{"id":805,"date":"2011-11-11T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=805"},"modified":"2011-11-11T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:42:59","slug":"is-it-necessary-to-tithe-today","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=805","title":{"rendered":"Is it necessary to tithe today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If tithing began with the Levitical Law, why is it necessary to tithe today?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Answer<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Law gave the Levites authority to take tithes; Heb. 7:5, \u201c\u2026..they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 Yes that is true; the Levites did have a commandment to receive tithes, but that was not the beginning of the tithe.\u00a0 The first time tithes were mentioned was in the days of Abram(ham); Gen. 14:20, \u201c\u2026..blessed be the Most High God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.\u201d\u00a0 Tithing is not limited to only the Levitcal Priesthood, because it was initiated and extended by God, to all of mankind, long before Israel ever became a nation.\u00a0 The Levitical priesthood was not established until Israel was wandering in the wilderness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Yes, tithing is still in effect today and it was so stated by Jesus; Lu. 11:42, \u201c\u2026..for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs\u2026..<strong>these ought ye to have done.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Tithing is an act of love that is manifested through your giving.\u00a0 When one gives his tithe, he\u2019s actually giving it to God; Lev. 27:30, \u201c\u2026..all the tithe of the land\u2026.. <em>is<\/em> the LORD&#8217;S: <em>it is<\/em> holy unto the LORD.\u201d\u00a0 Paying your tithes is similar to paying your taxes; Mt. 22:21, \u201c\u2026..Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar&#8217;s; and unto God the things that are God&#8217;s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If tithing began with the Levitical Law, why is it necessary to tithe today? \u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Law gave the Levites authority to take tithes; Heb. 7:5, \u201c\u2026..they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}