THE TITHE


 


 THE TITHE

 

 

Growing up around “church”, I was repeatedly taught about THE TITHE… but it was always presented from a compulsory perspective… as was so much of scripture.

 

 

Somehow, during any instruction on THE TITHE, Mal3:7-12 is invariably brought into play… specifically referencing verses 8-9 that “you have robbed God in your TITHES and offerings, therefore you are cursed with a curse.”

 

THE REMEDY: vs10 “bring ALL THE TITHES into the storehouse”

 

THEN “you will be blessed” (vss10-12)

 

 

TITHE simply means “10th part”

 

Did you know that by the Law there were at least THREE TITHES?

1.         Lev 27:30-32. A TITHE OF ALL YOUR INCREASE… which is completely the Lord’s

2.         Deut 14:22-23. A YEARLY TITHE. With it Have a FEAST!  One stipulation: Do what desire, but before the Lord

3.         Deut 26:12. A TITHE EVERY 3rd year: to foreigners (strangers), fatherless, and widows.

 

 

 

Num18:21-32. Reason for THE MAIN TITHE in the LAW: for the Levitical Priesthood… their “wage for service,” or inheritance.

[1Sam2:8-14  describes the “Flesh hook principle.”

Priest digs hook into pot and draws out a portion FIRST (his salary or subsistence)]

 

 

THE “TITHE” is presented as a LAW as immutable as gravity.

Deut 27. Cursed if don’t

Deut 28. Blessed if Do

 

 

But notice the sequential order described  where the TITHE began in Gen14:18-20…

Melchizedek, King of Peace (Salem) and priest of the Most High came for one reason: 

…to bless Abraham.

1.         MELCHIZEDEK “brought forth bread and wine BLESSED Abraham, saying…”

2.         ABRAHAM GAVE to him a TITHE OF ALL

 

 

And again, Gen28:10-22  describes this same original order::

1.         GOD BLESSED Jacob

2.         and JACOB in turn promised to give a TITHE of all given to him

 

 

They gave BECAUSE they were blessed…

                   …NOT: “blessed because they GAVE!”

 

 

You can't just keep some of the law and live by grace through faith in Christ on other matters.

“If you practice the principles of law, you must follow ALL of them.” (Gal3:12TPT)

                  …and if you don't… you're cursed (Gal3:10-11)

 

 

“…Who has bewitched you? …Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” (Gal3:1-3)

 

BUT…

Gal3:13 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law…”

 

 

The LAW was enforced by the Levitical Priesthood under Moses… and sadly it persists based on that priesthood, because it is their “living”… their “portion”.  

 

 

Heb7:12  “…when there is a change in the priesthood, it necessitates a change of the law.”

 

The TITHE began with Melchizedek… and now reverts back to and ends with Melchizedek

The law was only a schoolmaster pointing to Christ (Gal3:24-25)

                  Who is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek (Ps110:4;Heb7:17)

Who came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. (Mtt5:17)

 

 

NOW…YOU ARE NOT BLESSED BECAUSE YOU GAVE

                  …NOR CURSED BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T…

…..YOU GIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED!



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