The LORD own everything.
He is sovereignty of every things or He own every thing.
In His sovereignty He wants to retain some even in the beginning when He made man in Genesis 2 He also retain a tree:
Genesis 2:16 And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,
Genesis 2:17 but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
This is His retention of His sovereignty to maintain or reserve for Himself. Right now God's sovereignty expressed to the tithe. If you recognise the sovereignty of God you will know that the tithe is holy unto the LORD.
From MKJV.
Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's. It is holy to Jehovah.
Leviticus 27:31 And if a man will at all redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part of it.
Leviticus 27:32 And all the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, all that passes under the rod, a tenth shall be holy to Jehovah
Leviticus 27:33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it. And if he changes it at all, then both it and the change of it shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.
From GW.
Leviticus 27:30 "One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:32 Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to the LORD.
Leviticus 27:33 You must not look to see if it is good or bad or exchange it. But if you do exchange it, both the first animal and its substitute will be holy. They cannot be bought back."
Our heavenly Father really own every thing. When we know that what we belong to Him but He allows us to have them all to do His will on earth. We come to gether pray for Salvation for Thai prople.
2 comments:
Lev 27:30-34, the very texts you quote teach the OPPOSITE of what your words say.
(1) The tithe could only come from the holy land inside Israel.
(2) The tithe was only FOOD and never money.
(3) The tithe was the TENTH and not the first.
(4) The tithe was the TENTH and not necessarily the best.
(5) The tithe was only part of the Mosaic Law.
Russell Earl Kelly, PH. D., author fo Should the Church Teach Tithing
www.shouldthechurchteachtithing.com
True that tithing is an Old Testament concept and nowhere in the New Testament commands, or even recommends that Christians submit to a legalistic tithe system. However, Paul states that believers should set aside a portion of their income in order to support the church (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Sometimes that means giving more than a tithe, sometime that may mean giving less than a tithe. It all depends on the ability of the Christian and the needs of the church. Each and every Christian should diligently pray and seek God’s wisdom as to whether to participate in tithing and/or for how much he/she should give (James 1:5). “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). Do not forget that all that we have come from our Creator God. So give cheerfully. You can call it a tithe or an offering or anything, just give freely for He has given freely to us. May God bless You.
Lepeng
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