[GCFL-discuss] Tithing only applies in Israel- "who says, ?"

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Dear Carla,

This may be getting a little technical here, but the Scripture you cite
supports what the rabbi told me. It does not say "bring your gold and
silver coin into the Temple." It explicitly refers to food. And the
blessing from the floodgates of heaven would be, in its turn,
agricultural.

That your faith is rewarded, regardless of the particulars, is the real
blessing for you. I do not tithe, but somehow everything in my life is
woven together for good, in ways I could not possibly have forseen. The
first thing I give thanks for is that I am always provided for. Of course
God keeps his promises. But, do any of us fully comprehend what those
promises are?

Siarlys

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:00:12 -0400 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
> This is a scripture that I had decided to act upon many years ago.
> 
> It says.."bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may 
> be food 
> in my house. Test me in this, and see if I will not throw open the 
> floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not 
> have 
> room enough for it."
> 
> The first part sounds difficult, but look beyond that and see there 
> is a 
> promise.  I decided to take the challenge and now I am enjoying all 
> the good 
> stuff that has been given me.  Yes it works!  Godly principles work. 
>  At 
> first glance they are not always the easy way, but they always turn 
> out for 
> the good.
>  Does anyone  think God would not keep his promise!
> Carla
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> Subject: [GCFL-discuss] Tithing only applies in Israel
> 
> 
> > Here is an interesting comment from an Orthodox rabbi on 
> "tithing."
> > Having heard various Christian perspectives that tithing your cash 
> income
> > is commanded by God, that it is not applicable under the 
> dispensation of
> > the New Testament, that it is a good idea but not mandatory, and a 
> few
> > other interpretations, I thought this might remove some fervency 
> from the
> > debate:
> >
> > "Tithing" is an agricultural commandment, and only applies to the
> > produce of Israel (there are certain problems which this causes 
> to-day
> > for Israeli farmers, and the rabbinical sauthorities responsible 
> for the
> > farming villages there have to spend a fair amount of time 
> explaining
> > things to the inhabitants).
> >
> > Of course members of a church still need to recognize that if they 
> want
> > something done that costs money, they will have to, one way or 
> another,
> > in some amount rationally related to the purpose, supply the means 
> to get
> > it done, and, of course, if you want your pastor available full 
> time, you
> > have to give enough money to pay him or her, or s/he will be 
> working at
> > some job when you need him/her most (which many pastors in fact 
> are). <On
> > another controversy, there will be some who take issue with my 
> choice of
> > pronouns>.
> >
> > Siarlys
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