The year of tithing

The Year of Tithing

 It is imperative to note however, that there is a time when a whole tithe is given to help support the widows, the fatherless, the strangers and the Levites but it is every three years known as the year of tithing. For we have been duly instructed saying; “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do” (Deuteronomy 14:28-29).

So then, every third year is the year of tithing as we have been duly instructed saying; "When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year --- the year of tithing --- and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, then you shall say before the LORD your God: 'I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them.”

“I have not eaten any of it when in mourning or have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me. Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, "a land flowing with milk and honey" (Deuteronomy 26: 12-15).

But now, in our new dispensation, we are no longer under the Levitical priesthood but under the priesthood of Melchizedek and with the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law” (Hebrews 7: 12).

We no longer serve in an earthly sanctuary or tabernacle and neither do we have priests who do not have an inheritance, in addition to this, it is stated categorically that, “We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat”. So the admonition on how to support the ministry is, “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.” The beneficial thing to do is be generous and do good deeds: “Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches” (Hebrews 13:16-17; Galatians 6:6).

But since the tithe is the Lord`s and it is holy to the Lord, it should be used to fulfill what the Lord originally ordained it to do that is, to eat before the LORD our God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, so that we may learn to fear the LORD our God always, and help the widows, the fatherless, the strangers that are within our gates and share in all good things him who teaches.

The application of this principle in our new dispensation is synonymous to the instructions given by the apostle Paul who wrote; “One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind: He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it” (Romans 14:5-6).

No one should be forced, coerced, manipulated or enticed to show and express their love, gratitude and appreciation to the Lord for His blessings. However, to him who knows to do what is good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

 The principle of tithing is the system or mechanism that the Lord has instituted to support one another and not for ministers to exploit their supporters and live lavishly at the expense of the poor congregation and promising them breakthroughs, the breakthrough come when the instructions concerning the year of tithing is diligently followed and every seventh year is the year of release. 

God has overlooked these times of ignorance and now commands all men everywhere to repent.\

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph