COMMANDMENTS OF MEN REPLACING THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD

 

A common mistake (or deliberate deception) of false tithing teachers, made also by tithers, is replacing facts clearly stated in God's word as to what Biblical tithing is with their own commandments of men. Or, as Jesus said...

Matthew 15:9  - "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."  

And...

Mark 7:13 - "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."

This is a danger with any Biblical subject, and is seen blatantly consistent in the false teachings regarding tithing.  

SOME COMMON REPLACEMENTS

Here are some common and typical replacements tithing teachers insert in order to deceptively convince their followers to hand over ten percent of their income to them;

>> The tithing teacher claims;

Your tithe is to consist of money from your income and bank account.

>> God's word states;

The tithe are agricultural items from the Promise Land of Israel; 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. God's tithe is NEVER described as "money to be paid or surrendered" to anyone. There is no such thing in God's word as "monetary tithing." ...the tithing of money.

>> The tithing teacher claims;

Malachi 3:10 was written to the church and to every New Testament Christian.

>> God's word states; 

Malachi 3:10 was written to the Nation of Israel and to corrupt priests in the time of Malachi; 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."

>> The tithing teacher claims; 

Tithing is a New Testament requirement for Christians under grace.

>> God's word states; 

Tithing was a requirement for the Nation of Israel under the law of Moses; Malachi 3:7 - "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 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."

>> The tithing teacher claims; 

Your "tithe money" is to be given to them or their organization or church.

>> God's word states; 

If the tithe has been converted to money, it must be used to buy items for the person and their family and must not be used to "pay a tithe;" Deuteronomy - "14:25-27 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: 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, And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee."

>> The tithing teacher claims; 

The tithe is to be taken to their church.

>> God's word states; The tithe (ten percent of it) was to be taken to the temple storehouse in Jerusalem; 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." No scripture describes any New Testament church or any other ministry as "a storehouse where tithes are to be taken to."

>> The tithing teacher claims; 

You should tithe as Abraham did, tithe to me and my organization.

>> God's word states; Abraham tithed to Melchisedec, not to the tithing teacher or their organization. Genesis 14:20 - "And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all." Hebrews 7:1-2 - "For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;"

CONCLUSION

Tithing teachers consistently replace scripture, or parts of scripture thereof, with their own narrative used to deceive gullible Christians and defraud them of their income. They also typically take scripture, such as Malachi 3:10, completely out of proper context. Text taken out of context is a method used to deceive people and is consistently used by false teachers such as tithing teachers.

Malachi 3:10 is clearly written to the Nation of Israel and the corrupt priests of Israel, NOT the New Testament church. In the case of Malachi 3:10, tithing teachers typically take Malachi 3:10 out of audience context; the primary audience is Israel, NOT the New Testament church. For the New Testament church, Malachi 3:10 is DESCRIPTIVE text (describing or recording a situation), it is not, relative to the New Testament, PRESCRIPTIVE (prescribing something to be done). Malachi 3:10 does not prescribe tithing for the New Testament church.

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Abraham as the progenitor of tithing?

I find it very interesting that God has NEVER referenced or cited Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek as an example to follow, as a standard to tithe by, or a reason to tithe. Nowhere in God's word will you find Abraham as the progenitor of tithing.

In the Law, the Torah, where God established tithing for the Nation of Israel, NOT the Church, no mention of Abraham is made as a reason for, or an example of tithing.

The Children of Israel, who were also the Children of Abraham and Sarah, were never told to tithe based on Abraham's tithe. Incidentally; The Children of Israel (Israel/Jacob) were NEVER instructed to tithe because Jacob/Israel bragged to God that he would tithe "if God would be his God."

Also, nowhere in God's word did God ever instruct Gentiles to tithe at all, and certainly not because Abraham's tithe, or Jacob's unfulfilled promise to tithe.

Since God did not instruct the Children of Israel to tithe because Abraham did; why should the New Testament church do so?

