GOD'S CONVERSATION WITH ISRAEL

GOD'S CONVERSATION WITH ISRAEL

Did you know that God had a conversation with the Nation of Israel concerning tithing, and in particular about Malachi 3:10? In fact, God did, and it's found in Malachi 3:6-10. The topic of the conversation, among other important points is HOW TO PROPERLY OBEY MALACHI 3:10 IN A GODLY RIGHTEOUS MANNER.

In the conversation God instructs Israel as to how to obey Malachi 3:10. Here is the conversation...

>> To begin, God says;

>> Malachi 3:6 - "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

In Malachi 3:6 God is clearly and directly addressing the Nation of Israel, the "sons of Jacob," not the New Testament Church, as also noted in Malachi 1:1; "The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi." NOTE: TO ISRAEL. In Malachi 2:1 God also clarifies that He is addressing the Priests of the Nation of Israel;  Malachi 2:1 - "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." Malachi 2:1 designates who God is focusing on; the Priests of Israel and their corrupt behavior, not the New Testament Church.

>> Next;

>> 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?"

In Malachi 3:7 God makes two statements, then a command to return to Him, with a promise that He will return to the people of Israel if they do return to Him. God then quotes a question from the people of Israel; "But ye said, Wherein shall we return?" God has answered the people Israel with a question, a statement of fact, then quoting a question from Israel, then His answer to the question is in Malachi 3:8;

"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." - Malachi 3:8. God tells the nation of Israel that they have robbed Him by not bringing the proper offerings and the "tithe of the tithe" (one tenth of the tithe, not the whole tithe) to the Temple Storehouse in Jerusalem, as detailed in the Book of Nehemiah;

Nehemiah 10:38-39 - "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."

>> Next;

>> In Malachi 3:9 God warns Israel as to what the consequences will be for violating His tithe ordinances which are found in the Law of Moses -- these are the consequences;

"Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation."

It is clear that God is instructing the Nation of Israel to comply with Malachi 3:10 based on, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH the Law of Moses. In other words, the people, the Israelis, CANNOT act on Malachi 3:10 in just any manner they desire or see fit to do, they MUST comply with Malachi 3:10 based on God's Law, His ordinances, the Law of Moses, as stated in 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."

And, again, as stated in Malachi 3:7; "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them"

GOD'S ORDINANCES 

In God's Ordinances, God makes it very clear that the tithe of the tithe to be brought to the Temple Storehouse is to consist of agricultural items only, as seen in multiple scripture verses; The following scriptures require that the tithe of the tithe brought to the storehouse, and the tithes that are brought to the Levite cities must be limited to agricultural produce only; fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the 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.

IT COULD NOT BE CLEARER THAT MONEY FROM INCOME MUST NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE ITEMS OF THE TITHE. In other words, God means what He says, and He says what He means, and we are NOT to change what He says OR ADD TO IT;

> Proverbs 30:6 - "Do not add to His Words, lest He reprove you and you be found a liar."

> Deuteronomy 12:3 - "See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it."

> Isaiah 8:20 - "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

CONTEXT

Malachi 3:10 must be understood, interpreted, complied with and based on Malachi 3:6-9 and on the WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD; 

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."

THE BOTTOMLINE

In teaching on Malachi 3:10 (the flagship "go to scripture" for many tithing teachers), tithing teachers completely ignore that God is ONLY INSTRUCTING TITHING based on, and in compliance with the Law of Moses. To attempt to "tithe" based on Malachi 3:10 outside of the Law of Moses is sin. Or, as the Apostle John points out; 1 John 3:4 - "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."

PAYING A TITHE IN THE FORM OF MONEY IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF GOD AND IS SIN.

To state it simply; one can ONLY be obeying Malachi 3:10 if one is doing so based SOLELY ON THE LAW OF MOSES WHICH ARE GOD'S ORDINANCES. God's ordinances do not include the tithing of money from income. TITHING TEACHERS WHO INSIST THAT YOU TITHE MONEY ARE TEACHING THEIR FOLLOWERS TO VIOLATE THE WORD OF GOD.

