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.

Micah 6:1-16 The Lord Pleads His Case to Israel

 

The Lord Pleads His Case to Israel

Micah 6:1-16         The Book of Micah [in Smaller Chunks]

You, now hear what the Lord says; Arise & [plead your case in front of] the mountains, & let the hills hear your voice. O you mountains, & strong foundations of the earth, hear the Lord's controversy, [a.k.a. dispute.] For the Lord has a [dispute] with His people, & He will plead with Israel. 

[Isaiah 1:16-18 Wash [yourselves] & make [yourself] clean. Put away the evil of your [actions] from [in front of My] eyes & [stop from doing] [what is] evil. Learn to do well; & seek: [justice,] relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, & plead for the widow. 

Come now, & let's reason together, says the Lord. [Although] your sins [are like] scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. [Although] they [are] red like crimson, they shall be [white] [like] wool.] 

O My people, what have I done to you? And [for what reason,] have I [tired] you? Testify against Me. [Isaiah 43:22-24 But you haven't called upon Me, O Jacob. But you have been [tired] of Me, O Israel. You haven't brought Me the small [livestock for] your burnt offerings; & neither have you honored Me with your sacrifices.

I haven't [made] you to serve with an offering, nor [tired] you with [bringing] incense. You haven't brought Me [any] sweet [sugar] cane with money, & neither have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have made Me to [put up] with your sins. You have wearied Me with your [sinfulness.] 

For, I brought you up, out of the land of Egypt, & redeemed you [from] the house of servants. And I sent Moses, Aaron, & Miriam [in front of] you.

O My people, remember now what Balak, [Moab's] king, [requested] & what Balaam, [Beor's] son, answered him from Shittim, [all the way] to Gilgal; [so] that you may know the righteousness of the Lord. 

[Joshua 24:9-10 Then, Balak, [Zippor's] son, [Moab's] king, arose & [fought] against Israel, & sent & called Balaam, [Beor's] son, to curse you. But I wouldn't [listen] to Balaam. Therefore, he still blessed you. So, I delivered you out of his hand.] 

[For what reason] shall I come before the Lord & bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, & with [1] year old calves? Will the Lord be pleased with 1,000's off rams, or with 10,000 rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my [sinfulness,] the fruit of my body, for the sin of my soul? [1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings & sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? [See,] to obey is better than sacrifice, & to [listen] is better than the fat of rams.]

O man, He has [declared to] you, what is good. And what does the Lord require [from] you, [only] to do justly; to love mercy, & to walk humbly with your God? The Lord's voice cries [out] to the city, & the man [with] wisdom shall see Your Name. You, hear the Rod, & Who has appointed it. 

[Isaiah 11:1-4 *And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. *And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him: the Spirit of wisdom & understanding; the Spirit of [advice] & [strength;] & the Spirit of knowledge & the fear [respect] of the Lord. 

And shall [immediately] make Him of understanding in the fear [respect] of the Lord. And He shall not judge, [according to] the sight of His eyes, & neither [correct according] [to what] His ears [hear.] 

But He shall judge the poor with righteousness, & [repay] the [humble] of the earth with equity. And He shall [strike] the earth with the Rod of His mouth, & He shall slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.] 

Are there [still] treasures in the house of wicked [from] wickedness? And the scant, [a.k.a. reduced, measurement,] that is abominable? [Amos 8:4-6 O you, [who] swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Hear this saying, When will the New Moon be [over, so] that we may sell [grain?] 

And [when will] the Sabbath [be over, so] that we may [put out] the wheat, making the ephah [smaller,] & the shekel [larger,] & [falsify] the balances, [a.k.a. scales,] by deceit? [So] that we may buy the poor for silver, & the needy for a pair of shoes. [Yes,] & sell the [inferior] wheat?] 

Shall I [consider those who] [have] the wicked balances, with a bag of deceitful weights, pure? For [its] rich men are full  of violence, & [its] inhabitants have spoken lies. And their tongue in their mouth is deceitful. 

[Isaiah 1:23-24 Your silver [has] become [scum,] & your wine [is] mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, & companions of thieves. Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] & follows after rewards. They [don't] judge the fatherless, & neither [does] the [case] of the widow come to them.]

Therefore, I will also make you sick [by] [striking] you, & making you desolate, because of your sins. [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.]

You shall eat, but not be satisfied. And your casting down, shall be in the midst of you. And you shall take hold, but shall not [be] [delivered.] And [those, who] you deliver, I will give up to the sword. [Isaiah 24:17-18 Fear, the pit, & the [trap,] are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. 

And it shall [happen] that he who flees from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit. And he, [who] comes up, out of the [middle] of the pit, shall be taken in the [trap.] For the windows from on high are open & the foundations of the earth shake.] 

You shall sow [seed,] but you shall not [harvest.] You shall [trample] the olives, but you shall not anoint [yourself] with oil. And you shall [trample the grapes for your] sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.

[Amos 5:11-12 Therefore, [since you trample] upon the poor, & you take from him burdens, [a.k.a. loads,] of wheat, you have built houses of [cut] stone, but you shall not [live] in them. 

You have planted [nice] vineyards, but you shall not drink wine [from] them. For I know your [many] transgressions & your mighty sins. They afflict the just, & they take a bribe, & they turn aside the poor in the gate, from their [rights.]

For the [mandates] of Omri are kept. [1 Kings 16:25-26 But Omri, [brought about] evil in the eyes of the Lord, & did worse than all, [who] were before him. For [Omri followed] in all the [ways] of Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, & in his [sins with which] he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger, with their vanities, [a.k.a. idols.]

And the works of the house of Ahab, & you [follow] their [advice; so] that I should make you [desolate] & inhabitants [that are hissed at.] [1 Kings 16:30-33 And Ahab, [Omri's] son, did evil in the sight of the Lord, above all, [who] were before him. 

And it [happened,] as if it had been [a little] thing for him to [follow] in the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, that [Ahab,] took to [marry,] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the [Zidonian's] king, & went & served Baal, & worshiped him. 

And [Ahab put] up an altar for Baal, in the house of Baal, that he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove. And Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel, [who] were before him.]

[For these reasons,] you shall bear the [disgrace] of My people.