As posted before...

The results of the first church counsel did not include instructions to tithe because Abraham did; why didn't the Apostle Peter (James speaking for Peter), after the first Church counsel, include in his instructions to the Gentile Believers to "make sure you tithe as Abraham did?...

"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." - Acts 15:28-29

Not one word from the Apostle Peter to tithe as Abraham did. If tithing was so important, and was to be based on "Abrahamic tithing," why did the Apostle Peter leave it out of his instructions?

Also, Abrahamic tithing left out of this verse...

"Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:" - Acts 15:24

If we are supposed to be tithing as Abraham did; why are we not to be circumcising because Abraham did? Why just tithing?

God provided Abraham the covenant confirmed with circumcision, NOT TITHING; to tithing teachers, tithing, not ordained by God, is to be the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham, which to them is held in higher priority than a God ordained covenant; the covenant with Abraham was confirmed with circumcision, not tithing.

Additionally; nowhere has God in the Old or New Testaments instructed Believers, Christians (Jew or Gentiles), to tithe using the examples of either Abraham or Jacob. God has also never instructed Jews or Gentiles to tithe based on the Law; we are not under the Law...

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" - Galatians 3:13

"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." - Romans 8:3-4

"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." - Hebrews 9:12

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." - 2 Corinthians 5:21

"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." - Galatians 4:4-5

> Note in Galatians 4:4-5: "WERE" (past tense) under the law. We are no longer under the law, and have NO requirement to tithe.

>>> The point is this...

Since tithing teachers cannot teach (though many recently tried to do so for years) that we must tithe based on scriptures from the Law, (which if they did would be the same as claiming that we as Christians are still under the Law and to obey the Law), in desperation to keep the tithes coming in, will resort to the claim of "we must tithe because Abraham did."

In some sense, it's a good thing that they are resorting to the "tithe because Abraham did" lie because by doing so are running out of lies to fool people with, and are relying on a claim that is easy to refute. Sadly, as easy as it is to refute, many gullible and biblically uneducated Christians continue to fall for their lies. For these people we need to pray that God opens their eyes because Jesus said...

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 ...in this case, free from the Christian tithing lie.

>> We are called by God to be free will cheerful givers, NOT tithers in any form. There is no such Biblical doctrine of "tithing because Abraham did."

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THE PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE

 

As with any topic of study in the Bible, there are principles and doctrines that must be examined that make up the body of facts concerning that particular subject. One principle (or doctrinal component) of the tithe is that of INHERITANCE.

There are many false teachers and false "ministers" claiming that you must "tithe" to them. Yet none of them can show you scripture were God has taken the tithe from the tribe of Levi and given it to them, they cannot show you where they have in fact inherited the tithe. The tribe of Levi received the tithe by way of inheritance, they were given the right and authority to receive (take) the tithe by inheritance, and by the Law of Moses as recorded in God's word...

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:"

And;

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."

THE CLARITY OF GOD'S WORD

God's word makes it very clear that from God the tribe of Levi has inherited the tithe. Your church, pastor or your favorite minister has NOT inherited it...

Numbers 18:20-24 - "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. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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.

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."

And;

Numbers 18:26 - "Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe."

Joshua 18:7 - "But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them."

The New Testament church did not inherit the tithe, IT HAS NOT INHERITED ANY TITHE, neither has any minister in the church inherited a tithe, or the right and authority to receive a tithe. They have no right to do so at all!

ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK

What of Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek? Though there is no record of Melchizedek inheriting any tithe, and there is equally no record of God commanding Abraham to tithe to Melchizedek. Neither is there any scriptural command in the New or Old Testaments directed to a New Testament Christian to tithe anything to anyone. Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek was a one time voluntary event based on local customs, traditions and territorial laws. It was an event used by God to establish the superiority of the Melchizedek priesthood over the Levite priesthood...

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."

