alBHAGDADI:

There is a movement today which believes the tithe which they are to pay to God should be given to the widows, fatherless, orphans or the needy in general. This movement wants to give the tithe to the needy directly from their pocket without giving it to the Church. They even have a Bible passage to back it up. Let's examine it.

Deuteronomy 14:22-29 (KJV)
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

As seen above, nowhere in the passage are people ordered to give the tithe directly to the needy. God only says the needy should not be forsaken. How does one forsake the needy in this case? You forsake the needy when you fail to tithe, not when you don't give it to them directly.

The tithe is used for different purposes in the house of God. A portion caters for the priests, a portion sees to the care of the house of God, another portion caters for the needy etc. All of these are supervised by God's priest. So when you tithe, the needy comes to the house of God and they are cared for from it.

The reason why the above passage says the tithe has to be taken to the place where God puts his name, i.e the House of God, is because it is from there the distribution to the purposes it serves is done.

Now, there are two kinds of people in the movement that want to give their tithe directly to the needy by themselves. It sound a like a great idea to give to the needy. But they are both wrong. One class is sincere but sincerely wrong, while the other is just being a thief.

An example of such movement is seen in the gospel passages talking about the woman with an alabaster of expensive ointment who poured it on Jesus to show appreciation for what he did for her.

When the disciples saw what she did, they felt awkward about it. They wondered why the expensive ointment wasn't sold and the money given to the poor. They were since but sincerely wrong.

Matthew 26:8-11 (KJV)
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Now, what about the class that is wrong and also being a thief about it? That class has people with the mindset of Judas Iscariot. See what he said below and how the Bible described him and those who reason alike.

John 12:4-6 (KJV)
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.


Let me tell you something about many of those who love to say their tithe ought to be given to the poor directly by themselves without taking it to the Church. They are thieves. How do I know this? Just read on.

The Bible clearly states that the tithe belongs to God and he even said it has to be brought into his house as seen below.

Leviticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,

Now, these people who go give it directly to the poor are simply robbing God. They are not to decide how God should spend what belongs to him. They are to pay it to the church and allow God and his priest decide how to spend it. But no, they think it is right the tithe is given to the poor and needy themselves.

Ask them what they did with their own 90 percent. They spent it all on themselves without caring for the poor out of it. But it is God's own money they now want to give to the poor. That's robbery. They are Judas Iscariot, because if they truly cared for the poor, they would have something from their own 90 percent to give to the poor and allow God enjoy his own 10 percent. They are like Judas who had the money bag but never gave to the poor from it but is eyeing the expensive oil spent on Jesus who is God.

Mathew 26:10-11
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The moment you decide to neglect the word of God by giving the tithe to the needy yourself, you will get consumed by pride. There's this feeling you will get when you give it to the needy yourself. You will feel fulfilled, however, that's you feeling puffed up and consumed by pride because you did the desire of your heart, not what God ordered.

Guess what? You have taken God's glory because the people you gave it to will praise you and henceforth hold you in high-esteem. All of these belongs to God, but you have cornered it to yourself.

You used God's money to buy those things for yourself - that's another offence. You also prevent the needy from going to God's house to seek help where they will be exposed to his word. Now, it's your own house they will go to.

Guess what will happen to God's house? It will become empty because there will be no priest nor workers to run it because they are not getting paid and can't feed. They will go look for job elsewhere. The Church will become empty because the needy won't be there to fill it up and there won't be a priest to minister to them. Such a church will die. That is what Satan wants. He wants the church to be starved of funds so it will die and souls will continue to go to hell. You have foolishly aided the devil's dream because you chose to follow your heart and emotions instead of the word of God. Your way seemed right to you over the word of God.

What you have to do is pay the tithe to the house of God and never worry how it's spent. It's not your money, so why bother yourself about it? Also, make sure it is God's house you are paying the money to, not some crooked man running a business center and claiming it is a church. Pay the money into the bank God uses and it will get to him, not in the bank he doesn't use.

Next time, follow what the Bible says, not your heart which is prone to emotions. The thought of our hearts sometimes seems right but are wrong. Many of the tithe we pay are not always used to maintain the church. They are sent to jungles where missionary men are facing dangers to spread the gospel. Don't hinder God's work by disobeying his word and following your heart.

