To tithe or not to tithe?

[shag]

Originally Posted by Tithesmeister

We have no scriptural record of Jacob fulfilling his vow. If he did it would have been after he returned to the land of his father, as he was ordered to do by God. Returning to his fathers land in safety fulfilled the final stipulation that he required, to tithe to God.

Did he? The Bible doesn’t verify whether he did or not.

If he was a man of his word? He did.

If he didn’t? He failed to honor his vow to God.

This guys thesis is what stimulated my question, he believes perhaps the Bible does show where he did….Jacob fulfilling his vow, by giving such a great deal of his herd possessions to his brother Esau.

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-P...5_Peterson.pdf


Possible?

[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by shag

This guys thesis is what stimulated my question, he believes perhaps the Bible does show where he did….Jacob fulfilling his vow, by giving such a great deal of his herd possessions to his brother Esau.

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-P...5_Peterson.pdf


Possible?

It may be possible. The problem is that it is not verifiable. It’s really a pretty crazy made up theory in my opinion. Think about it. We could go further.

God loved Jacob and hated Esau.

[2] I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
[3] And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

So according to his theory, Jacob paid his debt of tithe to Esau whom God hated.

So would it be possible that the tithe that God commanded the Israelites to pay could have been paid to the Ammorites?

I don’t believe so. It was holy to the Lord. It had better be regarded as Holy and handled according to instructions.

There is a LOT wrong about this paper. Specifically that he routinely has to add to or disregard scripture to make his guess seem workable.

It’s fiction. No more and no less.