Tithe,,,,,,,history please?

Read Malachi 4:(full)

answer is there

The word denotes a tenth part, given for the service of God. The first recorded instance is the payment made by Abraham to Melchizedek (Gen. 14: 20; cf. Heb. 7: 4-10). See also Jacob’s vow (Gen. 28: 22). The law enforced the payment, and provided rules with regard to the use to which the tithe should be put. In Num. 18: 21-28 it is directed that tithe be paid to the Levites, who in their turn give one-tenth of what they receive to the priests.

A clear exposition of the tithe is given in Mal. 3: 8-18, in which it is shown that blessings from the payment of tithing are both temporal and spiritual, and failure to pay an honest tithe is a form of robbery.

see also Lev. 27: 30-34; Deut. 12: 5-18; Deut. 14: 22-27; 2 Chr. 31: 5-12; Neh. 10: 38; Neh. 12: 44; Neh. 13: 12.

The primary purpose of tithing as indicated in the Mosaic Law was to support Israel's temple and priesthood because the Levites and Aaronic priesthood were not given an inheritance of land but were devoted to the service of the temple and priesthood. (Eph. 2:15; Col 2:13, 14) The Mosaic Law was abolished on the basis of Jesus' death, so monetary tithing is not a requirement for Christians. (Mt. 5:17; Rom. 10:4) Furthermore, the first-century Christians were not commanded to pay tithes. Each Christian are encouraged to give what they "resolve in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." (2Co. 8:12; 9:7) I agree that God doesn't need any money from people but his Word encourage seeking the apostle Paul example by searching for ways to avoid placing on the congregation undue financial burdens. (Ac 18:3; 1Th 2:9)

Read Genesis 14:17-20; this is where tithing started ). God is not a magician, and He does not counterfeit money. How do you think a church can be sustained without money? A pastor deserves to be paid for his service, since the best pastors (including evangelists, teachers, apostles, and prophets ) devote their lives to doing what God called them to do. It takes money to go on TV, and around the world preaching the gospel. God has no problem with blessing us exceedingly with more money than we can handle ( Psalm 112:1-3 and Philippians 4:19 ), and that is the point. What we have in excess should go into the kingdom of God, to preach and teach God's word to the lost around the world. As long as Christians put God first, He will bless us abundantly. If we put money first ( 1 Timothy 6:9-10 ), it will eventually destroy us.

It is a principle taught in the old testament...

Malachi 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

The biblical tithe was an old covenant requirement. The old covenant was a "contract" between the two parties, God and Israel. Christians were never a party to that covenant, and that covenant ended upon the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, seeing as Jesus is identified as the God of the old covenant/testament. Covenants end upon the death of either party to a covenant, as explained by the apostle Paul in Romans chapter 7, where he uses a marriage covenant to explain this.

A tithe was the tenth of the increase of produce and livestock. No one was ever commanded to tithe on their wages. Only land owners who had livestock and crops tithed.

Old covenant points of law were not to come forward into the new covenant. To do so was described as being a subversion of the Christian’s soul as brought out in Acts 15.

A Christian’s giving to a ministry or church was never to be compulsory. Only through free will offerings were ministers supported. Paul, in I Corinthians 9, makes his case that those who preached the gospel were to live of the gospel. Paul did not use tithing as a means of justifying support. Rather, Paul used the example of not muzzling the ox that treads out the grain as justification.

Why then would a ministry teach compulsory tithing of wages?

Jesus warned his followers that there would come religious leaders who would declare rightly He was the Christ, then proceed to deceive people. These deceivers are also described as being deceived themselves, as well as being wolves in sheep’s clothing who do not spare the flock. Tithing serves this perfectly. Most people do not understand what a tithe really is, and most people do not understand the covenants and the difference between the old and the new. The deceivers take advantage of people’s ignorance regarding the law and a Christian’s relationship with God. The one that teaches tithing paints a picture of a God that demands they tithe. To neglect to tithe is seen as being disobedient to God; robbing God. To tithe is seen as being pleasing to God, and that God will bless those who do so. Tithing is therefore put forth as being a matter of faith when in actuality tithing has nothing to do with faith. Paul states in his writings that the law is not of faith. You don’t see these ministers who propound tithing living by faith that God will support them through the free_will offerings of their flocks.

It is not uncommon for ministers and lay people alike to offer up justifications when they alter Scripture and the application of Scripture. But there is never a justification for taking the very inspired word of God and altering it so suit one’s "needs" or the "changing times." The old covenant was designed with Israel in mind and their economy. To try and force-fit tithing into another culture and another time is unwarranted. You cannot put the new wine (new covenant) into the old wineskin (old covenant).

So what happens when one tithes, but they are not blessed financially? What is concluded if they experience further financial difficulties? It is their fault. They are lacking in faith. It is a no win situation for the poor person who was convinced by their ministry they have to tithe in order to be blessed by God.

So ingrained is tithing now in the Christian psyche that there are few who are willing to truly step out in faith and abandon old covenant points of law that bring people back under the bondage of that law. (Galatians 5:1) A Christian lives by the law of faith, also known as the law of liberty. It is a law where one is freed from the obligations of the old covenant letter of the law.

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Those who transformed the original books into the bible, added for themselves. It's called, 'biblical forgery'. Our present day God is the first deity in history who has ever had to ask for money. Not very almighty is it?

God did but now it is offerings...we choose the amt.