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God Becomes the tithe!

Adam inherits a system

God planted a garden eastward in Eden. There he put the man to dress and keep it. Two primary purposes for the trees of the garden:

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. AND out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 1:8-9

Two primary purposes

Two purposes for the Garden of Eden: Beauty and Utility. Adam’s job was to replicate heaven on earth. Always have been God’s will. The Lord’s Prayer according to what Jesus taught his disciples in Matthew 6:10, “Thy kingdom come.Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The two trees of the garden were Adam’s tools. One tree could give eternal life. The other tree whose fruit was used a sacrifice of worship which Adam ate would produce the cursed.

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” Galatians 3:13

God Becomes Man

John 3:1-3

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

John 1:14

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

The Sacrifice

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

Revelation 1:1

“THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his servant John.”

The revelation of Jesus Christ is that he became the perfect sacrifice, the perfect solution to the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Not only did Jesus become the perfect solution to curse that came from eatting the fruit of the tree of the. knowledge of good and evil, But the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil gave us the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice.

The book of Revelation is a book transitioning into God’s eternal plans.

Look at Revelation 22:1-5, the exact same set up as in Genesis, chapter 2 but in place of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you have the Lamb of God seated on the throne of God. Why the image of the Lamb on the throne of God? Why not say Jesus Christ seated on the throne of God?

The system, the Garden of Eden was always- from the beginning- created to be a system based on worship. If Adam had not sinned and completed his assignment, heaven would have moved to earth. Revelation 21:3, “Behold the tabernacle God is with men”

The scriptures in Revelation 22, pick up where Adam was suppose to have led creation into!

Revelation 22:3-5

“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; his servants shall servant him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be an no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”

You have God in paradise, the river of life, the tree of life and the Lamb of God and man. in the big picture, you had the tithe in the beginning and you will have it for all eternity!

What is the lesson of the tithe?

Tithing for the wrong reason?

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If you don’t understand sacrifice, should you offer one? Should you be compelled to offer one?

From the beginning to the end, you will always have that tenth percent. Again, God made the system. The tenth started with him and will follow us into eternality. The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of God and evil to the Lamb of God seated in the throne of God, Revelation 22:1

Man was created in the image and likeness of God but not to be a god. Man also was created to a be servant, that is to till the ground, see Genesis 2:5 fulfilled in Revelation 22:3-4,

“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.”

Every thought of the imagination of the mind and heart shall be full of the glory of God. This is what Adam originally saw, the glory of God in its fullness, to the point that he didn’t know he was naked. Jesus is come to put the tree of life back into our hands. There is a prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21, that speaks of Jesus dwelling in our hearts by faith that we being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend the breath, length, depth and height- to know love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, “that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”

Why would God ask Abraham to give his son Isaac as a sacrifice?

Genesis 22:1-2

“And it came to pass after these things; that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Taken now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offers him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.”

Once Abraham reached the site, he positioned his son on the altar to be sacrificed. An angel from heaven called out to him, “lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him”

God said to Abraham, “… now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.” Genesis 22:12

At that moment, Abraham noticed a ram caught in the thicket of a bush by its horns. Abraham sacrificed the ram in the place of Isaac. Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-Jireh, which interpreted, God’s provision shall be seen.

In return for Abraham’s obedience in offering up Isaac, the son he loved and prized, God made a sworn oath to Abraham that he would bless him and his seed and all the nations of the earth.

Couple things happened:

  1. God pledges himself to bless Abraham and his seed
  2. God gave seed and the fruit of trees to Adam in Genesis 1:29, “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall for meat”
  3. God gave Adam “seed and trees bearing fruit as tools to fulfill the original vision. Seed is pro-vision. Seed is for the vision. Trees yielding fruit keeps the vision flowing. Jesus Christ becomes the SEED of Abraham. A “tree” became the tool by which God gives as many as believe on him the gift of eternal life.
  4. Galatians 3:16, Jesus Christ is the seed to whom God was making the sworn oath.
  5. Galatians 3:13-14, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.“
  6. Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” 
  7. The concept of inheritance: Remember God created everything. He gave Adam dominion over the earth. Everything in the earth was self-sustaining. Adam was a steward in the Garden of Eden. It was given to him as a responsibility to manage. Adam was called into the seventh day creation to enjoy the works of God’s hands.
  8. Abraham’s obedience was credited to him by God as having fulfilled his righteous requirement of obedience.

Abraham’s obedience allowed God to present his plan of redemption. God credited Abraham’s obedience to your account. ‘If ye be Christ, then are you the seed of Abraham and heirs of the promise.’

Abraham payed tithes

Hebrews 7:6-9

“But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without contradiction the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receives tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. And as I may so say, Levi also, who receieveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.”

What does it means that Levi payed tithes in Abraham? God credited Abraham obedience to their credit. Therefore they were entitled to the provisions of the promise.

After Adam’s fall, the human race went through a series of high priests. The high priest represented man before God in the matter of offering a sacrifice of worship. Abraham gave a tithe to Melchisedec who blessed him in return with bread and wine.

Genesis 14:18-20

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And 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 a tithe of all.”

Personal Testimony

I learned the privilege of tithing from the 10 years old. I worked with my father in his shoe repair shop shinning shoes. I started giving a tenth of the money I made from shinning shoes. I know what it is to be consistent giver and to be unfaithful in your sowing of tithes and offering. The reward are numerous. Suffice to say, the blessing of God makes you independent of man.

Grace & peace!

Why Tithes & offerings?

When it comes to giving tithes and offerings, it is wise to see why tithes and offerings are sown. The definition of tithe is, “a tenth part.”

God created the system

God created all things! All things means all things, nothing is excluded. For example, according to John 1:3

“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

Again, “For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.” Hebrews 3:4

What is the purpose for all things?

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11

Adam inherited a system

We have to go back to the beginning in order to have a complete understanding of why things exist. Adam inherited a system. God planted a garden eastward in Eden and put Adam into it. Adam was given the responsibility of managing the Garden of Eden. He was given permission to freely eat from any tree in the Garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil of which he was instructed to dress it and keep it.

It was never God’s will for Adam to know good or evil. Adam was to sacrifice the fruit of that tree to God as a sacrifice. In exchange for his sacrifice, Adam was given the right look upon the face of God. Adam’s reward for faithful service would have been the fruit of the tree of life.

Adam didn’t have to grow the tree; all he had to do was to manage the fruit of the tree. The fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was Adam’s tithe.

In our next post, we will see how God becomes the tithe!

Grace and peace!