22/10/2017
TODAY'S TRANSFERENCE OF WISDOM
For starters, if you do not like me as a result of my stand on tithing, there's nothing I can do to remedy your situation other than to keep bringing up biblical verses for you to study.
The two books of the bible by a MAJOR prophet that talked expressly about tithing are:
1) Numbers 18:21-32
2) Deuteronomy 14:22-29 and 26:12
Why then do our "Spiritual Leaders" dwell so much on the book of the bible by a MINOR prophet which is the book of Malachi 3:10?
Now, let me do justice to these concept of Malachi 3:10 thus;
In the book of Nehemiah 10:38 "And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levite when the Levite take tithes: and the Levite shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house"
In same manner, the book of Numbers 18:26 "Thus speak unto the Levite's, and say unto them, when ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe"
From the two quoted scriptures, it shows clearly that only 10% of your tithe is supposed to be kept in d store house of God by the Levite; example If you come with 10,000naira as your tithe, the Levite will take only 1,000naira and keep in the store house. The remaining 90% which is 9,000naira is what you, the Levite(because they have no inheritance in Israel) and the less privileged around you will use to merry, eat and rejoice in the presence of God (study scriptures (1) and (2) for guidance).
The children of Israel and the Priests alike at the time of Malachi deviated from the way of God which Malachi was addressing right from the very first verse of his book Malachi 1:1.
In the book of Malachi 2:1 "And now, O ye priests these commandment is for you" he (Malachi) started warning or commanding the priests for the wrong things they were doing which were contrary to the Covenant God had with LEVI their forefather. In fact Malachi 2: 4 - 7 (study from your bible) clearly introduced LEVI, his personality and the Covenant the Lord of Host had with him (note, the Levites are the descendants of LEVI).
In the book of Malachi 3:3 "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness" he clearly defines the thought and mind of God as revealed unto him.
In Malachi 3:10, I do not need to quote the verse because it is like the most popular verse of scripture in recent times; paraphrased "Bring yea all the tithes into the store house" was in line with the process of tithing given to the Levites as earlier mentioned in Nehemiah 10:38 and Numbers 18:26.
Conclusively, those to benefit from your tithes according to biblical standard are;
1) YOU
2) The Levites (because they have no inheritance in Israel)
3) The less privileged among you
4) The store house (10% of your tithe which is supposed to be kept by the Levite)
Outside these biblical process of tithing, any other thing you are doing is purely enriching a Pastor, Prophet or Reverend because no pastor in Nigeria doesn't have an inheritance and none of them is a descendant of LEVI.
I REST MY CASE.