Q - Pls add more understanding about
TITHING?
A - Promoters of tithing usually quote
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house..." - sabi daw ng God.
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Sa original context sa Jewish Scriptures, "God's house" was understood to be the Temple or it's "branches" managed by the Levites /priests.
Bakit nagta-tithe sa kanila? Kasi nang paghati-hatian ng 12 tribes of Israel ang lupain, WALANG NAGING SHARE ANG TRIBE OF LEVITE. Ang naging assignment kasi nila ay to serve as priests, managing the temple /worship /prayer facilities. Therefore hindi sila magtatanim /mangangalakal para fulltime sila sa priesthood. Naging obligadyon ng 11 other tribes na suportahan sila ---with the Tithes, "First Fruits", Offerings, etc. Kaya malaking "crime" to not tithe faithfully ---noong panahon nila, sa culture nila. SILA ANG INUTUSANG MAG-TITHE.
TANONG PARA SA MODERN TIMES NATIN:
Mayron bang equivalent sa Christianity ngayon ang
1. "GOD'S HOUSE" noon?
Kung mayron, aling "house" /sect ?
AGAWAN NA!
2. "LEVITES" noon, na walang land or
trade kasi dedicated to managing the
Temple/"God's House"?
At kung may equivalent ngayon.
SINO?
PAPELAN NA! AGAWAN NA!
Legalistic /Formal /Strict TITHING
WAS a Jewish issue, tied to the
Temple-based sacrificial religious
system.
Dutiful tithing was part of the
Temple-Times Jewish history and
culture that provided support sa
Levites na wala ngang natanggap na lupain.
ANG KAUSAP NG "DIOS" SA MALACHI 3
were the 11 tribes of Israel who were required to support the landless Levites.
Tanong:
Ikaw/Kayo ba today ang kausap sa/ng Malachi 3.10?
Mayron pa bang "God's house" today, matapos gibain ang temple in Jerusalem na ang pagwasak ay prophesied/taught by Jesus sa
Matthew 24:1-2 NIV
Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.
“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
NOTE:
Sobra-sobrang abused, exploited at pang-black mail ng religious leaders yang "house of God" press release na yan, kaya kahit noon pa mang OT and NT times, ipinamukha ng mga mulat na prophets-teachers ito:
Isaiah 66:1 NIV
This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
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Acts 17:24-25 NIV
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything...
WALA RAW "HOUSE OF GOD" at HINDI KAILANGAN NG DIOS NA SYA AY "PAGSILBIHAN /PAGLINGKURAN".
IOW:
Press Release lang ng religion na
1. mayrong /sila ang "house of God" and therefore dalhin mo sa kanila ang kadatungan mo.
2. "mag-serve!" sa Dios, na ang tunay na ending ay mag-serve sa religion /sekta nila.
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WALANG PHYSICAL HOUSE OF GOD.
Kaya yung Temple sa Jerusalem ay giniba /ipinagiba /nagiba.
AT HINDI NA DAPAT ITAYONG MULI
NI GUMAWA NG BAGO, kasi ang temple of God/of the Spirit ay ang puso at isip ng taong mananampalataya.
1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
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Of course, marapat at mainam na suportahan TODAY ang tunay na "house of God" = Ang mga gawain ni Jesus in obedience to Jesus' Command and works:
TEACH PEOPLE THE TEACHING OF JESUS: LOVE.
SAVE PEOPLE FROM JUDGMENT BY THE JEWISH LAW.
SAVE PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO THE LAW.
SET PEOPLE FREE FROM THE LAW.
GIVE PEOPLE REST FROM KAPAGOD RELIGION.
GIVE PEOPLE PEACE of mind FROM GUILT AND FEAR caused by the LAW and promoted by modern-day PHARISEES.
TEACH PEOPLE THE TRUE IMAGE OF GOD AS REVEALED AND MODELED BY JESUS: LOVING, CARING AND GENTLE.
Yan ang mga true teachings and works of Jesus.
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