Tithing, Mandate for the New Testament Church?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Rudy

The fact that not everyone tithed under Mosaic Law is proof that Tithing is not a forever principle. Also Jacob would have had no room for dealing with God on tithing if it was a mandate even before the Mosaic law was established.

So what did the silver smith tithe and all others tithe who's craft did not pertain to food items? This shows a serious gap for those who promote the eternal tithe principle.

We work from the command, we obey, we do what we are told. There is no such command to tithe any thing in the NT.

If the Melchizedek priesthood is still in effect, then tithing is still in effect.

[Scott Hutchinson]

http://inyourbible.podcastpeople.com/posts/42687

[Sam]

Originally Posted by shag

Who receives the tithe given in money, who determines who or who all receives it, who determines what happens to it after it is received, and where is the scripture that supports the answer to those questions?

In my opinion, the tithe was to support the priests and levites as they ministered in the Temple; to help the poor; and to party with at the festivals. It was animals and crops but not money, although if a person lived quite a distance from Jerusalem the animals or crops could be sold and the money received would be used to buy food and drink (alcohol included) to party at Jerusalem. Since we no longer have the Temple in Jerusalem, and no longer have priests and levites, and no longer go to Jerusalem for the feasts, tithing is passed away just like the animal sacrifices, circumcision, feasts, levitical priesthood, sabbaths, fringes on garments, etc.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

Apostolic Preachers preaching about tithes are typically long on opinions, stories, and semi-spiritual catch phrases that shoehorn in biblical stories into sermons about giving and receiving... and short on history, research, or objective teaching.

I've noticed that too.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by seekerman

If the Melchizedek priesthood is still in effect, then tithing is still in effect.

It is???

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Rudy

It is???

Yep. The Melchizedek priesthood and tithing were closely connected.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Yep. The Melchizedek priesthood and tithing were closely connected.

did abraham tithe from his own stuff or from others

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by acerrak

did abraham tithe from his own stuff or from others

He tithed from His own stuff he took from the ungodly.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by seekerman

He tithed from His own stuff he took from the ungodly.

wouldnt that stuff actually be his nephews whom they stole from

Abraham paid a tithe of his nephew’s recovered goods to this Canaanite priest of the Most High God. He did not tithe a tenth of his crops, herds, etc, as the Law commanded. In fact, Abraham was not even giving tithes of his own stuff!

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by acerrak

wouldnt that stuff actually be his nephews whom they stole from

Abraham paid a tithe of his nephew’s recovered goods to this Canaanite priest of the Most High God. He did not tithe a tenth of his crops, herds, etc, as the Law commanded. In fact, Abraham was not even giving tithes of his own stuff!

The point is that Abraham tithed.