Tithing, as referred to in Malachi 3:10 was a matter of (governed by) The Law of Moses, NOT BY THE TRADITIONS AND FAlSE DOCTRINES OF MEN;

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:"

THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 

In the New Testament no Apostle ever instructed tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe. Not one of them. The early church seen in the Book of Acts NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so. In fact, The Book of Acts records this...

"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

And, Hebrews 7:18 CLEARLY speaking of tithing, puts an end to tithing...

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

THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION

In God's conversation with Israel concerning Malachi 3:10 we read clear instructions on how Malachi 3:10 is to be properly obeyed, properly acted on.

In their conversations with their followers, tithing teachers dishonor God and teach disobedience to God's Law, they teach a perverted false approach to Malachi 3:10 not taught in scripture. But, you might say "we are not under the Law of Moses," and by saying so you are correct, that is why Malachi 3:10 does not apply to, and is not addressing the New Testament church. The New Testament church is not the Nation of Israel, is not under the Law of Moses and has no place and no one to tithe to. The New Testament church has no command to tithe anything to anyone.

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HAS YOUR PASTOR, FAVORITE MINISTER OR TITHING TEACHER TOLD YOU THIS?

HAS YOUR PASTOR, FAVORITE MINISTER OR TITHING TEACHER TOLD YOU THIS?...

1. Tithing was ended, canceled 2000 years ago being weak and of no profit - Hebrews 7:18.

2. The tithe was never money; the substance and content of the tithe was limited to agricultural products only, never money from personal income, God's tithe was agricultural, never monetary - 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.

3. If the tithe is sold for money, was in the form of money, it is forbidden to use the money to tithe with - Deuteronomy 14:25.

4. The money must be used to buy items you desire for your family and the Levite in your presence -  Deuteronomy 14:26.

5. No Apostle ever commanded New Testament tithing - Acts 15:24.

6. Malachi 3:10 can only be obeyed through the Law of Moses - Malachi 3:7, Malachi 4:4.

7. Malachi 3:10 was addressing the corrupt priests of Israel, not the New Testament Church - Malachi 1:1, Malachi 2:1, Malachi 3:5, Malachi 3:6.

8. Tithing was a matter of the Law of Moses, not a matter of, or required under grace - Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 7:5, Romans 6:14.

9. Testing God in the tithe is called wickedness - Malachi 3:15.

10. Malachi 3:10 along with the entire Book of Malachi was written to the Nation of Israel under the Law of Moses; the Church is not the Nation of Israel under the Law of Moses - Malachi 1:1, Malachi 1:6, Malachi 3:6, Malachi 4:4, Romans 6:14.

11. There were three tithes; Tithing was a total of 23-1/3%, not 10%, there were three required tithes; two paid every year, one paid every third year... 

>> THE FIRST TITHE (commonly called "The Temple Tithe," or "The Holy Tithe.") 

Leviticus 27:30-33 defines this tithe as a tenth of crops and animals in herds and flocks. 

Numbers 18 and Nehemiah 10:37-38 gives the ordinances, or instructions, for this tithe, and commands this tithe be taken by the Levites. 

> Purpose of this tithe: to support the Levitical Priesthood, the Temple and Temple workers. 

>> SECOND TITHE (commonly called "The Festival Tithe.") 

Deuteronomy 14:22-27: aka The Festival Tithe - a tenth of crops, plus add to that the firstborn animals, and take to the yearly feasts. 

> Purpose of this tithe: that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always 

>> THIRD TITHE (commonly called "The Tithe for the Poor.") 

Deuteronomy 14:28-29: aka, The Three-Year Tithe, aka The Poor Tithe - a tenth of crops, kept at home, and invite the Levites, widows, orphans, stranger to eat. 

DIDN'T THEY TELL YOU?!

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY'RE LYING TO YOU, OR HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT?

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NO SCRIPTURE IS OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, INCLUDING MALACHI 3:10

NO SCRIPTURE IS OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, INCLUDING MALACHI 3:10

CONCERNING MALACHI 3:10; the Bible clearly states how to obey what it says. 

