Tithing Under The Order of Melchizedek - What Is A Tithe?
We have been discussing the principle of tithing, but what is it. What exactly is the tithe?
According to the Bible, a tithe is the first tenth of your increase. The book of Leviticus chapter 27 and section 32 to 33 explains the process of tithing when it was done by the Israelites.
They would pay tithes of all including animals and crops. If say it was animals, the animals would queue and the one who was collecting tithes would count them in tens and removing the first each time he gets to a cluster of ten. So it was never the last tenth, but always the first tenth.
Since the beginning of giving in general, and later tithing, God has never accepted to be an afterthought. If you are to benefit from your giving to God, always remember God will not take anything but an offering coming from the heart, your best offering.
Before we add more flesh to this though, we need to get something out of the way early. Do we “give” or do we “pay” tithe? We have mentioned in our previous post on the reason for tithing and we said that tithe is actually a Tax that runs the kingdom of God on earth. Just like taxes do not belong to the country’s citizens but to the government in any nation and so are tithes. If one boycott paying taxes in any nation they are arrested and even imprisoned. This is because the stipulated percentage of tax does not belong to the people but to the nation at large. If you do not pay your taxes you are stealing from and depriving an entire nation.
To prove that the tax does not belong to people but to the nation, the government even garnishes huge amounts in bank accounts of companies to cover for owed tax with no opposition. Most companies have been through this system in various nations. The fact being that if one is not paying taxes they are as good as criminal stealing from a whole kingdom and therefore are to be brought to book.
This system was actually not originated on earth. It is a heavenly system that is being emulated on earth. Tithes do not belong to individuals but to the Kingdom of God. As soon as one gets their increase, the first 10th is not theirs, it is holy and it belongs to the kingdom of God.
It is meant to run the affairs of God on earth. These principles apply to all humans despite ethnicity, culture, religion, status, age or gender. If you are a human being it means there is a Creator that created you, as such, He expects you to abide by the principle of tithing in order to support the Kingdom from which you were formed. No one can claim they do not have anything to tithe. Every person receives an increase at one point or another even school children. A tithe is not an amount, but a percentage. If all you have received is a dollar, God expects 10% from it and it should be the first 10th which is 10 cents.
Having ascertained that tithes do not belong to individuals but to God, it, therefore, follows that tithes are not “given” but “paid” to a true representation of a heavenly system on earth. The book of Leviticus chapter 27 and section 31 records an interesting point concerning the position of the Creator when it comes to tithing. God says, should anyone skip tithing for any reason, they should pay it back with 20 percent or one fifth on top, and that is “interest”.
Now, one does not charge interest if the money owed is not officially theirs. Tithes belong to God and God alone that’s why in the book of Malachi He says His people are robbing him in that regard. One cannot claim to be robbed if the stolen thing was not theirs in the first place.
A tithe is paid as your first tenth and never as change after one has used the money or items they intend to tithe. This is because the first 10th is meant to redeem to last 90 percent. A tithe is always given by faith to redeem the remainder it represents. A tithe is the one that gives value to the 90% that remains and ensures the devourer does not touch it according to the book of Malachi chapter 3 from section 8 to 10.
Always remember to tithe your FIRST TENTH each time you receive an increase and live on the 90 percent that remains for the greatest heavenly kingdom benefits on earth.
Become a tither today!!!
Since the beginning of giving in general, and later tithing, God has never accepted to be an afterthought. If you are to benefit from your giving to God, always remember God will not take anything but an offering coming from the heart, your best offering.
Before we add more flesh to this though, we need to get something out of the way early. Do we “give” or do we “pay” tithe? We have mentioned in our previous post on the reason for tithing and we said that tithe is actually a Tax that runs the kingdom of God on earth. Just like taxes do not belong to the country’s citizens but to the government in any nation and so are tithes. If one boycott paying taxes in any nation they are arrested and even imprisoned. This is because the stipulated percentage of tax does not belong to the people but to the nation at large. If you do not pay your taxes you are stealing from and depriving an entire nation.
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To prove that the tax does not belong to people but to the nation, the government even garnishes huge amounts in bank accounts of companies to cover for owed tax with no opposition. Most companies have been through this system in various nations. The fact being that if one is not paying taxes they are as good as criminal stealing from a whole kingdom and therefore are to be brought to book.
This system was actually not originated on earth. It is a heavenly system that is being emulated on earth. Tithes do not belong to individuals but to the Kingdom of God. As soon as one gets their increase, the first 10th is not theirs, it is holy and it belongs to the kingdom of God.
It is meant to run the affairs of God on earth. These principles apply to all humans despite ethnicity, culture, religion, status, age or gender. If you are a human being it means there is a Creator that created you, as such, He expects you to abide by the principle of tithing in order to support the Kingdom from which you were formed. No one can claim they do not have anything to tithe. Every person receives an increase at one point or another even school children. A tithe is not an amount, but a percentage. If all you have received is a dollar, God expects 10% from it and it should be the first 10th which is 10 cents.
Having ascertained that tithes do not belong to individuals but to God, it, therefore, follows that tithes are not “given” but “paid” to a true representation of a heavenly system on earth. The book of Leviticus chapter 27 and section 31 records an interesting point concerning the position of the Creator when it comes to tithing. God says, should anyone skip tithing for any reason, they should pay it back with 20 percent or one fifth on top, and that is “interest”.
Now, one does not charge interest if the money owed is not officially theirs. Tithes belong to God and God alone that’s why in the book of Malachi He says His people are robbing him in that regard. One cannot claim to be robbed if the stolen thing was not theirs in the first place.
A tithe is paid as your first tenth and never as change after one has used the money or items they intend to tithe. This is because the first 10th is meant to redeem to last 90 percent. A tithe is always given by faith to redeem the remainder it represents. A tithe is the one that gives value to the 90% that remains and ensures the devourer does not touch it according to the book of Malachi chapter 3 from section 8 to 10.
Always remember to tithe your FIRST TENTH each time you receive an increase and live on the 90 percent that remains for the greatest heavenly kingdom benefits on earth.
Become a tither today!!!
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