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.

Jonah 2:1-10 Jonah Prayed to the Lord God From the Belly of the Fish

 

Jonah Prayed to the Lord God From the Belly of the Fish

Jonah 2:1-10               The Book of Jonah [in Smaller Chunks]

Then, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God [from] the fish's belly, & said, I cried [out] to the Lord, [because] of [my] affliction, & He heard me. I cried [out from] the belly of hell, & You heard my voice. For You [had] me [thrown] into the deep, in the midst of the seas; & the [flood] [waters] [surrounded around] me.

All Your billows & Your waves [flowed] over me. Then, I said, I am [thrown] out of Your sight; & [still,] I will look again toward Your holy temple. [1 Kings 8:38-40 [Whatever] prayer & [request is] made by any man, or by all Your people, Israel, which every man shall know the [affliction] of his own heart, & spread [out] his hands toward this, [the Lord's] house. 

Then, You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, & do, & give to every man, whose heart You know, according to his ways, (for You, even only You, know the hearts of the children of men.) That they may fear [respect] You all the days that they live in the land, which You [gave] to our [forefathers.] 

The waters [surrounded around] me, & the weeds were wrapped [around] my head, & the depths [enclosed around] me, even to the [point of death.] O Lord my God, I went down [into the depths & saw] the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with [all its barriers were] [around] me, forever.

[Still,] You have brought [me] up [& saved] my life from corruption. [Psalm 86:13 For Your mercy is great toward me: & You have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.]

When my soul, [a.k.a. life,] fainted within me, I remembered the Lord. And my prayer came into Your holy temple, to You. [Those, who] observe [what are:] lying vanities, [abandon] their own mercy.

[Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those,] who have [abandoned] Me, & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made by] their own hands.] 

But I will sacrifice to You, with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay, [what] I have vowed. Salvation is [from] the Lord. [Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light & my Salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?] 

And the Lord [spoke] to the fish, & it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.