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Originally Posted by Archlute  Imo, and that of other Reformed ministers besides, the tithing laws of the Old Covenant were ceremonial and social, and passed with the theocratic government of Israel. New Covenant giving is to be accomplished, as Paul writes, w/o compulsion, and from the joy of a redeemed heart. The OC tithing laws are not set forth as a standard of giving in any NT writing, and (as one of my OT profs pointed out) nobody who holds to tithing today really gives according to the larger OC system of tithing, which would be around 30% total of one's income when all put together.  |
Wow, I don't remember him asking me... Actually, as I pointed out earlier, tithing is not the same thing as 'giving' in the mind of a tither.
Also, %30 is not totally accurate as one tithe (the Festival tithe) was to be used on one's own family, eating and drinking before the Lord. Also, the Poor tithe was collected only 1 year out of 3 was it not?