Though I consider civil law of the old testament binding as much as it consist of moral law I do believe that certain Judical Sundry Laws ceased and passed away with the end of the Theocractic State of the Jewish people and are no longer binding today. The Tithe (Tenth) is one of them.. Just the makeup of the tithe which consisted of a part of the tithe to go to the Levites and the Ecclesiastical Sanhedrin which was the government of the church, and part of the tithe went to the Secular Sanhedrin which was the government of the people. The Theocractic State has ceased and so to does the tithe which was part of laws of that theocracy.
The New Testament only talks about giving without a minimal limit..... But to give with the Heart.
Michael Quote:
Originally Posted by Rev. Todd Ruddell  I believe the tithe is binding upon the NT believer, and that, really, it is but a small amount. We ought to give more than 10% in "free will offerings" and in keeping with other opportunities for generosity that arise.
But to say that the tithe is done away with in the NT simply because a command enforcing it is not repeated, IMO is in error. As was noted above, the tithe is a pre-Mosaic ordinance, and carries through the Mosaic, Davidic and post exhilic establishments. Certainly this is not a part of the "types and shadows" of Sinai.  |
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Michael Daniels
Reformed, RPCNA
Denton, Maryland
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