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Originally Posted by Pliny
Biblical Principles are not always stated as "thus saith the Lord". That does not invalidate them when they exist. The Levites were to teach the Israelite's to discern the difference between the clean and the unclean.
( Deu 17:8 KJV) If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
( Deu 17:9 KJV) And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
( Deu 17:10 KJV) And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
The Lord made provision for this because the bible is not an exhaustive book of do's and don'ts.
So back to you. Give me a verse that states tithing ceased. You will shut this all down if that verse exists. All the non-tithe teachers imply it so now produce the verse and win the argument. 
You see both camps are basing a teaching upon a principle that is not specifically spelled out. |
Where in the Bible Were Tithes Abolished?
1. WHO #1: The Levitical servants to the priests who received the first whole tithe have been abolished. See
Numbers 18:21-24. Modern equivalents to the Levites are unpaid ushers, deacons, choir, musicians, etc.
2. WHO #2: OT priests who received a tenth of the tithe (only 1 per cent) have been abolished. See
Num 18:25-28 and
Neh 10:38.
3. WHAT: The definition of tithes as only food miraculously increased by God from inside His holy land of Israel has been abolished and replaced with the false unbiblical definition of income. See
Leviticus 27:30-34 and 14 other texts which describe the contents of the tithe. Yet money was common in Genesis.
4. WHERE: The destination of the OT tithes first to the Levitical cities some to the Temple has been abolished. See
Neh 10:37b and
Mal 3:10.
5. WHEN: The time to tithe has been abolished. The Levitical tithe was paid yearly in the Levitical cities. The second festival tithe was eaten at the three festivals. The third poor tithe was kept in the home every third year. Tithes totaled 23 1/3 per cent.
6. WHY #1: The covenant which prescribed them was abolished per
Heb 8:8-13;
Gal 4:21-26'
2 Cor 3:6-10.
7. WHY #2: The "commandment" for Levites and priests to collect tithes was "annulled" per
Hebrews 7:5, 12, 18.
8. WHY #3: The law which condemned believers has been rendered of no effect when the believer died in Christ per
Romans 7:4. No law can tell a dead person what to do.
9. HOW #1: Jesus abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinances per
Eph 2:13. Tithing was an ordinance per
Num 18.
10. HOW $2: Jesus blotted out the handwriting of ordinances, per
Col 2:14. Tithing was an ordinance per
Num 18.
11. HOW #3: The Temple which tithes supported was abolished in AD 70. God's temple is now within each believer per
1 Cor 3:16; 6:19-20.
12. HOW #4: The priesthood which was supported by tithes was abolished in AD 70. God's priesthood is now within every believer per
1st Peter 2:9-10.
13. HOW #5: The blessings and curses of tithing as part of the whole law have been abolished per
Galatians 3:10-13.
Would you continue to send money to a church after
a. The building is destroyed?
b. The preacher has been defrocked?
c. The workers have found other jobs?
d. The members have all left?
e. The land has been inhabited by non religious people?
f. The purpose for the church no longer exists?
g. You have died?
When you compare
Hebrews 7:5, 12 and 18, t is clear that tithing ceased.
Since 7:5 is the first use of "tithes," "commandments" and "law", then it controls the use of the words in chapter 7. Verse 12 says there is a necessary change of the law (of tithing from 7:5). The "change" was not TO GOSPEL WORKERS; the "change" was the annulment of tithing in 7:18.
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