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In a world where war was a commonplace event everyone who grew up needed to learn how to fight or they were sunk. It sounds crazy but God left enemies in the land of Canaan to force the new generation of his people to learn how to fight. If there was no enemy they would have no reason to prepare for warfare, and they would be in big trouble if other nations came and decided to take their land. War preparation was essential for their survival, and so God left enemies in their midst so they would have no choice but to train young men in the use of weapons.
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This is a study of how Jesus describes the devil in all the darkest and blackest of languages. He was the liar and murderer from the beginning. Was Jesus being anti-Semitic here? check it out.
In a world where war was a commonplace event everyone who grew up needed to learn how to fight or they were sunk. It sounds crazy but God left enemies in the land of Canaan to force the new generation of his people to learn how to fight. If there was no enemy they would have no reason to prepare for warfare, and they would be in big trouble if other nations came and decided to take their land. War preparation was essential for their survival, and so God left enemies in their midst so they would have no choice but to train young men in the use of weapons.
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From Call and the Covenant: The Story of David
This is a study of how Jesus describes the devil in all the darkest and blackest of languages. He was the liar and murderer from the beginning. Was Jesus being anti-Semitic here? check it out.
This will help to improve your spiritual in yourself as well as your relationship to God and to your soon to be partner in life.
I hope you will learn a lesson here.
Flannery O'Connor's reputation as a writer first flowered because of her remarkable short stories and novels. The vision of reality which underlies her works seems strangely out of harmony with our materialistic essentially no-religious society. Although her stories are Southern to the core, she was never actively part of any Southern literary movement and for the most part of her fiction does not reflect social issues, particularly the social problems, which beset the South during her lifetime. Despite her Catholic Faith, the characters of the bulk of her fiction are Protestant Fundamentalists or Fanatics. Miss O'Connor's sympathies were clearly aligned the mistaken truth-seekers, the raging, and the irrational, even sinful prophets, some of whom seem to have wandered into the modern world from the pages of the Old Testament. They at least have some awareness of reality, some cognizance of the Divine Plan, she contended. They may reject or prevent the world but they cannot escape it. On the other hand Miss O'Connor's utmost scorn was showered upon the secularities bogged in their material world and unable or unwilling to perceive the grand design of existence, the plan of Redemption. Hazel Motes presents a figure reminiscent of Milton's Satan, a Christ of Evil. Consumed by evils as he is, Hazel like Satan cannot ignore nor even long be away from Christ. His suffering is the realization of loss, of man's fall. So darkened is his spirit by the chaos of his soul that grace cannot penetrate it, and he plunges deeper into darkness. O'Connor's work is littered with characters like Hazel Motes, who starts a heretical Church and commits murder before his conversion. Throughout the Bible, readers encounter figures such as Paul, who began sinning his way to Jesus as a persecutor of the early Christian Church before his conversion at Damascus, or Moses, who murders an Egyptian and flees to Midian before being called by God to free the Israelites. Throughout O'Connor's works there are significant biblical allusions which have been overlooked. O'Connor's unique approach, that is her attempt to engage her biblical source material in a unique way in order to reach a mass audience, grows out of her frustration over her parish's tendency to avoid the intellectual and spiritual problems confronting Catholicism in the twentieth century since she was opposed to practiced form of worship that enabled people to recite 'readymade' prayers
instead of searching their own souls; instead O'Connor frequently encouraged growing interest in Biblical studies. The novel Wise Blood recapitulates the story of St. Paul of the New Testament. This study compares Hazel Motes with the Biblical parallel St. Paul.
