Tithing is an Old Testament concept. The tithe was a requirement of the law in which all Israelites were to give 10 percent of everything they earned and grew to the Tabernacle/Temple.
In fact, the Old Testament Law required multiple tithes which would have pushed the total to around 23.3 percent, not the 10 percent which is generally considered the tithe amount today. Some understand the Old Testament tithe as a method of taxation to provide for the needs of the priests and Levites in the sacrificial system. The New Testament nowhere commands, or even recommends, that Christians submit to a legalistic tithe system.
The New Testament nowhere designates a percentage of income a person should set aside, but only says it is to be “in keeping with income” (1 Corinthians 16:2). Some in the Christian church have taken the 10 percent figure from the Old Testament tithe and applied it as a “recommended minimum” for Christians in their giving.
More details here for you 10 percenters!
ps. Some "Christian" groups are already urging a boycott!
Article states, "The tithe was a requirement of the law in which all Israelites were to give 10 percent of everything they earned and grew to the Tabernacle/Temple."
ReplyDeleteThis is not correct. The Israelites were commanded to take a tenth of the crops and animals TO THE LEVITES, not to the Temple, and NOT from anything they earned. Then the Levites were commanded to take a tenth of the tithe they received to the Temple. See Leviticus 27:30-33, Numbers 18.
Paul,
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posting. Can you recall the year Camp Bohatom closed forever? The last year I attended was 1966, so beyond that time I do not remember.....