DISANNULLED, WEAK, UNPROFITABLE

What is DISANNULLED? What is WEAK? What is UNPROFITABLE? These three...

1. The Levitical Priesthood (which could bring perfection [salvation] TO NO ONE, Hebrews 7:11).

2. The Law of Moses relative to New Testament Christians who are NOT UNDER THE LAW (Romans 6:14, Acts 15:24).

3. Tithing, which is of the law of Moses (Hebrews 7:5, Numbers 18:21-24, Matthew 23:23).

In Hebrews Chapter Seven, Verses Number;

5, 6, 8, and 9...

Focuses CLEARLY ON TITHING, and while proving the superiority of Christ's priesthood, ALSO places tithing (along with the rest of the law of Moses) in a position of INFERIORITY and declares it all...

ALL THREE ARE WEAK, ALL THREE ARE UNPROFITABLE, AND ALL THREE ARE DISANNULLED...INCLUDING TITHING.

"For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof." - Hebrews 7:18

God has never called Gentiles to tithe, God has never required anyone to tithe money; God, for EVERYONE, Jew and Gentile, has forever ended all forms of tithing. Read God's word; for any Believer under the New Testament, tithing is WEAK, UNPROFITABLE AND DISANNULLED (See: Hebrews 7:18).

Interesting that people who like to quote Malachi 3:10;

"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove (bâchan) me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."

...trying to convince you to "tithe" like to completely ignore;

>> Malachi 3:7 (keeping of the law of Moses concerning tithing, of which no Christian is under [ref.; Hebrews 7:18, Romans 6:14])...

"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?"

>> Malachi 3:15 (though given grace to do so after disobeying God, testing God is called WICKEDNESS)...

"And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt (bâchan) God are even delivered."

>> And, Malachi 4:4 (to whom Malachi was addressing in Malachi 3:10 were under the law of Moses of which their command to tithe came from)...

"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments."

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TITHING MONEY; GOD FORBIDS DOING SO

1. God forbids the tithing of money, if the tithe is in the form of money it MUST NOT be given to anyone, one must BIND IT to their hand. Speaking of the tithe temporarily converted to money for purposes of transportation, God's word tells us...

"Then shalt thou turn it into money, and BIND UP THE MONEY in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:" - Deuteronomy 14:25. In other words, God did not want anyone paying a tithe in the form of money, NO ONE WAS TO DO SO. Doing so was forbidden.

2. The Word of God also tells us...

"For I testify again to every man that is circumcised [a keeper of the Law], that he is a debtor to do the whole law." - Galatians 5:3 

And...

"For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all." - James 2:10

If you pay a tithe in the form of money, you are in violation of Deuteronomy 14:25 and are in sin, YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE WHOLE LAW.

Also...

"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." - Galatians 3:10

3. IF YOU ARE PAYING A TITHE IN THE FORM OF MONEY, YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF GOD'S WORD (Deuteronomy 14:25) AND HAVE BROUGHT A CURSE (PUNISMENT) ON YOURSELF.

GOD SAYS "USE TITHE MONEY TO BUY WINE AND WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES TO BUY WITH IT."

If we are supposed to be tithing money, or tithing at all for that matter, as tithing teachers claim; why are we not supposed to be doing what God says with the tithe money? Like this...

1. Do not pay the tithe in the form of money. Keep the money in your hand (bind it to your hand) until you...

2. Buy wine with it.

3. Buy strong drink (harder liqueur) with it.

4. Buy livestock and other food.

5. Buy whatever you desire, whatever you lust after.

6. Share what you buy with a Levite and your family.

7. Only convert your tithe money back to fruits, vegetables and clean live stock, etc., at the location you will share it with a Levite if it is too far to transport it in the form God says it is to paid in.

8. Eat your tithe with the Levite.

9. Learn to fear and respect the Lord by doing one through eight above.

>> Why don't tithing teachers tell their faithful tithers this?...

> ref.; Deuteronomy 14:22-27

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:

26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

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IT'S NOT THEIRS! NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE!

We hear them read this to us week after week...

Malachi 3:10 - "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, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."

Tithing teachers love to quote Malachi 3:10 as their "authority" to collect tithes from their congregations. In fact Malachi 3:10 was written under the authority of, and pursuant to the Law of Moses given to the Nation of Israel. It's a verse of scripture instructing the compliance to the Law such as seen here (but gives no such authority to any New Testament pastor, ministry or church to collect tithes from anyone)...