CHAPTER 1.PARADOXICAL PARTNERS BASED ON ROM. 12:9
CHAPTER 2.WHEN OPPOSITES ARE THE SAME BASED ON Rom. 14:6
CHAPTER 3.THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE CROSS- I COR. 1:18-31
CHAPTER 4.THE POWER OF WEAKNESS BASED ON II COR. 12:1-10
CHAPTER 5.THE PARADOX OF BURDENS Based on Gal. 6:1-10
CHAPTER 6.THE PARADOX OF BLESSING BASED ON GAL.6:1-10
CHAPTER 7.THE PARADOX OF PRIDE Based on Gal. 6:3
CHAPTER 8.PRAISEWORTHY PRIDE Based on Gal. 6:4
CHAPTER 9.GOOD OUT OF EVIL Based on Phil. 1:12-26
CHAPTER 10.FRUITFUL FRUSTRATION Based on I Thess. 2:13F
CHAPTER 11.THE PARADOX OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:3-10
CHAPTER 12. PAUL'S PARADOXICAL PERSONALITY Acts 21:17-26
1. NO OTHER DOCTRINE-INTRO TO I TIM. I Tim. 1:1
2. REVELATION IS SUFFICIENT Based on I Tim. 1:1-4
3. THE END IS LOVE Based on I Tim. 1:5
4. LAW AND GOSPEL Based on I Tim. 1:7f
5. LAW AND GRACE Based on I Tim. 1:8
6. PATRIOTIC IN PRAYER Based on I Tim. 2:1-8
7. THE ATONEMENT Based on I Tim. 2:4-6
8. LEARNING FROM YOUTH Based on I Tim. 4:12
9. THE PARADOX OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:3-10,17-19
10. THE LOVE OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:6-10
Dear Mr. President; Barak Obama, President of the United States of America.
As a Christian, I am greeting you with overflowing love and peace in the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ:
This will help to improve your spiritual in yourself as well as your relationship to God and to your soon to be partner in life.
I hope you will learn a lesson here.
Flannery O'Connor's reputation as a writer first flowered because of her remarkable short stories and novels. The vision of reality which underlies her works seems strangely out of harmony with our materialistic essentially no-religious society. Although her stories are Southern to the core, she was never actively part of any Southern literary movement and for the most part of her fiction does not reflect social issues, particularly the social problems, which beset the South during her lifetime. Despite her Catholic Faith, the characters of the bulk of her fiction are Protestant Fundamentalists or Fanatics. Miss O'Connor's sympathies were clearly aligned the mistaken truth-seekers, the raging, and the irrational, even sinful prophets, some of whom seem to have wandered into the modern world from the pages of the Old Testament. They at least have some awareness of reality, some cognizance of the Divine Plan, she contended. They may reject or prevent the world but they cannot escape it. On the other hand Miss O'Connor's utmost scorn was showered upon the secularities bogged in their material world and unable or unwilling to perceive the grand design of existence, the plan of Redemption. Hazel Motes presents a figure reminiscent of Milton's Satan, a Christ of Evil. Consumed by evils as he is, Hazel like Satan cannot ignore nor even long be away from Christ. His suffering is the realization of loss, of man's fall. So darkened is his spirit by the chaos of his soul that grace cannot penetrate it, and he plunges deeper into darkness. O'Connor's work is littered with characters like Hazel Motes, who starts a heretical Church and commits murder before his conversion. Throughout the Bible, readers encounter figures such as Paul, who began sinning his way to Jesus as a persecutor of the early Christian Church before his conversion at Damascus, or Moses, who murders an Egyptian and flees to Midian before being called by God to free the Israelites. Throughout O'Connor's works there are significant biblical allusions which have been overlooked. O'Connor's unique approach, that is her attempt to engage her biblical source material in a unique way in order to reach a mass audience, grows out of her frustration over her parish's tendency to avoid the intellectual and spiritual problems confronting Catholicism in the twentieth century since she was opposed to practiced form of worship that enabled people to recite 'readymade' prayers
instead of searching their own souls; instead O'Connor frequently encouraged growing interest in Biblical studies. The novel Wise Blood recapitulates the story of St. Paul of the New Testament. This study compares Hazel Motes with the Biblical parallel St. Paul.
