Where is it Written?

>>> If a Christian, that is to say a Believer who's Covenant with God is the New Covenant, should be tithing, then why do we observe these facts in the New Covenant?...

1. There are no instructions in New Covenant as to who or where to tithe to. In the Old Covenant, the tithes (three of them) were (1) paid to the Levites, (2) or consumed by the tither them self, (3) or given directly to the poor and needy and strangers passing through the Promise Land needing help.

2. In the New Covenant there are no examples of anyone paying a tithe to anyone in any way shape or form. Matthew 23:23 takes place at a time under the Old Covenant, not the New Covenant.

3. In the New Covenant no Apostle ever taught tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe themselves. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so.

4. If based on the New Covenant, Christians should be tithing, tithing instructions would be clearly included in the New Covenant for us to follow. We cannot tithe based on the Old Covenant because all tithing God had commanded in the Old Covenant was based on the Law of Moses, we are not under the Law of Moses. For Christians under the New Covenant, No such tithing instructions, terms, conditions or details are outlined anywhere in the New Covenant for us to follow; they simply do not exist.

5. Hebrews chapter seven reveals that God's commanded tithe was practiced based upon the Law of Moses (Hebrews 7:5, also Malachi 4:4); that same chapter in Hebrews reveals that the Law toward us and relative to New Covenant Believers (you and me) is disannulled, weak and unprofitable thereof. (Hebrews 7:18-19). Why would God instruct us to tithe when He tells us that doing so has been disannulled, is weak and unprofitable? Answer: God didn't.

6. One tenth of the Holy Tithe, the tithe given to the Levites, was, under the Law of Moses, brought to the Temple in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 10:38) the remaining ninety percent was taken to the Levitical cities to be stored and distributed to Levites (Nehemiah 10:37).

As of 70AD there has been no Temple in Jerusalem to bring one tenth of the Holy Tithe to, and no Levitical cities have ever been established in the New Covenant.

Nowhere in the New Covenant is a New Covenant gathering of Believers (a church building or facility) ever referred to as a "temple" or "storehouse," and never designated as a place tithes must be brought to.

7. God, in the Law of Moses, the Old Covenant, gave the tithes to the Levites (Numbers 18:21,24), to the tither to spend as he pleases on himself (Deuteronomy 14:22-26), to the poor and the needy, and again, to the Levite (Deuteronomy 14:27-29); where in the New Covenant has God taken the tithes from Levites, the tither himself, and the needy and poor and given any of the tithes to an Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Teacher or Pastor...or anyone or any institution? Answer: Nowhere.

8. In God's system of tithing, God restricted all tithes to fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land (Lev. 27:30, 32, Num. 18:27, Num. 18:28, Deut 12:17, Deut. 14:22, Deut. 14:23, Deut. 24:21, Deut. 26:12, 2 Chron. 31:5, 2 Chron. 31:6, Neh. 10:37, Neh. 13:5, Mal. 3:10, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42); where in the New Covenant has God changed the tithe that is surrendered to money or currency from a Christian's income and bank account? Answer: Nowhere.

9. Where is tithing included as a commandment, instruction, suggestion, example or even a hint in the Old or New Covenant for a New Covenant Believer to follow? Answer: Nowhere.

10. Where did Jesus Christ instruct New Covenant Believers to tithe? Answer: Nowhere.

11. In the New Covenant the majority of giving was given directly to the poor and the needy, not to church buildings or religious organizations. Acts 4:34-37 records people selling what they had and bringing the proceeds to the Apostles. Also, in Acts 5:1-11 we see the corruption that caused.

It must be understood that simply because they sold everything, and it is recorded that they did in scripture, does not mean that it is a New Covenant instruction to New Covenant Believers. If it is; why have you not sold ALL you have and brought the proceeds to your church and given it ALL to an Apostle? Nothing in scripture records any instructions where God told them to sell everything and give to a common fund.

What they did in Acts 4 was a form of early socialism which ended up with the saints in Jerusalem ultimately IN ABJECT POVERTY needing help from other Believers who Paul organized to help them. 


>>> Tithing was never, is not now, and will never be part of the New Covenant, tithing has nothing to do with New Covenant believers, there are no instructions for Christians to tithe. We are to give freely as God leads us to do, not tithe to anyone or anywhere.

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