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 4:1-11 Jonah Was Very Displeased & Very Angry

 

Jonah Was Very Displeased & Very Angry

Jonah 4:1-11               The Book of Jonah [in Smaller Chunks]

But it [exceedingly] displeased Jonah, & he was very angry. [Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, [a.k.a. deeds,] & that they turned from their evil ways. And God [withdrew from] the [disaster,] that He had said that He would do to them; & He didn't do it.] 

And [Jonah] prayed to the Lord, & said, I pray You, O Lord, wasn't this [what] [I said,] when I was [still] in my country? [That's why] fled to Tarshish, before. For I knew that You [are] a gracious God, merciful, slow to anger, & of great kindness, & You [withdraw] of the [disaster.] 

[2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people, [who] are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, & pray & seek My face, & turn from their wicked ways, then, I will hear from heaven, & will forgive their sin & will heal their land.] 

Therefore, O Lord, I [beg] You, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then, the Lord said, [Are] you [doing] well to be angry? So, Jonah went out of the city, & sat on the East side of the city. 

And made [himself] a booth, [a.k.a. shelter,] there & sat under it, in [its shade, until] he [could] see what would [happen to] the city. And the Lord God prepared a gourd, & made it come up over [top of] Jonah, [so] that it might [provide] [shade] over his head, to [relieve] him from his grief. 

So, Jonah was [exceedingly] glad [about] the gourd. But the next day, God prepared a worm, & [at dawn, the worm struck] the gourd, [so] that it withered. And it [happened,] when  the sun [arose,] that God prepared a [strong] East wind; & the sun beat [down] upon [Jonah's] head, [so] that he fainted. 

And [he] wished [within] himself to die, & said, It's better for me to die, than to live. And God said to Jonah, [Are] you [doing] well to be angry for the gourd? And [Jonah] said, I do well to be angry, even to [the point of] death. 

Then, the Lord said, You [have] had pity on the gourd, for which you haven't [worked,] & neither [have you] made it grow; [that] came up in a night, & perished in a night. 

And shouldn't I spare Nineveh, that [large] city, [in which] are more than 120,000 [people,] that can't [distinguish] between their right hand & their left hand; [plus] much [livestock?]