The establishment of the superiority of the Melchizedek priesthood over the Levite priesthood has been forever accomplished and no further tithes to Melchizedek need be given to continue establishing it. Or, as stated in God's word...

Psalms 110:4 - "The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."

And;

Hebrews 7:17 - "For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."  NOTE: "FOR EVER."

Furthermore, if Abraham is to be used as an example for tithing it must be noted that Abraham tithed to Melchizedek...TO MELCHIZEDEK, not to your church, ministry or any New Testament minister. There is no scripture authorizing any New Testament ministry or minister to receive tithes for Melchizedek or anyone else, and there is no need to do so. Paying so called "tithes" to you local church or favorite minister is NOT tithing as Abraham did and is a deceptive false practice that is based on false teaching.

CONCLUSION

Any church, ministry or minister from the New Testament asking for tithes from anyone is doing so without any authority from God. They have no authority, they have no right and they have no inheritance of any tithe. They are, by way of deception and false teaching, taking what is not theirs to take.

Christians have inherited much in and through Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament, yet the tithe is not one of them.

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A FEW BIBLICAL FACTS ABOUT MALACHI 3:10

 

A FEW BIBLICAL FACTS ABOUT MALACHI 3:10...

MALACHI 3:10;

> Was written to corrupt Levite priests, not New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 2:1, Malachi 2:7-8.

> Was written to the Nation of Israel, not the New Testament Church. Ref. Malachi 1:1.

> Was commanding 1/10th of the tithe to be brought to the temple storehouse in Jerusalem, not 1/10th of a New Testament Christian's money income to a church. Ref. Nehemiah 10:38.

> Cannot be obeyed or accomplished except under the Law of Moses. Ref. Malachi 3:7.

> Was commanding 1/10th of 1/10th of the agricultural products of the Land of Israel to be brought to the storehouse in Jerusalem, not 1/10th of a New Testament Christian's income brought to a church. Ref. Nehemiah 10:38, 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.

> Was indicting and exposing corrupt Levite priests for failing to bring to the storehouse in Jerusalem 1/10th of 1/10th of the agricultural products of the Land of Israel, not New Testament Christians for not handing over 1/10th of their income to a church. Ref. Malachi 3:7.

> Was commanded to Israeli Levites, not New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 2:1, Nehemiah 10:38.

> Was ended in Hebrews 7:18, and was never a command to New Testament Christians. Ref. Hebrews 7:1-18

> Was never an excuse or legitimate reason for any New Testament ministry, minister or anyone else to demand or take from any New Testament Christian 1/10th of their income. Ref. Malachi 2:1, Hebrews 7:18.

> Was written to disobedient Levite priests, not to New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 2:1, Malachi 3:7.

> Was written to those robbing God of the tithe of the tithe that belonged in the temple storehouse in Jerusalem, Israel, not New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 3:8.

> Was written to the cursed under the Law of Moses, not to New Testament Christians who are redeemed from the curse of the Law under the New Testament. Ref. Malachi 3:9, Galatians 3:13.

> Was written to unrighteous wicked Levite priests who refused to serve God, not New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 3:18.

> Was written to those of the Israeli priesthood who are sorcerers, adulterers, false swearers, those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, the fatherless and they that turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear the LORD of hosts, not New Testament Christians. Ref. Malachi 3:4.

> Was written to those who's blessings are cursed, not New Testament Christians who are not cursed and are redeemed from the curse. Ref. Malachi 2:2, Galatians 3:13.

> Was referring to the legalistic system of tithing under the Law of Moses, not freely giving under the New Testament. Ref. Hebrews 7:5, Numbers 18:24, 2 Corinthians 9:7.

> Is used by liars, con artists, thieves, the incompetent, the ignorant and deceived false teachers in order to steal 1/10th of their income from New Testament Christians with a fraudulent unbiblical fake tithing system never commanded by God. Ref. 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:8, Titus 1:7, Titus 1:11, 1 Peter 5:2, 1 Timothy 6:5, 2 Peter 2:1-3.

