Without a biblical basis, and deceptively, tithing teachers continue to demand "tithe payments" from their followers.
The tithe referred to in Numbers 18:20-24 was the personal property of the Levites; They owned the tithes given to them as an inheritance from God. God has never taken it back.
Facts;
1. The tithe wasn't based on income because they didn't own the tithe; they couldn't sell it or consume it. It wasn't their's to sell, derive income from or use. Numbers 18:20-24.
2. The tithe wasn't given to the Levites because you can't give something to someone that you don't own. Numbers 18:20-24.
3. The tithe wasn't an offering, love gift, or sacrificial giving because you can't give an offering to someone consisting of something you don't own. Numbers 18:20-24.
4. The tithe was never money (any form of currency; gold, silver, shekels, etc,); all Biblical references to the tithe describes the tithe as consisting only of agricultural products (fruits, vegetables and clean livestock from the Promise Land only). 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.
5. God has never levied a tithe on income, and has never commanded individuals to tithe. The tithe was levied on the Nation of Israel, the Nation of Israel was to surrender the tithe from the increase of their land. Malachi 3:9. Malachi 3:8 refers to corrupt Priests who were stealing the "tithe of the tithe" from the Temple storehouse in Jerusalem. Malachi 2:1, Nehemiah 10:38, Nehemiah 13.
6. The ownership of the tithe has never been taken from the Levites and given to anyone. The title deed of ownership has never been revoked and transferred by God to any apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher or anyone else. None of these people own the tithe, none of them have a right to it or a claim on it.
7. All requirements to tithe that had been commanded of anyone has been forever ended as stated clearly in Hebrews 7:18. The commanded practice of tithing, as established by Mosaic Law, has nothing to do with New Testament Believers. Acts 15:24. There is no such New Testament practice as "tithing," and no other scripture outside of the Law of Moses commanding tithing to anyone. God never commanded Gentiles to tithe. Psalm 147:19-20.
8. New Testament pastors are not modern day Levites, there exists no scriptural basis for such a claim, and they have no Biblical right to demand and receive tithes.
9. There is no such Biblical practice or doctrine of tithing described as "love tithing," "grace tithing," or "90 day tithe challenges." They simply do not exist. The Book of Malachi was written to Israelis who were under the law. Malachi 4:4
10. Anyone attempting to "tithe" under the New Testament is doing so wholly without a Biblical basis for their efforts.
11. There is no Biblical basis to claim that churches are "storehouses to be tithed to."
12. There is no such thing as "New Testament tithing" that has been commanded, referred to, recorded, suggested or encouraged in the Bible.
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