Tithing is an Established Biblical principle, deeply rooted in the word of God. Tithing is not a strange doctrine. The following scriptures attest to this (Genesis 14:19-20, Genesis 28:20-22, Leviticus 27:30-34, Numbers 18:21-26, Deuteronomy 12:5-6, Deuteronomy 14:22-29, 2Chronicles 31:4-5, Nehemiah 10:35-37), Tithing is well rooted in scriptures from the old testament. It's an acceptable dogma.
However, in the days of Nehemiah there arose a prophet called Malachi which means "Messenger Of Yahweh". He was a man of God with integrity, he had a reputation on accurate and factual prophecies.
When prophet Malachi came to the scene just like Prophet Isaiah he prophesied about things present and things to come, he preached about restoration and righteousness. He condemned sin and wickedness in very uncompromising terms.
He prophesied about tithing, he said that a time will come when the pattern as stated in Deuteronomy 14:22-29 which talks of spending your tithe on things you desire will no longer be so, he taught that the Deuteronomy's model of tithing will become obsolete in those days, rather tithe will be taken to the storehouse of God which the Lord has chosen (Malachi 3:10).
He prophesied about the new model, order or contract of tithing. And when Jesus came he fulfilled the prophecy by restoring man to God with his own blood, because until man is restored to God they can't operate in this new contract that Prophet Malachi and Isaiah talked about. This was why the need for Jesus coming, death and resurrection was emphasized, so we could function in the right capacity with God.
Jesus came to restore us back to God so we could function rightly in Christ. Salvation reprograms us to function properly as God has designed us from creation. He came to established the new order, testament, covenant or contract. Jesus didn't come to teach us all things, he came to die for our redemption, that was his assignment. He wouldn't teach all things because we they don't have capacity to receive or comprehend those things at the level because of the absence of the Holy Spirit of God.
In John 16:12-16, here Jesus told them that there are so much they needed to know but because they were not matured enough to receive those information, and that his assignment was to die and restore them back to the new covenant but when HE is gone the Holy Spirit of God will reveal and guild them safely into all truths. John 4:24.
However, via the spirit of God we understood that Malachi prophesied before time the new order of tithe as contrast to the order established in Deuteronomy 14:22-29.
The new order according to his prophecy is Malachi 3:10.
Please endeavor to Pray for the church and the body of Christ in general as nobody is a monopoly of knowledge.
I hope this make sense to you, please do not be cajole by some overnight pastors whose hyper appetite for fame has driven them to falsehood and blasphemy, whose ministries are only on found on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Shalom!
Apostle Chris OMATSOLA (Zionwealth Church).
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