CHAPTER 1.PARADOXICAL PARTNERS BASED ON ROM. 12:9
CHAPTER 2.WHEN OPPOSITES ARE THE SAME BASED ON Rom. 14:6
CHAPTER 3.THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE CROSS- I COR. 1:18-31
CHAPTER 4.THE POWER OF WEAKNESS BASED ON II COR. 12:1-10
CHAPTER 5.THE PARADOX OF BURDENS Based on Gal. 6:1-10
CHAPTER 6.THE PARADOX OF BLESSING BASED ON GAL.6:1-10
CHAPTER 7.THE PARADOX OF PRIDE Based on Gal. 6:3
CHAPTER 8.PRAISEWORTHY PRIDE Based on Gal. 6:4
CHAPTER 9.GOOD OUT OF EVIL Based on Phil. 1:12-26
CHAPTER 10.FRUITFUL FRUSTRATION Based on I Thess. 2:13F
CHAPTER 11.THE PARADOX OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:3-10
CHAPTER 12. PAUL'S PARADOXICAL PERSONALITY Acts 21:17-26
1. NO OTHER DOCTRINE-INTRO TO I TIM. I Tim. 1:1
2. REVELATION IS SUFFICIENT Based on I Tim. 1:1-4
3. THE END IS LOVE Based on I Tim. 1:5
4. LAW AND GOSPEL Based on I Tim. 1:7f
5. LAW AND GRACE Based on I Tim. 1:8
6. PATRIOTIC IN PRAYER Based on I Tim. 2:1-8
7. THE ATONEMENT Based on I Tim. 2:4-6
8. LEARNING FROM YOUTH Based on I Tim. 4:12
9. THE PARADOX OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:3-10,17-19
10. THE LOVE OF MONEY Based on I Tim. 6:6-10
Dear Mr. President; Barak Obama, President of the United States of America.
As a Christian, I am greeting you with overflowing love and peace in the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ:
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Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway Media Kit?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway media kit is for audiences to share with other readers who want information about the subject of tithing in the land of Israel.
Kleptomaniac Book Award for Excellence in Independent PublishingDr. Frank Chase Jr
Kleptomaniac Who's Really Robbing God Anyway exposes that today's modern tithe system was not birthed from the Bible but was an invention of Catholicism to amass cash. Tithes were not money but food.
Readers' Favorite Book Award for Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
This book uncovers the true meaning of biblical tithing to end all false teachings that has robbed millions of their wealth in the biggest ecclesiastical ponzi scheme ever manufactured in the annuls of biblical history.
Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway Tithing StudyDr. Frank Chase Jr
This book started out as a 117-page power point study. The research for this book became a historical and biblical analysis of modern so-called monetary tithe verses the authentic and approved biblical agricultural and livestock tithe. Journey through the power point presentation and then read more exhaustive 400 page book analysis of tithing system and how it got commuted to cold hard cash. The truth is shocking and will inform you of the truth that was hidden in plain sight. Check out the Tithe No More blog at http://tithenomore.com
Daniel Reads Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway? Dr. Frank Chase Jr
Monetary tithing has been taught as an undisputed fact in churches for centuries. Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway challenges that assumption and puts modern tithe teachings to the microscope of scripture. This book examines the word tithe from the original Hebrew language and presents the authentic meaning of the the orthodox term based on the land, language and literature of the Hebrew people.
For church-goers who are tired of being told they rob God of tithes and offerings every Saturday and Sunday, and that God requires a tenth of their income until death, this new book opens the biblical scroll and shines a light on the truth of scripture by debunking centuries-old tithe doctrines, which say a tithe is ten percent of a person's income. The author also explains why many church-goers are not the ones who really rob God. But exposes who the real God robbers are in this shocking tithe manifesto.
Monetary tithing has been taught as an undisputed fact in churches for centuries. Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway challenges that assumption and puts modern tithe teachings to the microscope of scripture. This book examines the word tithe from the original Hebrew language and presents the authentic meaning of the the orthodox term based on the land, language and literature of the Hebrew people.
For church-goers who are tired of being told they rob God of tithes and offerings every Saturday and Sunday, and that God requires a tenth of their income until death, this new book opens the biblical scroll and shines a light on the truth of scripture by debunking centuries-old tithe doctrines, which say a tithe is ten percent of a person's income. The author also explains why many church-goers are not the ones who really rob God. But exposes who the real God robbers are in this shocking tithe manifesto.
