [their sheep] [there, upon] the house [tops] of Ashkelon & shall lie down in the evening. For the Lord their God, shall visit them & turn [them] away [from] their captivity.] 

You, proclaim this among the Gentiles. Prepare [for] war & wake up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw [close] & let them come up. Beat your [plow blades] into swords, & [hooked tools for pruning,] into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong. 

[Zechariah 12:8 [On] that day, the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he, [who] is feeble among them, [on] that day, shall be [like] David. And the house of David shall be [for] God, [like] the Angel of the Lord, [in front of] them.] 

Assemble yourselves & come, all you heathen, & gather yourselves together [all around there.] And [make] Your mighty ones to come down, O Lord. Let the heathen be [awakened,] & come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. 

For I will sit there to judge all the heathen, [all around it.] [Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened & [saw] a white horse. And He, [Who] sat upon him, was called Faithful & True. And He [does judge] & make war in Righteousness.] 

You, put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, & get [yourself] down. For the [wine] press is full, & the [vats] overflow. For their wickedness is [immense.] [Revelation 14:18-20 And another Angel came out of from the altar, [who] had power over fire; & cried [out] with a loud cry, to him, [who] had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, & gather the clusters of the vine of the earth. 

For her grapes are fully ripe. And the Angel thrust in his sickle into the earth & gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God, And the winepress was [trampled outside] the city, & blood came out of the winepress, even to the horse bridles, [over] the space of 1,600 furlongs.]

Multitudes [upon] multitudes in the Valley of Decision. For the day of the Lord is near, in the Valley of Decision. [Revelation 20:10-15 And the devil, [who] deceived them was cast into the lake of fire & brimstone, where the beast & the false prophet are, & shall be tormented day & night, forever & ever. 

And I saw a [large] white throne, & Him, [Who] sat on it, from Whose face the earth & the heaven fled away, & there was no place found for them. And I saw the dead: small & great, [a.k.a. young & old, or powerless & powerful,] stand before God. 

And the Books were opened, & another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things, [that] were written in the Books, according to their works, [a.k.a. deeds.] And the sea gave up the dead, [that] were in it. 

And Death & Hell delivered up the dead, [that] were in them. And they & every man were judged according to their works. And Death & Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the 2nd death. And [whoever] wasn't found written in the Book of Life, was cast into the lake of fire.] 

The sun & the moon shall be darkened, & the stars shall withdraw their shining. [Revelation 21:21-25 And the 12 gates were 12 pearls, & every [separate] gate was [from] 1 pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, [similar to] transparent glass. *And I saw no temple [there,] for the Lord God Almighty, & the Lamb are the temple of it. 

*And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God did lighten it, & the Lamb is the light [of it.] 

And [those] of the nations, [who] are saved, shall walk in the light of it. And the kings of the earth, bring their glory & honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.] 

Also, the Lord shall roar out of Zion, & utter His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens & the earth shall shake. But the Lord will be the hope of His people, & the strength of the children [people] of Israel. [Revelation 11:12-15 And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them, Come up [here.] 

And they, [a.k.a. the 2 witnesses, or prophets,] ascended up to heaven in a cloud. And their enemies [saw] them. And the same hour, there was a [large] earthquake, & 1/10 [portion] of the city fell, & in the earthquake, there were 7,000 men slain, & the [rest] were [frightened,] & gave glory to the God of heaven..]

The 2nd woe is past, & [look,] the 3rd woe comes quickly. And the 7th Angel sounded [a trumpet,] & there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world [have] become the kingdoms of our Lord, & of His Christ. And He shall [rule] forever & ever.]

[Accordingly,] you shall know that I Am the Lord your God, [Who] [dwells] in Zion, My Holy Mountain: & no strangers shall pass through her anymore. Then, Jerusalem shall be holy. [Acts 11:17-18 [Since,] God [has] [given] them, [a.k.a. Gentiles, or former unbelievers,] the [same] gift [like] He did to us, who [believe in] the Lord Jesus Christ, [who] was I, that I could [confront] God? 

When they heard these things, they held their peace, & glorified God, saying, Then, God [has] also granted to the Gentiles repentance [leading] to life.] 

And it shall [happen on] that day, that the mountains shall [drip] down new wine & the hills shall flow with milk. And all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters & the fountain shall come [out] of the house of the Lord, & shall water the Valley of Shitttim, [a.k.a. Acacia.] 

[Revelation 22:1-4 And he [showed] me a pure river of [the] Water of Life, crystal clear, [coming] out [from under] the throne of God, & of the Lamb. In the midst of [its] street, & on either side of the river, there was the Tree of Life, which [bears] 12 [types] of fruits, & [produces] her fruit every month.

And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse. But the throne of God, & of the Lamb, shall be in it. And His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face, & His Name shall be in their foreheads.]

Egypt shall be a desolation, & Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children [people] of Judah, because they have shed [the] blood [of the] innocent in their land. [Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery, & blood is [on] their hands. 

And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.] [Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have profaned My Sabbaths. 

For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then, they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.]

But Judah shall dwell forever & ever, & Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their [bloodshed] that I haven't cleansed: for the Lord dwells in Zion. [Isaiah 4:3-4 And it shall [happen,] that he, [who] is left in Zion, & he, [who] remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone, [who] is written among the living in Jerusalem. 

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of [Zion's] daughters, & shall have purged the [bloodshed] of Jerusalem from [its] midst, [through:] the spirit of judgment & the spirit of burning.]