> Concept - 2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." Scripture is to be interpreted by scripture, interpreting scripture as explained by all other scripture. 

>> THESE ARE THE FACTS ABOUT MALACHI 3:10, THE FACTS TITHING TEACHERS IGNORE AND HIDE FROM GULLIBLE CHRISTIANS BEING ROBBED OF THEIR INCOME.

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ABRAHAM; NOT AN EXAMPLE TO BE FOLLOWED IN TITHING

ABRAHAM; NOT AN EXAMPLE TO BE FOLLOWED IN TITHING

Abraham was the Father of the Jewish people, the Nation of Israel. He is highly revered by the Hebrews;

John 8:33a - "They answered him, We be Abraham's seed,"

John 8:56 - "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."

Genesis 17:5 - "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee."

Yet, there exists not a single scripture instructing the Nation of Israel, or any Israeli Hebrew person, to tithe because or as Abraham did. 

Given the fact that no scripture instructs the seed of Abraham, the Jewish people, to tithe as or because Abraham did; why would God instruct the Church to tithe as or because Abraham did when God never instructed the Nation of Israel to do so?

In fact; God has done NO SUCH THING. The Church (as with Israel) is also the Seed of Abraham, yet has no instructions to tithe to anyone, and no instructions to tithe as or because Abraham did.

Galatians 3:29 - "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

Neither the Nation of Israel or the Church were ever instructed to tithe using Abraham as their example of tithing, or a reason to tithe, and as with the Nation of Israel, the Church of Jesus Christ has no instruction or reason to tithe using Abraham as their example of tithing. The Old and New Testament provides no instructions for tithing for Christians for any reason at all.

Abraham is not an example of tithing to be followed by anyone. The Bible does not instruct anyone to do so. We are to walk in faith as Abraham did, but that is not an instruction to do everything Abraham did.

In Genesis 15:6 we are told that Abraham “believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” The apostle James cites this verse and states that because of his faith Abraham became the “friend of God” - James 2:23.

CONCLUSION 

Stop deceiving people, tithing teachers, with your lies and abuse of Abraham's singular tithe to Melchisedec.

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STOP STEALING MONEY, PASTORS!! YOUR DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS COMING, AND COMING QUICKLY

 

STOP STEALING MONEY, PASTORS!! YOUR DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS COMING, AND COMING QUICKLY;

2 Peter 2:3 - "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."

The book of Malachi, INCLUDING MALACHI 3:10, was written to, and was directly addressing THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL (Nehemiah 10:37-39) who were stealing, and failing to bring the TITHE OF THE TITHE to the Temple Storehouse in Jerusalem. It was NOT written to New Testament Christians, NOT written to New Testament churches authorizing anyone, including pastors, to take ten percent of anyone's income.

>> Read carefully and understand in PROPER CONTEXT;

Who was Malachi written to? Who were the commands of Malachi written to? Who's sin is being addresses? Malachi tells us very clearly...

1. Malachi 1:1 - "The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi."  ...TO ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

2. Malachi 1:2 - "I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,"  ...TO JACOB / ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

3. 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?"  ...TO ISRAEL, TO THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

5. Malachi 2:1 - "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you."  ...TO ISRAEL, TO THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

6. Malachi 2:8 - "But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts."  ...TO ISRAEL UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

7. Malachi 2:9 - "Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law."  ...TO ISRAEL, TO THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

8. Malachi 2:11 - "Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god."  ...TO JUDAH OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

9. Malachi 2:16 - "For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously."  ...TO ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

10. Malachi 3:1 - "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts."  ...TO ISRAEL, THE FUTURE TEMPLE IN ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

11. Malachi 3:7 - "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?" ...TO ISRAEL UNDER THE LAW ("MINE ORDINANCES") OF MOSES, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHUCH IS NOT UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES.