Malachi 3:7 - "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from MINE ORDINANCES [i.e., the Law of Moses], and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?"

> How were they to obey God's ordinances and return to God? Among other important ways, obey Malachi 3:10.

And, Malachi 4:4 - "Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments."

> Who is Malachi 4:4 speaking to, who is the direct audience of Malachi 4:4? Answer; the Nation of Israel, the decedents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. By obeying Malachi 3:10 and all the Law of Moses they would be complying with Malachi 4:4 and returning to God by doing so. Who is the intended direct audience of Malachi 3:10? These people...

Malachi 1:1 - "The burden of the word of the LORD to ISRAEL by Malachi."

Malachi 1:6 - "A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?"

Malachi 2:1 - "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you."

In Hebrews 7:5 the Levites were recorded as being told to TAKE THE TITHE according to the Law of Moses...

Hebrews 7:5 - "And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to TAKE tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:"

We see the same commandment to the Levites in Nehemiah 10:38 to TAKE the tithe according to the Law of Moses...

Nehemiah 10:38 - "And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house."

Nehemiah 10:38 is derived from Numbers 18:26...

Numbers 18:26: - "Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering."

Audience context is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT when seeking to properly interpret scripture; who is speaking directly to who? Never under estimate the importance of audience context, it's a basic principle of Biblical Hermeneutics (the science of textual interpretation every student of the Bible must master). Who was God speaking to when Noah was told to build an Ark? Hint; NOT YOU, NOT YOUR CHURCH, NOT YOUR PASTOR. You are not the direct audience being spoken to, and have no commandment to build an Ark for a coming world wide flood. God's direct audience was Noah. We can learn much from Genesis chapters 6 to 8, but have no command to go into the Ark building business. That job was reserved for Noah and his family.

THUS FAR

So then, what have we seen thus far? This; The Levites were given the command to take tithes from the Nation of Israel by God via the Law of Moses...

Numbers 18:21 - "And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation."

The remaining Nation of Israel were to comply to the Law of Moses and surrender the tithes to the Levites... 

Numbers 18:24 - "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."...

That is the Law of Moses.

JESUS SPEAKS OF THE LAW OF MOSES

While we in the New Testament are not under the law (Romans 6:14, Acts 15:24), yet the tithes (and tithing) that God commanded and how they are to be administered remain so, they remain under the Law of Moses and the personal property of the Tribe of Levi. Jesus stated very clearly...

Matthew 5:18-19 "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Question; is heaven and earth still here? Yes, they are, therefore according to Jesus Christ the Law of Moses remains enforce, and is still in full affect, in full authority, including over the tithes.

THAT LAW GIVES CLEAR OWNERSHIP OF THE TITHE TO THE LEVITES; NOT TO YOU, OR YOUR CHURCH, OR YOUR PASTOR, OR ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN THE LEVITE DESCENDED FROM ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB...

Numbers 18:21 - "And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. "

Numbers 18:24 - "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."

God has never taken the tithe from the Levites and given it to anyone. Simply because we are not under the law does not give any Christian minister or any person the right to take the tithe from the ownership of the Levites and claim it for themselves or their organization. I live in the United States, and as such I am not subject to the laws of Great Britain, or Japan, or Egypt or any other nation, but that does not give me the right to travel to another country and violate their laws taking what is not mine.

The tithe remains forever the Levites and NO ONE ELES'S...

Numbers 18:23 - "But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance."

As noted in the past; 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 for themselves. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so, not a single verse stating that tithing was practiced in the early church.

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, was a matter of the law of Moses, and does not instruct a Christian to tithe.

If based on the New Covenant, that Christians should be tithing, tithing instructions would be clearly included in the New Covenant for us to follow. There are no such instructions. 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.

THE TEST

God gave the tithe to the Levites, it was their personal property to take (Hebrews 7:5), THEY OWN IT; God said it was THEIRS to take (Nehemiah 10:38, Numbers 18:21-24).

Please show me IN SCRIPTURE where God has taken the tithe from the Levites and given it to any organization, or church or any ministry; Chapter and verse, requested...

ref.:

Numbers 18:21 - "And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation."

Numbers 18:24 - "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."

CAN YOU PRODUCE SCRIPTURE?

If you can't produce SCRIPTURE in proper context that IN FACT instructs a Christian to tithe you're a false teacher, a deceived person and you have nothing to offer...NOTHING. Not to mention that you're a LIAR...

