THE PURPOSE OF GOD IN ABRAHAM'S TITHE
We have recorded for us the following...
Genesis 14:18-20 - "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all."
THE PURPOSE
Abraham's tithe was a one time event that included a component of the Law of Moses by the Levites being present in Abraham's loins. (See; Hebrews 7:9)
It's purpose; it was used by God to demonstrate the superiority of the eternal Priesthood of Melchisedec over the temporary and inferior Priesthood of Levi. (See; Hebrews 7:6-7) It is not an excuse for your pastor or anyone else to pressure you into "paying your tithe because Abraham did." Abraham's tithe was NOT for the purpose of supporting a church or some other New Testament ministry.
Abraham's tithe had no other spiritual purpose and would have been spiritually useless unless it included the paying of a tithe in Abraham by the Levites to Melchisedec. If Abraham had not possessed the Levites in his loins representing the Law of Moses (See; Hebrews 7:11) upon paying a tithe to Melchisedec, it's highly unlikely that the tithing event would have been considered to be of a significant episode in Abraham's life and subsequently recorded in Genesis chapter fourteen, and then later referenced in Hebrews chapter seven along with explaining it's true purpose.
HEBREWS CHAPTER SEVEN
Hebrews 7:6-7 - "But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better."
Hebrews 7:9 - "And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham."
Hebrews 7:11 - "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?"
WHY MELCHISEDEC THE GREATER?
Scripture reveals why;
Hebrews 7:15-16 - "And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life."
Levi; "the law of a carnal commandment" ...that fades away; 2 Corinthians 3:4-11, "a ministry of death." Hebrews 7:8 - "And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."
Melchisedec; "the power of an endless life" ... Hebrews 7:24 - "But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."
CONCLUSION
Proving the superiority of the Priesthood of Melchisedec to the Hebrews (and the entire world) has been accomplished; you don't need to tithe again and again to prove it again and again.
You are NOT Abraham, you cannot pay a tithe to Melchisedec, or to anyone else, as Abraham did because you do not have the Levites in your loins and cannot prove the superiority of Melchisedec.
Paying a tithe as Abraham did is utterly useless and absolute unproductive nonsense for a Christian. No scripture in God's word instructs neither Jew or Gentile, in either the Old or New Testament to tithe as, or because Abraham did.
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