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1 | New Testament TITHING ? | Bible general Archive 1 | coltonjunior | 74941 | ||
Giving of TITHES and the 10 percent rule ? I believe that this was a rule in the Old Testament Days. The covenant with the Jews. GOD ordered them to give 10 percent of everything that they earned. Does this rule still apply ? We are now living in the New Testament era. Did Jesus tell us to continue with the 10 percent giving of TITHES ? Is this mentioned anywhere in the New Testament that we must continue to TITHE 10 percent of our income? |
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2 | New Testament TITHING ? | Bible general Archive 1 | dulos | 74942 | ||
NT: Heb 6:20-7:2 " 19 ... Jesus,... He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.1 This Melchizedek as ...priest of God Most High. He met Abraham ... 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything." *NOTE* Please excuse the length of this explination. It is legnthy but worth your while. It may seem strange to you to list 2 chapters at the same time. It helps to know that the original scriptures had no chapter and verse divisions. They were added later. I suggest reading the whole book of Hebrews in one session. It will help you get a better context. In context, if you read from the begining of hebrews Jesus is declared to be high preist in Heb 2:17. In the next chapter the author goes off on what seems like a tangent. He draws an analogy between God apointing Moses in the OT with Moses being faithful to Gods House and Jesus being apointed as God's son over his house (us). Then it is declared that Jesus was found worthy of Greater honor than Moses was. It is shown that none of those Moses led out of the desert entered into God's rest, because of their unbelief. The next chapter shows that we enter his rest through our beliefe and faith. Then it says, still in chapter 4, continuing the thought of when it mentions Jesus as our high preist in chapter 2 that he has passed through the heavens and he can simpathize with us because he has been tempted (being fully man) just as us and yet did not sin (being fully God). It says we can approach God grace with confidence when we have need. We enter the next chapter to the subject of what was a high priest. I calls to our attention that the high priest in the OT was selected from men. He was weak because he was a man and could sympathize, and deal gently with those who were tuning from their sin in the OT "era". It is then explained that he could not take this duty upon himself but must be called by God. In the OT the High priest was of the line of Aaron. So Jesus was apointed as well as My verse in the begining states: VS.6 "a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek" Another tangent comes showing the imiturity of the believers in that it was hard to explain this to them Heb 5:11-forward. Finally stating in verse 13-20 that God made a promise, an oath to Abraham that he would give him many decsendants. It is explained that we are his descendent through faith in Christ. It is shown elswhere that we believe and just like Abraham it was credited to us as righteousness. It is said in this chapter "we are the heirs" of God's promise to Abraham. It says we have this hope and it is like an ancor for the soul, firm and secure. This hope it is said enters the sanctuary, because Jesus our hope entered it. He passed through the sanctuary just like the Aaronic high priest did, yet he is a priest in the order of Melchizedek. Now there is that name. Who is Melchizedek? In the next chapter 7 It is explained that Melchizedek was a Preist in the OT "era" that collected the tenth from Abraham. So in answer to you question, It is biblical to tithe. Even more so because Jesus was a greater priest than Aaron of the tribe of Levi. The Levitical high preist hood, Jesus was with out sin so he did not need to offer a sacrifice for himself before he offerd himself, a lamb for our sacrifice, because he knew no sin. God required under th law animal sacrifice to atone or cover our sin. We had to be saved by the sheding of blood to meet the wages of sin which is death. In the OT "era" the high priest would offer every year a sacrifice for his sin then one for the sin of the nation of Israel. Since this shows Jesus to be a greater high priest, in the order of Melchizedek mind you that we out to give 10 percent. Like I said just read the entire book and it will make sense. Now most pastors will tell you it should be from your gross income, some would say from your net. I will just advise you to pray about it and be obedient to what God tells you to give. Remmember God owns it all and if you give you will be blessed, maybe not physicaly and financially all of the time. But I'll tell you from my experience, I have been tithing now for 3years and even when it seemed that I could not do it, I did it anyway, and God was always faithful. I have never had to go without, and God has alway provided. I know it from experience and it is promised in scripture (2Cor 9:6-8). *Ask your self what if God said he wanted 90 percent of what is allready his, I mean he owns it all anyway. What if he wanted that and told you to keep ten percent to live off of? Would you be willing to be obedient? Like I said pray about it and if all you get from this respose and may others I'm sure don't help then don't listen to man just pray about it seek the Lord and he will guide you. Sorry again for such a legnthy explanaiton. Your brother in Christ, dulos. . . |
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