Thank you.

The question is, How many Churches spend the tithe they collect on the needy: widow, poor, fatherless, etc,?. Most pastor divert the tithe into their private pockets in the name of being levites. They live extravagant lives which make the tithe payers feel cheated.
In the time of Jesus no levites was richer than tithe payers. But today our levites are the richest in town; and the widows, the fatherless , the poor are left uncared for.
How do you explain That?

Techydude:


Thank you for your article. Kindly help answer some questions.
1. Who are the Levites who don't have any portion of the land in our context.

2. How did you determine that the church as we know it is now the house of the Lord. Clearly, the Bible referred to the temple of the Lord, that differs from churches as established in the New testament.

3. Is it ok for anyone to start a church and declare that they are mandated by God to accept tithes in his name?

Please help throw some light. God bless you.

1. Have you asked where the Levites worked in those days? Go and read Exodus and Leviticus to see that they worked in the Tabernacle of God before a temple was built. After the temple got built, they continued working there. Simply put, they were workers who performed same activities as workers in Churches today. They were paid from the tithe given to the temple. Now, how do you expect those who clean and take care of the church today to feed? They are simply paid from the tithes which most times is even very little. Ask yourself, do you clean or do any work in God's house? Why don't you think those who do should be rewarded?

2. The church is the house of God. The temple also means church. We know the church to mean the body of Christ. Jesus himself said "destroy this temple and I will...".

The below verse also said the Church today is the house of God.

1 Timothy 3:15
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

3. Only those whom God calls specifically to start a church can do so.

Sammiejokes:

Some Nigerians have moved pass this your twisted comprehension. You said nowhere did God said we should exactly feast on the tithe. A JSS2 student would flaw you in English comprehension. What is your twisted comprehension of these two verse?
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

Can you eat the full cow you are tithing?

The verse says thou shall eat there. It doesn't say thou shall EAT IT there. You are to eat there what the temple prepares for a feast from the tithe you all brought.

Wow, I really appreciate the OP, dis is an eye openiner. No body have really educate us on tithe issue like. That unfortunate albino keep disseving people. OP thank u very much.

Squillaci:

Did people not earn daily wages then. So why didn't they pay daily,weekly.
You have to accept the fact that the tithe was for the farmers, herdsmen, fishermen, to bring food to the priests. Government workers, civil servants were excluded. In short, tithe was made for people who were into agriculture(people who produce food).

When Abraham paid tithe in Genesis, was it from agricultural produce? No. He paid a tithe of all he got. All means all, and all is all what all means.

LordReed:
Can anyone quote a scripture where Jesus or any of the Apostle's went to the temple and paid tithe?

Are you expecting Jesus who is God to pay tithe?

Okay, show us where the apostles used the toilet.

jboycrb:


... So dere can be plenty food in the house of God.

Quote the full verse/chapter let us see.

lifefaith:
He who tithes and he who does not tithe do no evil. If u believe in tithe, go ahead and do it. If u dont believe in it, do what works for u.

If we go to the scriptural integrity of tithing, then I make bold to say that tithing is not for CHRISTIANS. If u think tithes are Christians obligation, y didnt the disciples tithe?

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Since the disciples also didn't go to the toilet, make sure you never used the toilet too.

From what was quoted in that Deuteronomy passage, I didn't see where it was stated that the tithe should be given to any body.

What I can understand from what I read is that you take your tithe to the place God has called his own (maybe church) and you enjoy your tithes there with others.

If you decide to convert your tithes to money and take it to church, you use the money to buy whatever you like including wine and strong drinks (alcohol) and enjoy yourself in the house of God.

But I don't see many so called tithe payers doing anything like this but rather they twist everything and even condemn those that will actually pay their tithes just exactly the way it was instructed.

If there is really hire fire, one thing I know for sure is that majority of people who pays tithes to a pastor or church will still go to hell fire because they don't understand anything about the bible.

jboycrb:


Same here. Can't go and gv a pastor my money to buy jet,jeep,salon car etc. Pastor dat won't even gv me a ride to my bus stop after service come rain or sun.