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." - Romans 3:4

THE BOTTOM LINE 

The tithe is the property of the Tribe of Levi because the Law of Moses is still in authority over it. It's not yours to take. Never has been, NEVER WILL BE.

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IN GOD'S WORD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS...

IN GOD'S WORD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS...

No such thing as a Gentile instructed to tithe.

No such thing as a person who God has called "a tither."

No such thing as an individual person required to tithe.

No such thing as tithing money (monetary tithing).

No such thing as tithes being levied against a person's income.

No such thing as any other nation that was required to tithe except the nation of  Israel.

No such thing as "New Testament tithing," "grace tithing," "love tithing," "faith tithing," "giving of a tithe" or "paying a tithe" ever instructed or commanded by God in the New Testament directed at any New Testament Believer.

No such thing as being instructed to tithe "because Abraham [Abram] tithed."

No such thing as an Apostle who instructed or commanded anyone to tithe.

No such thing as a church fellowship called a "storehouse to bring your tithe to."

No such thing as an apostle, a prophet, an evangelist, a pastor, a teacher or any other minister, a church, or any other person who can claim to own the tithe, that has a right to collect a tithe, or should be tithed to under the New Testament. All collection of any kind of tithe by the aforementioned is thievery.

No such thing as a doctrine or warning that a Christian must tithe or be sent to hell; anyone claiming so is a demonic liar. There is no need, and indeed is foolishness, to add anything to the cross, including tithing, to be saved. Anyone adding tithing as a requirement to be saved to the FINISHED WORK OF JESUS ON THE CROSS is a demonic liar, is preaching ANOTHER GOSPEL, AND IS CURSED.

No such thing as the early church practicing or teaching anyone to be involved in tithing.

No such thing as any New Testament Christian "robbing God" by not tithing.

No such thing as Malachi 3:10 instructing Christians to tithe.

No such thing as any scripture recording Jacob tithing anything to God or to anyone else.

No such thing as God acknowledging Jacob's claim that he was going to tithe or that God required Jacob to tithe.

No such thing as Hebrews chapter seven instructing a Christian to tithe. 

No such thing as any tithe relative to the New Testament Believer that is not weak, unprofitable and disannulled (canceled).

No such thing as Matthew 23:23 or Luke 11:42 instructing a Christian to tithe.

No such thing as scripture instructing a Christian to tithe because Abraham or Jacob tithed, or the Nation of Israel was required to surrender the tithe to the Levites. 

No such thing as a Christian needing to tithe in order to be blessed by God or have their needs met.

No such thing as Christian being cursed for not tithing.

No such thing as Christian needing to tithe in order to have the devourer rebuked for their sake. 

No such thing as any tithe owned by the Levites, who having the tithe given to them by God, being taken from the Levites and given to anyone else under the Old or New Testament.

No such thing as any tithe commanded by God that did not consist of fruits, vegetables and clean animals, or the by products thereof such as wine or olive oil, originating from the Promise Land of Israel.

No such thing as a command by God to tithe before or after the Law of Moses.

No such thing as any command from God to "continue tithing" into the New Testament. 

No such thing as a single word in the New Testament instructing anyone in any way shape or form to tithe anything to anyone.

No such thing as a "universal tithing principle applicable to all people at all times." 

No such thing as any New Testament scripture instructing a Christian to tithe to any ministry.

SORRY TITHING TEACHERS AND "TITHERS;" THERE IS NO SUCH THING. YOU TITHING TEACHERS ARE DECEIVING LIARS, AND YOUR LIES WILL FIND YOU OUT SOMEDAY...YOU CAN COUNT ON IT;

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds; The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:"

   - 2nd Peter 2:1-9

"For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: WHO'S MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, FOR FILTHY LUCRE'S SAKE."

   - Titus 1:10-11

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REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKE?

Tithing teachers will often attempt to deceive people into tithing to them (handing over 10% of their income) by claiming that by doing so God will "rebuke the devourer for your sakes." 

The devourer, of course, being debt, financial problems, the devil, and anything the tither believes is being "devoured" (or taken from them) in their lives that they believe they should posses.

The scriptures tithing teachers refer to are these often used verses...

"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, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts." - Malachi 3:10-11

The sad part of all of this is that for the New Testament Church, that is to say for New Testament Believers, God has already done something for us SO MUCH GREATER than merely rebuking a devourer for us based on Old Testament tithing instructions.

