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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: thane Ordered by Date |
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1 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | Bible general Archive 4 | thane | 219172 | ||
In regard to tithing, maybe it would be less of a mystery if we got the joke in Matt 23:23. Slightly bent, some scribes and Pharisees went through the otherwise unnecessary effort of raising spices chiefly for an opportunity to owe and pay tithes/taxes which, in turn, gave them the opportunity to boast about paying tithes. Broadly, they were rich city-dwellers whose only connections with agriculture were the few plants they could grow on a patio or windowsill. As a secondary punchline, they chose to grow foolproof spices. Anyone who has suffered from escapee/invader mint in their garden knows it grows like a weed, and the other spices listed are equally easy to grow. This next note relies on the majority translation of the word(s) read as "should have done." If tithing is something Pharisees should have done, rather than should do, we have a strong indication that a change in laws was in the offing. Abraham's tithe (Heb 7) came from the spoils of war and may have been the price of armistice. Deuteronomy 12:1, 5-6, 17-18 and 14:22-29 pertain to what Jesus would have intended by "tithe." The only people from whom the Levites collected tithes were landowners who both raised and harvested an edible, kosher crop or raised livestock. (In a dark area of the Word, we have to guess if passing under the rod involves only those kosher animals which could be branded or only those which were born by natural delivery.) Food was always the medium for the tithe. We have a clear indication that to relate any believer's tithe to money and monetary income is a add to Scriptures and forbidden. As proof, if a tithe was converted to silver/cash for the purpose of a long trip, it had to be returned to food form near the destination. |
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