I tell you bro, even as it stand now self to drop offering dey hard me, na only if I hear that they need to build anything in church I don't waste time to drop the little I have

sshyne:


Lol.. You are still using this Old Testament to defend tithing. Where is it stated that you give your tithe to the pastors? The verse even asked us to eat the tithe. The tithe was mainly used to take care of the needy(read Duet 14-27-29). Even tithe wasn't money, it was crops, animals and alcoholic wine and don't tell me there was no money then.

As a Christian all you need to do is follow Christ teaching in Mathew 25: 35-41( 31“But when the Son of Mand comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32All the nationse will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.

34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’

37“Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

40“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,f you were doing it to me!’

41“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.g 42For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. 43I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

44“Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’

45“And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’

46“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.)

Don't listen to all this people, Jesus Christ preached humanity. He never preached tithe to anyone.

Look at you regurgitating what you have been deceived with. You even said Jesus never preached tithing. Who was talking below, saying tithing should never be neglected?

Matthew 23:23 (KJV)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Ornament2003:


The question is, How many Churches spend the tithe they collect on the needy: widow, poor, fatherless, etc,?. Most pastor divert the tithe into their private pockets in the name of being levites. They live extravagant lives which make the tithe payers feel cheated.
In the time of Jesus no levites was richer than tithe payers. But today our levites are the richest in town; and the widows, the fatherless , the poor are left uncared for.
How do you explain That?

Leave them for God to judge.

decasey:
Wow, I really appreciate the OP, dis is an eye openiner. No body have really educate us on tithe issue like. That unfortunate albino keep disseving people. OP thank u very much.

Welcome

Thisis2raw:
Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house
That a clear direction, bring it to my house. Not to give to a begger at the road.
Tho the act of giving to the poor can't be overemphasized, that why Jesus said give and it shall be given upon to

God no longer lives in those types of houses.

Even the levites are now scattered abroad, and because no temple or a levitical priesthood needs maintenance, even the levites are now working for their own money.

But your pastors, who are not of that priesthood, want your tithes by all means.

1Sharon:
A God that created heaven and earth and EVERYTHING doesn't need paper money to function.

A God that requires payment to protect you shows he's not almighty and al powerful.

Stop being scammed by pastorpreneurs.

Don't mind them.

Even the Levites, for whose sake tithe was primarily instituted no longer collect tithes because there is no functioning temple.

There are levites scattered abroad, even in the United States, and they are working for their money.

The Jews still practise tithing, but they eat their tithes, and only the farmers and herdsmen do. Many of the levites in Israel work for their money.

[They will never read Nehemiah 13 cos that was where the priest stole and in Malachi condemn them. They should continue to deceive the gullibles that doesn't read their Bible.No more temple, your heart is now the temple of the Lord if you believe Him, no more levites and priest, believers are now kings and priests to the Lord. The new testament is about sacrificial giving, like the early church with signs and wonders, not the lukeworm church of these days , May God give us more understanding of His word quote author=Blackvic1 post=83092148]you wrote all this rubbish here to convince people to tithe, why are Nigerian Christians so concerned about tithing?first of all Tithes were given to the Levites and priests, but there are no Levites and priests in the new covenant. Levites and priests were tied to the sacrificial system of the old covenant. Now all believers are priests (1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6), with Jesus as our Melchizedekian high priest (Heb. 7)
Secondly Israel was supposed to celebrate a tithe every three years in Jerusalem. But that requirement cannot apply to Christians today. It related to the Jews as a nation—to Jews who lived in the land of promise and you are here saying rubbish that it should be done every month thieves and criminals in the house of God , everything about Nigeria is built on Lies and deceit

If you hve money give generously to the poor that is what Jesus commanded us to do ,when the Bible said about robbing God he was referring to the levites and the priests , give give give to the poor...that’s whats important not tithing it’s specifically for the Hebrews and Jews in the old mosaic religion [/quote]

Neekado:
From what was quoted in that Deuteronomy passage, I didn't see where it was stated that the tithe should be given to any body.

What I can understand from what I read is that you take your tithe to the place God has called his own (maybe church) and you enjoy your tithes there with others.

