Tithing

[losing faith]

First, i always have to say Thank you Jesus for all of your many blessings. Please keep me and my son under your protection and guide us through this valley experience. I am trying to do the right thing and continue to tithe, but lately, after paying my bills and tithing, consistenly my account has gone into the negative. I'm not able to save any money, but God has kept food on my table and shelter for me and my son.

I am asking for this forum to agree with me that I can continue to tithe and also save towards getting myself and my son out of our apartment and into our own home.

Lord, I'm asking for a breakthrough also in my job. I'm not happy with the work that I have to do and I have applied for one that will offer me the flexibility that I need.

I ask all these things in Jesus' name.

 

[Gary]

I trust God will answer your prayer by showing you His truth.

The Bible CLEARLY SHOWS that the tithe ENDED at the cross in the Book of Hebrews. In the first nine verses of Hebrews 7 the words tenth or tithes appears SEVEN TIMES. The ONLY place in the Bible, after Calvary, that tithing appears is in Hebrews 7.

In Hebrews 7:5 we are told that Levi (the Levites) took the tithes under the law. In Hebrews 7:12 we are told that when the priesthood changes, the law will change. Hebrews 7:18 is telling us that Numbers 18 was disannulled. Numbers 18 established the Levitical priesthood, and part of that establishing included tithing. When the Levitical priesthood ended (at Calvary, or at least in the year 70AD when the temple was destroyed), all laws that established that priesthood were canceled. If Numbers 18 wasn't canceled, we would still be under the Levitical priesthood.

Those who argue they didn't have money or income then really need to study the scriptures. They had money and wages, even in Genesis. The farmers had income from barter exchanges, and they had markets to buy and sell as proven in Deuteronomy 14:24-26.

Those who argue Malachi 3:8, robbing God, need to start with verse 7. God is talking about His ordinances in Numbers 18 which we learned were disannulled according to Hebrews 7:18. Also, if you start with Malachi 1, you will see that God is speaking to the priests, not the people. The priests robbed God of the tithe (Nehemiah 13) and the priests robbed God of the offerings (Malachi 1).