The deception; Malachi 3:10 is routinely taken out of context of the following scriptures by deceptive tithing teachers attempting to promote an unbiblical false tithing system.

THESE ARE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO FULFILL MALACHI 3:10 PROPERLY BASED ON GOD'S WORD;

>> Malachi 3:7 - Requires that Malachi 3:10 to be obeyed and acted on per the Law of Moses; aka; "mine ordinances."

>> Nehemiah 10:38 - Requires that only one tenth of the tithe be brought to the Temple storehouse referred to in Malachi 3:10.

>> Nehemiah 10:38, Numbers 18:20-24 - Requires that only Levites are permitted to bring the tithe of the tithe to the storehouse. Additionally; they must be under the direct supervision of a Priest directly descended from Aaron when taking the tithe of the tithe and when bringing the tithe of the tithe to the storehouse.

>> Nehemiah 10:37 - Requires that the remaining ninety percent of the tithe be brought to the Levite cities. 

>> The following scriptures require that the tithe of the tithe brought to the storehouse, and the tithes that are brought to the Levite cities must be limited to agricultural items only; fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the 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.

>> Malachi 2:1 - Is a command directed to the Levite Priests concerning Malachi 3:10. Malachi 3:10 is to Levite priests under the Law of Moses, not to New Testament Christians.

>> Malachi 1:1 - Tells us that Malachi was written to the Nation of Israel under the law of Moses; the Church is not the Nation of Israel and is not under the Law of Moses.

>> Malachi 4:4 - Clearly states that who Malachi 3:10 is talking to is under the Law of Moses. Christians are not under the Law of Moses; Romans 6:14 ...and have no command to tithe anything to anyone. 

>> Deuteronomy 12:10-11 - Directs that there is to be no tithing other than on the Land of Israel; Malachi 3:10 is only a command valid on the Promise Land.

CONCLUSION;

Malachi 3:10 does not command that ten percent of a Christian's income be brought to any New Testament church, other ministry or minister.

Malachi 3:10 is NOT a "stand alone scripture," it must be interpreted by other scripture, it must be acted upon pursuant to the whole counsel of God, or as the Bible tells us... 

2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."

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MINE ORDINANCES

MINE ORDINANCES

According to Malachi 3:7 the only way you can properly biblically obey and accomplish Malachi 3:10 is by God's tithe ordinances, which are God's laws, the Law of Moses. Malachi 3:7 says this...

"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?"

In Malachi 3:7 the people ask; "Wherein shall we return?" In other words they're asking; "How do we obey God's word?" God's answer is this, with two questions and two declarations... 

Malachi 3:8 - "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."

>> God asked; "Will a man rob God? God's answer and declaration was; "Yet ye have robbed me."

>> The people asked; "Wherein have we robbed thee?" God's answer and declaration was; "In tithes and offerings." 

You CANNOT obey Malachi 3:10 outside of the law of Moses. The point of Malachi 3:7 is that the command to tithe in Malachi 3:10 must be obeyed in accordance with God's tithe ordinances. To tithe in any other manner not pursuant to God's tithe ordnances is sin as the Apostle John states... 

1 John 3:4 - "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."

Again; To tithe NOT in obedience to God's tithe ordinances is sin. In other words to properly tithe per Malachi 3:7 and Malachi 3:10 places you under the Law of Moses, which is why Malachi 4:4 also says this... 

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

Whomever Malachi is addressing, they are under the Law of Moses.

Concerning the Law of Moses, the Bible tells us this...

Galatians 3:10 - "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."

By tithing based on Malachi 3:10 a Christian brings a curse on themselves clearly explained in Galatians 3:10.

The Bible also tells us this...

James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." What is James telling us? James tells us that we must obey ALL of God's tithe ordinances or BE GUILTY OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE WHOLE LAW.

Sadly, modern day tithing teachers are teaching a false tithing system not in accordance with God's tithe ordinances clearly stated in scripture.

THE TITHE ORDINANCES

What are God's tithe ordinances? Some of which are these... 