What is giving? What is tithing? The answer to that question depends on how you interpret the Bible. In this presentation Dr. Frank Chase Jr discusses the giving practices Hebrew/Jewish perspective. The slides also give reasons why pastors should work a full-time job because Apostle Paul was a tent maker who worked while spreading the Gospel. Many of the historical documents cautioned against gospel workers not to be dependent and to avoid becoming a public charge by making a living at something other than through preaching and teaching the Bible. A man who preaches and refuses to work will often resort to relying on charity by becomming a public charge which Paul frowned upon. In the presentation, you will see a part of my research for my book, Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway? I did not actually finish the work because I started writing the book, which is now published. THe book is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Book Baby. My website is http://www.fcpublishing.com/about_kleptomaniac
Over the years, I've read and studied a lot about tithing and this one thing I know for sure, God never said he wanted money as a tithe. In fact, the Hebrew word for tithe the Ma'aser. It means tenth part. The tenth part that Ma'aser refers to everything eatable. The Bible does mention money but money was never paid to the priests or Levites as a tithe. Not one single occupation in the Bible that a person had ever cough up ten percent to temple. So if the Bible is clear on tithing and who paid the actual agricultural, herd and flock tithe, then why do people persist to perpetuate and non-biblical monetary tithe system that the foreign to the scriptures. Allow my new book trailer video on Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway? to answer the questions. Share this book trailer on your Facebook page. For copies on your iPad, PDF or Kindle go to https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Kleptomaniac.
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7. Self Publishing Review: http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/2016/08/an-interview-with-frank-chase-jr-author-of-kleptomaniac-whos-really-robbing-god-anyway/
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14. Bublish: https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/10673
15. LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com/work/18338845
Of course here is my blog site: http://tithenomore.com
Toney Reads Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
Thanks for joining the tithing conversation and sharing with your friends in your circle. Readers are great. The tithe is not money but food. Enjoy the journey of discovery in search for tithing truth.
Rick Reads Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
Thanks for joining the tithing conversation and sharing with your friends in your circle. Readers are great. The tithe is not money but food. Enjoy the journey of discovery in search for tithing truth.
Marian Reads Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
Thanks for joining the tithing conversation and sharing with your friends in your circle. Readers are great. The tithe is not money but food. Enjoy the journey of discovery in search for tithing truth.
George Reads Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?Dr. Frank Chase Jr
This book is the real deal!! It is not the only deal out there but this one is really good. Mine is my field reference copy. I have to get two more copies soon as gifts! Enjoy your read of it and the freedom that comes with this knowledge!
This book is an expose' on what biblical tithing really is. The author writes in detail about who and why the Bibles was changed to support a monetary tithe outside of the confines of the scriptures.
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A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
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The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
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Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
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2 Peter 3: Because some scriptures are hard to understand and some will force them to say things God never intended, Peter warns us to take care.
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Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway Blog Book Tour
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Dr. Frank Chase, Jr.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. FRANK CHASE, JR., is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He
graduated from Walbrook High School in 1978 and then enlisted
and served in the United States Army for four years. During his
path in life, he has served as a teacher, counselor, mentor and
leader in men's ministries and has spoke at various men’s
conferences. He is a graduate of Washington State University and
has a BA degree in Communications with a minor in Sociology.
Because Frank believes in education, he pursued religious
degrees and graduated from North Carolina College of Theology
with a Bachelor of Biblical Studies, a Master of Arts in
Theology, and a Doctor of Theology. He also started his
publishing company, FC Publishing, LLC to self publish his first
two books. As a writer, Dr. Chase authored his first book, False
Roads to Manhood, What Women Need to Know: What Men
Need to Understand, dealing with the issues of manhood. He
recently published his second book titled, Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway, which
takes you on a proverbial archaeological quest to uncover the true meaning of biblical tithing. Not only
does the book cover the Old Testament tithe, but it examines what the New Testament teaches about
giving and so-called tithing. Dr. Chase has also authored and published religious and relationship
articles for newspapers, online magazines and print media. He has appeared on local television and
Internet radio programs. Mr. Chase is an avid racquetball player, and loves movies, reading and good
conversation, and he never shies away from talking about difficult or even controversial subjects.
Anyone who knows Frank will tell you that he has always been an analytical thinker about every aspect
of life even from childhood. It is not uncommon for people to remark that Chase is a very easy person to
talk to. Frank lives with his wife Teresa in Alabama and is the father of six children and the grandfather
of eight. Mr. Chase currently works as senior aviation writer for Army Helicopters for the Department of
the Army’s monthly publication, PS Magazine, LOGSA, located at Redstone Arsenal, AL.