If you decide to convert your tithes to money and take it to church, you use the money to buy whatever you like including wine and strong drinks (alcohol) and enjoy yourself in the house of God.

But I don't see many so called tithe payers doing anything like this but rather they twist everything and even condemn those that will actually pay their tithes just exactly the way it was instructed.

If there is really hire fire, one thing I know for sure is that majority of people who pays tithes to a pastor or church will still go to hell fire because they don't understand anything about the bible.

The passage you read is not the ultimate rule for tithing. The first time tithe was mentioned was in....

Genesis 14:18-20 King James Version (KJV)
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

As seen above, Abraham gave the tithe to the Priest of God. That's the foundation of tithing and it involved giving to the priest fo God.

Now, Deuteronomy 14 doesn't say you should go eat the tithe in God's house. It only says you should feast there which is from what the temple prepares from the collective tithes. Or can you eat a full cow in one sitting?

You even mentioned strong drink. Are you also to drink the gallon of oil mentioned in the same verse? Check my profile for a sermon on alcohol.

Thisis2raw:
Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house
[b]That a clear direction, bring it to my house. [/b]Not to give to a begger at the road.
Tho the act of giving to the poor can't be overemphasized, that why Jesus said give and it shall be given upon to

so where is Gods house?

Blackvic1:
you wrote all this rubbish here to convince people to tithe, why are Nigerian Christians so concerned about tithing?first of all Tithes were given to the Levites and priests, but there are no Levites and priests in the new covenant. Levites and priests were tied to the sacrificial system of the old covenant. Now all believers are priests (1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6), with Jesus as our Melchizedekian high priest (Heb. 7)
Secondly Israel was supposed to celebrate a tithe every three years in Jerusalem. But that requirement cannot apply to Christians today. It related to the Jews as a nation—to Jews who lived in the land of promise and you are here saying rubbish that it should be done every month thieves and criminals in the house of God , everything about Nigeria is built on Lies and deceit

If you hve money give generously to the poor that is what Jesus commanded us to do ,when the Bible said about robbing God he was referring to the levites and the priests , give give give to the poor...that’s whats important not tithing it’s specifically for the Hebrews and Jews in the old mosaic religion

I totally agree, these people actually believe those who oppose it aren't Christians themselves.

The propaganda has stayed too long from the pulpit that they can't even search the truth themselves.

Need I also add that their was coins and other monetary tenders in the old testament but the bible always referred to animals and crops as the only commodities to tithe with because by ordinances these were the only things that can be burnt as offering (just as it was with Cain and Abel sacrifices).

The bible didn't even mention money or coins for the priest, the meat in the store house was enough for them.

Today our fraudsters of pastors are against been given farm produce for harvest let alone tithe.

All they want is money, they fraudulently assume the role of a levite priest and yet claim to be serving the only chief high priest that exist.

Christ can't be the chief high priest yet you continue to practice the system his existence has come to abolish

The Gospel is what is important, no one is saved by giving money to a pastor or being asked by a pastor to bring material gifts to receive God's blessings, that's simply SIMONY. Our inheritance is not the land given to the Jews as Christians but the sanctifying blood of he who died for us.

The levites were to receive tithes since they had no land inheritance and not a law for everyone.

At Jesus's death, the veil of the temple was torn in two, bringing an end to that covenant of the Leviticus mode of sacrifice and supplication.

Mary pouring the ointment on Jesus's feet has no link to tithing, it was an act which pointed to his impending death.

Stop quoting scriptures when you have no understanding of what it means, tell your lazy pastor to go and work and let people give to them out of their free will

StrikeBack:
Who cares?

Giving tithe or not, our focus should be how we can make Nigeria Better. Your tithe is just tithe. MONEY for your ELITES

Your post has stricked back truly

They will never read Nehemiah 13 cos that was where the priest stole and Malachi condemn them. They should continue to deceive the gullibles that doesn't read their Bible.No more temple, your heart is now the temple of the Lord if you believe in Him, no more levites and priest, believers are now kings and priests to the Lord. The new testament is about sacrificial giving, like the early church with signs and wonders, not the lukeworm church of these days , May God give us more understanding of His word

Even the OP sef don run. I wonder why this tithing is the only doctrine they hold unto from the old testament...lol

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts. Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

brother that passage said use the tithe money and buy whatever your heart lust after. it is after you have finished enjoying that it said do not forget the levites.

please read again

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

nonny1212:
Interesting topic. I was amazed when I saw about tithing being done once in 3 years or once a year. So I wonder how and where our pastors got the impression of tithing every month. That's my first observation

Secondly, is tithing really for the pastors or for us to feast and dine in God's name as it was clearly stated in the scripture.