Concerning your tithe;

1. Comes from the Promise Land. Lev. 27:30, 32, Neh. 10:37.

2. Is fruits, vegetables and clean livestock. 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.

3. Is handed over to a Levite. Numbers 18:21-24.

4. Is three tithes totaling about 23 1/3%. Tithe one; Leviticus 27:30-33, Tithe two; Deuteronomy 14:22-27, Tithe three; Deuteronomy 14:28-29.

5. You live on the Promise Land while you pay the tithe. Deuteronomy 12:10.

6. You are not a Gentile. Leviticus 27:30-34; Psalms 147:19-20

7. You are a physical descendant of Abraham and Sarah, and of Isaac, Jacob/Israel living under the law of Moses. Psalms 147:19-20.

8. If temporarily converted to money, is not paid in the form of money, and you buy what you want to buy with the money. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.

9. The money is converted to wine, strong drink, food, and what ever you desire to buy with the money that you share with a Levite and his family at the feast where God has placed His name on the Promise Land. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.

10. Your pastor can prove he is authorized to receive a tithe, and that he personally owns the tithe, and that it is his inheritance, and it has been taken from the Levites and given to him. Numbers 18:21-24.

11. You tithe because you are living under the Law of Moses, and not the New Testament. Numbers 18:21, Acts 15:24, Malachi 3:7 and Malachi 4:4.

12. Your pastor is claiming you must pay tithes because Abraham did, Jacob said he would, or your pastor said so, when God has NOT said so. Ezekiel 22:28, Lamentations 3:37.

13. You do not take your tithes to anywhere. Nehemiah 10:38, Numbers 18:21-23.

...THOSE ARE GOD'S TITHE ORDINANCES. Disobey them and you are in sin and in violation of Malachi 3:7, Malachi 3:10 and Malachi 4:4,not to mention you are in violation of points 1 through 13. 

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GOD HAS NEVER INSTRUCTED A CHRISTIAN TO STOP TITHING

This is why the Bible does NOT instruct a Christian to STOP;

1. New Testament Believers have never received a command to tithe to begin with; therefore there is no need to instruct a New Testament Believer to stop tithing, to stop doing something they were never instructed to do.

2. No New Testament church, minister or ministry has any authority to demand or receive a tithe of any kind. No such authority exists in God's word.

3. The original Apostles were used by God to reveal and explain the promises, principles and commands of the New Testament to the Church, which contains no instructions for a Believer to tithe anything to anyone. No Apostle instructed tithing, no Apostle received a tithe or rebuked anyone or any church body for not tithing. There are no principles or tithing guidelines for tithing included in the New Testament for a Believer to follow.

4. The only group of people who had a command to tithe were the Nation of Israel living on the Promise Land (see Deuteronomy 12:10-11), who are the blood descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom God within the New Testament revealed to them that tithing was canceled being weak and of no profit; Hebrews 7:18. Additionally; neither Abraham or Jacob received any command to tithe; there exists no record of either of them being instructed to tithe. In Jacob's case, tithing was Jacob's idea, not God's. When Jacob made his promise to tithe God did not acknowledge it. Even if God had acknowledge it, there exists no instructions in the New Testament to "tithe because Jacob promises to do so."

5. Tithing was a matter of the Law of Moses; Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 7:5, Numbers 18:20-24. New Testament Believers are not under or bound by the Law of Moses. Though the Law of Moses has not yet passed away; Matthew 5:18; the New Testament saved Believer is not under the Law of Moses; "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14, see also Galatians 2:21.

6. No New Testament Believer has a command to "tithe as Abraham did," no such instruction exists in the Old or New Testament. Even the Children of Israel had no instructions to tithe as or because Abraham did; neither does the New Testament church have any such instruction.

7. Doing something God has canceled is foolishness; Lamentations 3:37 - "Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?" Doing something God has never instructed you to do is equally foolish; Proverbs 30:6 "Do not add to His Words, lest He reprove you and you be found a liar."