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Why I Wrote Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway?
Writing Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway was a journey into seeking truth and fact. In
my research journey to rediscover biblical tithing I found the truth. What I learned about a century’s
old teaching called tithing was astonishing and shocking. My quest took me to places in the biblical
world I never thought about or considered. Does the modern day multifaceted tithing system have any
resemblance to biblical tithing is the ultimate and proverbial sixty-four thousand dollar question. The
hermeneutical and exegetical answer based on the land, the language and the literature of the biblical
Hebrew people is no! God never issued a new commandment to convert the orthodox biblical food
tithe into money as a method to support the New Testament church in age of grace. The change of
economic systems across history from agricultural to monetary did not cause God to change his holy
food tithe to money.
That is the purpose of why I wrote this book. I wanted to give readers another perspective that could
be researched and proved. This book started out as a 117 page power point study and morphed into a
400 page book after years of research.
I practiced tax-deductible greenback tithing for 30 years. After extensive research on the subject and
prayer, I discovered the Bible never endorsed monetary tithing as a command or a principal in the New
Testament. When I peeled back the tithing onion in biblical and secular history, shock and dismay beat
upon my theological head like a 2x4. When I regained theological consciousness, it was apparent
money tithing as it is taught today is suspect. The Savior followed 613 instructions of the Law and the
only authentic stipulated tithing law He endorsed was the tithe the Bible emphatically claims are
eatable items such as crops, cattle, herd, flocks and sheep. In Jesus’ own words, in Matthew 23:23, he
acknowledges that the Pharisees tithed mint, rue and cumin, which were eatable items and yet
somehow people assume money is implied? The bottom line; tithing is not money, but food and
Yahweh never commuted the food tithe to money in the 1st
century nor the 21st
century. Defining the
authentic biblical tithe to include non-food sources is not mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. To
command the tithe of money is “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:9).
Also, tithing money violates what Yeshua said, “Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none
effect by your tradition” (Matt 15:6). The New Testament has no tithing commands; however, you will
find much concerning abundant giving from the heart.
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3. Will a Man Rob God? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12755
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5. What are First Fruits in the Bible? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12529
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money. This chapter examines a tithe from agricultural production and another from an
increase in animals (livestock), which came from farmers and herders who tithed based on
Leviticus 27:30-33.
Based on the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE), the view is, “there is an
obvious apparent discrepancy between the legislation in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. It is
harmonized in Jewish [Hebrew] tradition, not only theoretically, but in practice, by considering
the tithes as three different tithes, which are named the first tithe, the second tithe and the
poor tithe, which is called the third tithe.” The ISBE also suggests that all three tithes came
from the original tithe and three separate tithes did not exist. That issue is not a topic of this
chapter, but it is worth individual research because some Jewish historians suggest Israel paid
three different tithes. The orthodox tithe in Israel is often misinterpreted and commuted to
cold hard cash because of a lack of understanding of the history, culture, religious practices
and customs of the Hebrew people.
In Leviticus 27:30 and 32 the Bible clearly defines what is tithed. It says, And all the
tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is
holy to the LORD. … 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes
under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD” (NKJV). Based on the language used
in the ISBE, this tithe is the first tithe or sometimes referred to as the Levitical tithe as detailed
in Numbers chapter 18.
