The Sabbath Myth Series | THE MYTH OF THE MONEY TITHE | How Israel Traded Hebrew Agriculture for Heathen Begging
The Sovereign Indictment: Look at the modern camp and the Sunday pews every single week. What is the central focal point of their entire gathering? The begging bucket. They turn the Sabbath and the first day into a high-pressure shakedown, browbeating the poor, guilt-tripping the single mothers, and threatening the working man with divine curses if he doesn't hand over 10% of his paycheck. But if you open the Hebrew Scriptures and examine the raw, legal definition of the Tithe, you uncover an undeniable truth: Money was never, ever a valid item for Tithing. The idea of a "money tithe" is a heathen corporate invention, imported straight from the pagan temples to fund lazy men who refuse to work. I. The Statutory Definition: Food, Not Currency The Creator did not leave the definition of the Tithe open to interpretation or pastoral manipulation. In the Supreme Court of Heaven, the statutory definition of Ma'aser ( מַעֲשֵׂר - Tithe) is strictly agricultural. It is bo...