8. Who is the "us" who is to continue tithing, to whom God "never told 'us' to stop tithing?" What "us" are you referring to? If the "us" you are referring to is a New Testament Believer, "US" has NO command to tithe. See again points 1 through 7 above.

CONCLUSION;

God has NOT instructed a Christian to stop tithing because God has never issued a command to a New Testament Christian to begin tithing. Your argument of "we tithe because God has never told us to stop tithing" is foolishness and wholly without merit. Why would God tell Christians to "stop tithing" when a New Testament Christian has no instructions to begin tithing?

According to Galatians 2:21, if you are tithing based on any Old Testament commandment such as Malachi 3:10, then for you Christ died in vain;

"I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." - Galatians 2:21, and you are bound to do the whole Law of Moses or be cursed; Galatians 3:10 - "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."

Many "tithers" and tithe teachers attempt to use the foolish argument of "where did God tell us to stop tithing," such a question is based on deception and ignorance. The Bible warns us... 

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto MYTHS." - 2 Timothy 4:3 

Why hasn't God told us to stop tithing? ...because God has never instructed us to begin tithing!

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I AM NOT... THEREFORE I DON'T!

I AM NOT...

1. NOT A blood descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

2. NOT Living on the Promise Land of Israel.

3. NOT Under the Law of Moses.

4. NOT A Farmer or a Rancher.

5. NOT Commanded to tithe because Abraham tithed, who tithed to Melchisedec, not to a New Testament church or minister.

6. NOT Under any command to tithe from either the Old Testament or New Testament.

7. NOT Instructed to give under compulsion, or bound by any 10 percent requirement.

...therefore I DO NOT tithe, neither am I deceived or bound by deceptive tithing teachers;

Psalm 119:105 - "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." 

John 8:32 - "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

> References (points 1 through 7);

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

2 - Deuteronomy 12:9-11 - "For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:" 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."

3 - Hebrews 7:18 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof." "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14 "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, Galatians 3:10 - "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."

4 - 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 - Hebrews 7:2 - "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;"

6 - Acts 15:24 - "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:"

7 - 2 Corinthians 9:7 - "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."

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STOP TITHING; IT'S CANCELED AND NO LONGER A VALID COMMAND FOR ANYONE

 

STOP TITHING; IT'S CANCELED AND NO LONGER A VALID COMMAND FOR ANYONE

If you understand the flow of God's word, the path of redemption in God's word, the flow from Old to New Testament you will understand how this; Malachi 3:10 flows to this; Hebrews 7:18 which ends tithing because of this;    

Hebrews 9:15-17 - "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth."

>> THEREFORE... 

Hebrews 7:18-19 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."

>> WHICH ENDS THIS...

Malachi 3:9-10 - "Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 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."

>> AS STATED HERE...

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

Acts 15:24 - "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:"

Romans 7:6 - "But now we are DELIVERED FROM THE LAW, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."

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

Galatians 3:10 - "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."

James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all." 

Galatians 5:2-3 - "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law."

>> YOU SAY "TITHING WAS NOT FROM THE LAW;" YOU ARE WRONG... 

> Jesus explained it...

> ref. Matthew 23:23 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."

> Hebrews confirmed it...

> ref. 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:"

> Malachi instructed it...

> ref. 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." 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?"

> Levicus established it (the tithe is introduced as Law)...

> ref. Levicus 27:30–34 "Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”> THE CLAIM; "Tithing was practiced before the law."

> THE CLAIM; "Tithing was practiced before the law."

> THE TRUTH; whether or not tithing was practiced before the law, after the law it still remains CANCELED, DISANNULLED, ENDED. Additionally; NOWHERE does the Bible, the Word of God instruct anyone to tithe because Jacob said he would tithe, or because Abraham tithed; such a command DOES NOT exist in God's Word.

No more tithing after Hebrews 7:18; Tithing is void, canceled, finished, weak, unprofitable, ended, disannulled, not required.

>> STOP LIVING IN BONDAGE TO TITHING; there is no such thing as "New Testament tithing," "grace tithing," "love tithing," "voluntary tithing" or any tithing under the New Testament; TITHING IS FOREVER ENDED.

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