Malachi 3:10...out of context!

Malachi 3:10...out of context!

"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts..." - Malachi 3:10

Why do tithing teachers use Malachi 3:10 in an attempt to persuade people to tithe to them? 

Simple answer; because it's in the Bible, and it's easy to twist and falsify. What I mean by "because it's in the Bible," is that tithing teachers hope you assume that simply because Malachi 3:10 is in the Bible, simply because it exists as a verse, it therefore MUST BE TALKING TO YOU DIRECTLY, CHRISTIAN, and instructing YOU to tithe. Nothing could be further from the truth.

To tithing teachers, it never occurs to them that they're taking Malachi 3:10 completely out of... 

1. Historic context (when it was written; before the New Testament, and during a time of the robbery of the Temple tithe from the Jerusalem Temple Storehouse; Malachi 3:8-10, by the corrupt priests; Malachi 2:1).

2. Textual context (what scriptures it was written around; Malachi 1:1, Malachi 2:1, Malachi 4:4, Nehemiah 10:37-38, Nehemiah Chapter 13, etc., let scripture interpret scripture; 2 Peter 1:20-21 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation, For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost).

3. Situational context (why it was written, what situation it was addressing; Malachi 2:1, Malachi 3:8, Malachi 4:4).

4. Linguistic context (what language it was written in; Hebrew).

5. National context (to whom it was written; Israelis, the Nation of Israel; Malachi 1:1, Malachi 1:6, the the New Testament Church).

6. Locational context (where it was written; the Land of Israel; Malachi 1:1, The Book of Malachi was written to correct the unscriptural and corrupt behavior of the Israelites – in particular; the priests – in post-exilic Jerusalem).

...thus ignoring all six contents, and ignoring the important and proper disciplines of Biblical Hermeneutics, Biblical Exegesis, and rightly dividing the Word of Truth...

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15

"Rightly Dividing;" >>>

Greek: ὀρθοτομέω
Transliteration: orthotomeō
Pronunciation: or-thot-om-eh'-o
Definition: From a compound of G3717 and the base of G5114; to make a straight cut that is (figuratively) to dissect (expound) correctly (the divine message): - rightly divide.
KJV Usage: rightly divide


>> Nowhere in the Word of God has God ever levied a tithe of any kind on a man or woman's income...NOWHERE, and certainly NOT in Malachi 3:10.

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