12. Malachi 3:8-9 - "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation." ...TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL, TO THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

13. 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."  ...THE TITHE OF THE TITHE BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM IN ISRAEL BY LEVITES, NOT TO A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH;

Nehemiah 10:37-39 - "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; 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. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God."

14. Malachi 3:12 - "And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts."  ...WHO WILL CALL WHO BLESSED? OTHER NATIONS WILL CALL ISRAEL BLESSED, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH WHO ARE BLESSED THOUGH GRACE AND JESUS CHRIST.

WHY WILL ISRAEL IN THAT TIME BE CALLED "BLESSED?" BECAUSE IF THEY WOULD HAVE OBEYED THE LAW OF MOSES THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLESSED; THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS NOT UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES AND CANNOT BE BLESSED BY KEEPING IT;

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14

15. Malachi 3:14 - "Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?"  ...WHO WAS CALLED TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES? THE NATION OF ISRAEL, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH;

"He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel." Psalm 147:20 - "He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord." - Psalm 147:19-20

16. 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."  ...TO ISRAEL UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES, NOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

17. Malachi 4:5-6 - "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."  ...A PROMISE TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL, A BENEFIT TO THE WHOLE EARTH, YET REMAINS A PROMISE TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

>> CONCLUSION;

Who was Malachi 3:10 written to, tithing teachers?? ANSWER; THE NATION OF ISRAEL, NOT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT CHUCH. The New Testament Church can learn much from the Book of Malachi, but the Book of Malachi was directed to the Nation of Israel, not a direction for New Testament pastors or other ministers to take ten percent of anyone's income.

THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS NOT THE NATION OF ISRAEL, AND HAS NO COMMANDMENT TO TITHE. The New Testament Church has NO PASTOR, or other minister authorized to take tithes from anyone. STOP STEALING MONEY, PASTORS!!

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FOOLISH ARGUMENTS FROM TITHING PROMOTERS

Tithers and tithing teachers, in their desperation to keep tithing continued into the New Testament often make the foolish claim that "nothing in the New Testament tells us not to tithe." In fact, the New Testament does clearly put and end to tithing (see comments below). But, in regards to the fools claim of the New Testament "not putting an end to tithing therefore it should continue;" why haven't these commandments been ended also? Why do we not obey them? Are they to continue, why only tithing?...

Other Old Testament Laws that Were Not Specifically Repealed in the New Testament...

Deuteronomy 23:2 – Don’t let illegitimate children in the Assembly of God.

Deuteronomy 25:5-10 – If your brother dies, you have to marry his wife so she can have a son.

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 – If a woman hurts a man’s testicles, you should cut off her hand

Deuteronomy 21: 20-21 – You can beat your slave within an inch of his life.

Leviticus 15:19 – A woman must be quarantined for 7 days if she’s on her period.

Leviticus 19:19 – Don’t mix cotton with polyester in your clothes.

Leviticus 21:5 – Ministers can’t shave their head or their beard.

Leviticus 21:16-23 – No one with a defect can approach the altar of God.

Numbers 8:24 – Ministers can only serve if they are older than 25, and the can’t serve more than 25 years.

Leviticus 20:9 – Rebellious children are to be put to death.

ARE THE ABOVE COMMANDMENTS TO CONTINUE INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT ALONG WITH TITHING? Why not? ...nothing in the New Testament specifically ends any requirement in that list. If tithing has not been put to an end, why hasn't Deuteronomy 23:2, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, Deuteronomy 25:11-12, etc?

TITHING HAS IN FACT CLEARLY BEEN ENDED BY THE NEW TESTAMENT;

HEBREWS CHAPTER SEVEN...

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 tithing is mentioned 7 times, verses number; 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 9 again, focusing 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...

ALL THREE ARE WEAK, ALL THREE ARE UNPROFITABLE, AND ALL THREE ARE DISANNULLED (CANCELED)...INCLUDING TITHING.

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

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