Tithing in the bible is always only food, it is never money Gold Silver or personal possesion, those who did not farm did not tithe so those who worked as general labourers did not tithe, it was a tithe that went to the levites who lived in the 48 levitical cities around Israel and went to the store houses in those cities 10% of that 10% went to the store house in jerusalem at the temple. the levites lived off this tithe as there food and so did the poor and the widow. the 24 levite devisions took turns working in the temple under the priests to preform duties. Israel needed a continual daily flow of blood to stay in right step with the Lord these animals came from the tithe. Abrahams tithe was never comanded by God, he gave 10% to Melchizadek and 90% to the king of sodom, so if Abrahams tithe is an example for christians to give 10% to God it should also be an example to give 90% to the devil, Abrahams tithe was not from his own personal property it was spoils of war and in Numbers 31 God only required 1% of spoils of war, Abrahams tithe was a one time recorded avent.Heb 7 makes clear if we read it from start to finish we see Melchezedek was greater then Abraham and also Greater then Levi and that the priesthood of Jesus is greater then Abraham and greater then the priesthood of Aaron or Levi(from witch the Levitical priesthood comes) comparing Jesus with Melchezedek, 7:3 without begining of days or end of life like the son of God he remains a priest for ever.
The Levitical priesthood recieved Tithes, it is important to note that these tithes that the Levites recieved were also used as sacrifices offered for there sins and for the sin of the people. Heb 7:26-28 Jesus sacrifice was once for all
if you are a christian you are a priest, and priests didnt pay tithes they recieved tithes that were used on the alter to take away sins. we became priests when we recieved Jesus who takes away sins and from whome we get our priesthood
Heb 7, dosnt have any verses in it comanding the church to tithe,
Heb 7, is an explanation of why the levitical priesthood must be replaced by Christ's priesthood because the levitical priesthood was weak.
*priests didnt tithe and we are priests
* sacrifices to take away sin came from the tithe and Jesus was sacrificed once for all
* if we followed the tithe acording to the way the bible says we would give to the ushers and lay,man 10% first (servants of the priest-Levites)them in turn would give 10% of that to the paster (priest)
*the newtestament never calls the church a building or a stoehouse
*when you look at the contents of the tithe it is always food never money
*examples of giving in the newtestament cant be compared with the tithe since the tithe is always 10%
*there has always been money in the old testament and tithes were not money not once
*no tithing scriptures are used for examples of giving for new testament believers
*if old testament priests are taken over by new testament priests and we are all priests shouldnt we recieve a tithe instead of paying them
*the Apostle Paul prefered the church elders to be self supporting.
if we read the book of GALATIANS we see paul talking about Circumcision, though circumcision was intraduced before the Law with Abraham, and we see clearly in the context of it that Paul makes perfectly clear that Circumcision is of the Law and those doing it are puting themselves under the Law, since this Circumcision is considered to be under the Law though intrduced before the Law, it makes no sence to me why tithing would be excluded from being under the Law, I believe that if I tithe I put myself under the Law in the same way I would if I were to be circumcised and it says Gal 5:2-3 Mark my words, I Paul tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is required to obey the whole Law.
if you read Galatians and replace the word circumcision with tithe the whole thing will still make perfect sence in all its context. ( though we know Paul was talking about circumcision.)
in Acts 5 we see the story of Ananias and Sapphira. now in the case of this husband and wife and there free will offering which wasnt even a tithe, they droped dead because they lied about how much they gave, how bad would it be for those who claim that they tithe.