Thirdly, am as confused as you reading my stuff. Throw more light pls

You know in the days of the Moses and Abraham and more.their belief in the lord is very strong compare to this modern days believers

Some churches will mandate you to pay tithe by all means,they will even tell you it’s the gate way to success.yes we all

Given to the poor is much extremely much ways to prosperity.

Who are the Poors,the less privilege

Not those who pretends on the street

I will prefer if you want to give


Go to any near by orphanage homes

Buy them stuffs.

Doing this will open supernatural blessings for you and your generations


You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

alBHAGDADI:


Look at you regurgitating what you have been deceived with. You even said Jesus never preached tithing. Who was talking below, saying tithing should never be neglected?

Matthew 23:23 (KJV)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Do you know that the tithing law was tied to the Promised Land which is why tithes were purely land-based, and money wasn't even encouraged. If you had to redeem your tithes with money, there was a slight burden.

Why didn't carpenters, fishermen, and others pay tithes?

Was there no money in those days, even in the days of Jesus Christ? And yet Jesus Christ hinted tithes to be land-based agricultural products.

There were a lot of fishermen in those days, and yet nowhere was it mentioned that Jesus Christ (a carpenter) or his disciples (fishermen, tax collector, zealot and others) paid tithes.

wickedtuna:
Even the OP sef don run. I wonder why this tithing is the only doctrine they hold unto from the old testament...lol

i tireooo. even the same deut said do not plant different crops on the same land. yet we plant yam beans corn etc

deut 22 vs 9

Must tithe be monetized? what about other form of payments??

alBHAGDADI:


Leave them for God to judge.

We are not leaving them.for God to judge. We are making sure the poor and needy get what they deserve by giving them our tithes. You can go ahead and make your pastors richer,nobody cares. Just don't deceive others to do same.

Ceoking6:
I totally agree, these people actually believe those who oppose it aren't Christians themselves.

The propaganda has stayed too long from the pulpit that they can't even search the truth themselves.

Need I also add that their was coins and other monetary tenders in the old testament but the bible always referred to animals and crops as the only commodities to tithe with because by ordinances these were the only things that can be burnt as offering (just as it was with Cain and Abel sacrifices).

The bible didn't even mention money or coins for the priest, the meat in the store house was enough for them.

Today our fraudsters of pastors are against been given farm produce for harvest let alone tithe.

All they want is money, they fraudulently assume the role of a levite priest and yet claim to be serving the only chief high priest that exist.

Christ can't be the chief high priest yet you continue to practice the system his existence has come to abolish

You are right christians maintain no Levitical priesthood. No “clergy class” exists among them, for whom tithes are collected. “All you are brothers.” (Matt. 23:8-11, NW) Those given oversight of Christian congregations, therefore, are unpaid slaves, not hirelings, not lovers of money or greedy for selfish gain. (John 10:13; 13:15, 16; Heb. 13:5; 1 Pet. 2:16; 5:1-4, NW) This is why Paul, the overseer, instead of collecting tithes for his support, worked with his own hands making tents. (Acts 18:3; 1 Cor. 4:12; 1 Thess. 2:9) Christians in those ancient times, in proving love for God and fellow Christians, made voluntary contributions for the needy, yes, but no oppressive tithing system was established.—Acts 11:29, 30; Rom. 15:26; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2; 2 Cor. 9:1-7; Gal. 2:10.

Unknown in the early church, tithing was not introduced until wolves had entered in and spoiled the simple purity of the Christian flock. (Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29, 30; Rom. 16:17, 18; 2 Pet. 2:1, 3) Apostasy in turn spawned an oppressive and expensive hierarchy of bishops, archbishops, metropolitans, popes,pastors and GOs etc., who placed heavy financial burdens on the necks of the people.