Lismore, I am not going to sit here and help you justify your disobedience. You should tithe,
As I have told you repeatedly on several thread I do tithe, its YOU that doesnt tithe! YOU are the disobedient one. You produce zero scripture to support your wierd assertions and inuendos.
You are following a doctrine made up by the Catholic Church in the middle ages to get around the fact that Israel are still God's chosen people and Jerusalem still the holy city~replacement theology. The church has not replaced Israel or Jerusalem. Here is what the bible says about tithes:
Deuteronomy 12:17 TNIV
You must not eat in your own towns the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
Deuteronomy 14:23 TNIV
Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.
You must not eat the tithe in your own town. You must eat it in the place God has chosen as a dwelling place for his name:
2 Chronicles 33:4 TNIV
He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "
My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."
I'll type that again because you're not taking it in:
"
My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."
My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."
Do you know what forever means? So according to the bible if you tithe anywhere other than Jerusalem you have broken a clear commandment from God:
You must not eat in your own towns the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
You can even see this under the Abrahamic covenant:
Genesis 14:18 TNIV
Then Melchizedek king of
Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
Melchizedek was king of where?
New York? NO
London NO
Jerusalem? YES
I go ever year to Jerusalem at the festival of firstfruits, three days after passover and tithe. I join in the tithe with the believers there in the great big tithe firstfruits MEAL! Its not money you eat it, if you eat money you get dihorrea. YOu have never tithed according to God's word. You are preaching a warped doctrine with no basis in scripture.
So mix that in your blender