God’s giving instructions to Israel on redeeming people and property included those
who didn’t want to tithe but desired to exchange the tithe for a price. The Hebrew Israelites
kept the tithe but paid money to buyback the tithe with a service fee added. The instructions
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Yahweh gave to the Israelites allowed them to redeem (or buyback) the crop tithe but not the
tithe from the herds or flocks as stated in Leviticus 27:33. Even though the verse does not say
who the tithe belongs to, then how would God collect the tithe from the Israelites? Would he
stick his hand out of the heavens to earth and collect the tithe? He said the tithe is holy unto
Him and set apart for His use. To determine who God set apart the tithe for, we need to
further investigate scripture to find out. And to set the record straight, the Bible says the tithe
belongs to the Levites as their inheritance from God. Before the law, no tithe command
existed and all giving fell under the auspices of gratitude or freewill giving. Now when God
speaks to Moses, he commands a tithe as part of the law and introduces a middleman, the
Levites. The tithe Abram gave before the law didn’t come from a pre-law principle but
happened based on customs for the rules of war. Tithing existed long before Abram gave a
tithe to Melchizedek. When God instructs Moses on the tithing laws, He defines what the tithe
is. In Numbers and Deuteronomy, God states to whom and where Israel should tithe. The
context of Leviticus 27:30-33 shows the tithe is land based, which makes Israel an agricultural
economy. Israel had monetary system and never tithed money in a partial agricultural
economy. Author Ron Knot addresses the buyback program in his book, Tithing Fact or
Fiction? He writes, “The tithe was known to be the Lords property while it was still growing in
the field. In Ancient times, the farmer could buy his tithe back from the Lord by paying the
priest 120% of its value in money. The priest in turn, would give the tithe (produce) back to
the farmer and take the money and then buy a replacement tithe. Money was used but never
as a substitute for a tithe. The priests would never present money to the Lord since His tithe
was to be holy to the Him and money was not holy (Leviticus 27:30). It must be remembered,
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the biblical definition of a tithe included what the tithe was composed of, which was
agricultural products only.”
We know the tithe is not money based on the Hebrew word for land. The keyword in
Leviticus 27:30 refers to land. The tithe comes from the land. Land in Hebrew is erets
(Strong’s #776). It represents the earth, arable ground or owned land. The land God speaks
of is the land He promised Abram in Genesis 13:17. If God promised Abram land, then how
would God give Abram the land of Canaan that other people occupied? God’s promise fits the
Hebrew meaning because erets also means owned land. It is important to note that tithing
had not started yet in Leviticus because Israel still roamed the wilderness. Leviticus gives
details of the tithe requirements for implementation once they got into the land of Canaan.
Let’s look at Leviticus 27:30-33 with an eye of critical examination. From the scripture,
we can extrapolate that the tithe is agricultural products (seed of the land and fruit of the
tree) and herds and flocks. Now, the scripture does not say 10 percent of the herds or flocks.
It says the tenth animal that passed under the shepherd’s rod is the tithe, not the first tenth
that is common in tithe teachings taught today. The first 10th
of your check goes to God is the
message every time the church doors open, but when examining the scriptures, God never
says that in Leviticus. Since farmers and cattle herders tithed in Israel, make sure you
understand that Yahweh meant what he said about the tenth animal. If a cattle herder had
less than 9 cattle in a birth cycle, whether sheep, bulls, or goats, they did not tithe because
God wanted the tenth animal from the increase not the ninth. Herders tithed only the tenth
animal no matter whether its condition was good or bad. The scripture text accepted the
eleventh animal as a tithe if the herder thought the tenth did not meet the standard. Despite
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the condition of the tenth animal, it became the tithe and could not be exchanged for a good
animal because the tenth animal was holy unto the Lord. Israel paid a tithe on an increase and
never on a decrease. For example, if you have nine sheep and during the birth cycle, those
sheep would need to give birth to ten or more calves to tithe on the increase. If you had less
than ten, you did not tithe. When you examine the Jewish Mishnah, which is a compilation of
Jewish oral traditions called the Oral Law, the text reveals that whatsoever is kept watch over,
cultivated, and grows from the soil; whatever is used for food (excluding unclean) is what is
tithed. The tenth sheep, the tenth goat, the tenth bull was the tithe, not ten percent.
Remember if a herdsman had nine cattle, he didn’t tithe because the tenth animal that passed
under the rod belonged to God as the tithe despite its condition.
No one can assume from silence in scripture that a man in Israel tithed a tenth of his
income from making a living, harvesting clams. If he raised walnuts and sold some to the
marketplace, it was not titheable based on the empirical and historical definition of the word
tithe as eatable items. Leviticus chapter 27 focuses on vows. The chapter ends with a critical
introduction to tithing meaning it was not the writer’s intention to lay out a full description of
the tithe laws. The fuller descriptions of the tithe laws are in Numbers and Deuteronomy.