JESUS' TRIUMPH OVER DEATH, THE GRAVE AND HELL

We have no need to tithe in an attempt to motivate God to rebuke the devourer for us, God has done far more than that for us. God has handed satan THE ULTIMATE INFINATELY POWERFUL REBUKE which is eternal, utterly devastating and DID NOT REQUIRE ANYONE TO TITHE ANYTHING! 

Satan, and anything he would attempt to use to devour us, has been rebuked FOREVER by Jesus' perfect sacrifice on the cross and Jesus' triumphant resurrection! There is NO STRONGER REBUKE POSSIBLE.

Concerning satan being rebuked by God, the word of God says this...

"Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it." - Colossians 2:15 ...THAT IS WHAT I CALL A REBUKE!!

Colossians 2:15 states that Christ “disarmed the rulers and authorities.” To whom does this phrase refer? The combination of “rulers and authorities” appears elsewhere in Paul’s writings in reference to human authorities (See; Titus 3:1), but more often it applies to spiritual powers (See; Ephesians 3:10; 6:12). When we compare Colossians with Ephesians (its parallel epistle), we see that “thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities” are obviously spiritual entities, whether angels or demons (See; Ephesians 1:21; 2:2; 3:10; 6:12).

The word of God also tells us this...

"Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might DESTROY the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery." - Hebrews 2:14-15

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." - Romans 8:37

CONCLUSION

If you are a New Testament Believer, YOU DO NOT NEED to give ten percent of your income TO ANYONE in order for God to give you victory over the devil, the devourer, or anything!

Anyone telling you that you must tithe to them, or to anyone, for God to give you victory IS A LIAR.

Satan, the devourer, has been eternally REBUKED for your sake, on your behalf, THAT IS ALREADY REALITY.

How do we live in the victory God has given us? By believing God's Word who tells us...

1 John 4:4...

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”

1 John 5:4...

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”

1 Corinthians 15:57...

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

DON'T TITHE TO ANYONE; all they're trying to do is sell you something GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN TO YOU AS A GIFT.

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THE LEVITES AND THEIR LAND

Not long ago I had a brief debate with someone who claimed that the Levites had absolutely NO OWNERSHIP OF ANY LAND (and were not permitted to do so) in the Promise Land. He made it clear that the Levites were permitted to own NO LAND whatsoever, NOT ONE SQUARE INCH of land in the Land of Israel; they were to be completely disenfranchised of any land.

I keep all of my comments that I post on my laptop just in case I want to use them again, and reading what he said, I noticed that I had not answered his claim with a scripture reference clearly holding him in error.

The scripture he was referring to, and relying on to make his point that the Levites had no land at all, and were not permitted to own land, was Numbers 18:20-21 which reads...

"And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation."

The Law of Moses, of which Numbers 18:20-21 is part of, is telling the Levites that they will not have a specific section of the Land of Israel designated to them as an inheritance as did the other tribes of...

Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Benjamin, Joseph; (Ephraim, Manasseh).

Numbers 18:20-21 made it clear that the Levites would not have a specific Tribal Land designated to them (what we might call a "state," "territory" or "land grant") in the Land of Israel. One of the reasons for this is because the authority of the Levites in matters both civil and spiritual was not to be limited to any particular tribal territory. They would serve the entire Nation of Israel, serve and govern in all of the tribal inherited territories.

Not only were Levites permitted by Mosaic Law to own land, there were specific Laws that governed and protected their land, their homes and the land designated as "the cities of the Levites." Leviticus 25:32-34 tells us this...

"Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession."

>> Note the following important phrases;

> "cities of the Levites"

> "the houses of the cities of their possession"

> "And if a man purchase of the Levites"

> "the city of his possession"

> "cities of the Levites are their possession"

> "Levites are their possession among the children of Israel"

> "the field [land] of the suburbs of their [Levites] cities may not be sold; for it is their [Levites] perpetual possession"

Clearly the Levites could own land and not violate the Law of Moses. The Levitical cities were 48 cities in ancient Israel that were set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.

I bring this up because recently I've read a couple of claims made by people teaching against tithing that one point you can make to disprove that a Pastor (or perhaps other ministers such as Evangelists) are not permitted to receive a tithe (for among other reasons)" because they own land" such as home or other land. That claim is NOT TRUE and is FALSE DOCTRINE. There was nothing in God's Word (i.e., The Law of Moses) prohibiting a Levite from receiving the tithe that he had inherited simply because he owned a home or another piece of land. Deuteronomy 18:8 is also evidence that Levites held property privately, though the tribe itself did not receive inheritances as did the other tribes did.

Concerning the Levites, Deuteronomy 18:8 says this..

"They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony." ("patrimony" - property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.)

Deuteronomy 18:1-7 tells us that while owning land, the Levite was to minister for the Lord their God, AND continue to receive that which God had given him...

"The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.""

Note; "and his inheritance." Question; What did the Levite inherit? ...the tithes of all of Israel (see - Numbers 18:20-24).

Continuing with Deuteronomy 18:1-7...

"And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD." - Deuteronomy 18:1-7

One major point of fact that the person I was debating had missed is that Numbers 18:20-24 says the Levite would have NO INHERITANCE of land, but says NOTHING concerning any prohibition of a Levite, as with any other person from the tribes, from BUYING LAND and owning it.

CONCLUSION

The Levites, while not receiving a territorial land grant in the Land of Israel, could and did own land while lawfully continuing to minister and receive tithes. Claiming that a pastor or other minister cannot receive a tithe if they own land is FALSE.

There are many other reasons why tithing is not a New Testament commandment to any Christian Believer, and that no pastor has the right to demand or receive tithes, but a prohibition against owning land is NOT one of them.

Also, pastors are not Levites, and even if tithing was still enforce, the "own land, no tithe" clause would not apply because such a clause doesn't exist.

We must remember to keep ALL scripture in proper context and permit scripture to interpret scripture.

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STOREHOUSE TITHING?...THREE FACTS ABOUT TITHING (not well liked by tithers or tithing teachers)...

STOREHOUSE TITHING?...THREE FACTS ABOUT TITHING (not well liked by tithers or tithing teachers)...

>> 1. The NON-Levites were permitted to bring OFFERINGS to the Temple / Storehouse (chambers) and present them to the Priests...

"And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God;" - Nehemiah 10:27(a)

>> 2. But, the NON-Levites were NOT authorized to bring the tithe (i.e., the tithe of the tithe) to the Temple / Storehouse (chambers) and present them to the Priests...

"and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house." - Nehemiah 10:27(b)-38

The Levites, accompanied by, and managed by a Priest descended from Aaron, were to take the tithe of the land from their brethren (see; Hebrews 7:5) at the cities of their tillage, and were to transport 1/10th of the tithe to the Temple / Storehouse (chambers). (see; Malachi 2:1, Malachi 3:8-10)

>> 3. If the NON-Levites attempted to "bring a tithe to the Temple / Storehouse (chambers)," they would bare sin and die.

IN THE CLEAR CONTEXT OF TITHING; this is found in Numbers 18:21-22...

"And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth [the tithe] in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die." ..."BEAR SIN, AND DIE."

With an exception of the Levites accompanied by a Priest descended from Aaron, the people of the Nation of Israel, God's people, were NOT authorized by God to bring any tithes to the Temple / Storehouse. God's Word makes it clear that the only Children of Israel that were to bring any portion of the tithe to the Temple / Storehouse were the Levites with Priests descended from Aaron. The remaining tribes were forbidden to approach ("come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation") the House of God with their tithes.

CONCLUSION; 

The NON-Levites could bring an offering to the Priest/Temple/Chambers or Temple Storehouse, but were NOT permitted to bring any tithe to the Temple Storehouse lest they bare sin and DIE. So much for the modern false and faddish unbiblical teaching of "storehouse tithing" falsely taught by tithing teachers to Christians.

I believe that God says what He means and means what He says. DON'T ALTER OR ADD TO GOD'S HOLY WORD!...

"You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." - Deuteronomy 4:2

"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it." - Deuteronomy 12:32

"And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;" - Nehemiah 10:28-29

>>> This article was written in response to this webpage...

"Recognizing the importance of storehouse tithing"

The Church of the Nazarene in their "manual" states the following;

"Storehouse Tithing. Storehouse tithing is a scriptural and practical performance of faithfully and regularly placing the tithe into that church to which the member belongs. Therefore, the financing of the church shall be based on the plan of storehouse tithing, and the local Church of the Nazarene shall be regarded by all of its people as the storehouse. All who are a part of the Church of the Nazarene are urged to contribute faithfully one-tenth of all their increase as a minimum financial obligation to the Lord and freewill offerings in addition as God has prospered them for the support of the whole church, local, district, educational, and general. The tithe, provided to the local Church of the Nazarene, shall be considered a priority over all other giving opportunities which God may lay upon the hearts of His faithful stewards, in support of the whole church."

ref.: https://nazarene.org/article/recognizing-importance-storehouse-tithing

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