Are believers today commanded to give ten percent of their income to a church?

Quick Answer

According to the speaker, no. He says a fixed modern church payment is not the land-based, Levitical tithe prescribed in Torah.

Detailed Biblical Study

The Teaching distinguishes biblical tithing from financial gifts today. It emphasizes that the land, temple, and Levitical arrangements are not currently operating in the form required for the Torah tithe. This entry summarizes the speaker’s explanation.

Related Teaching

Tithing – You Must Test What the Churches Have Taught You

This Teaching calls believers to test inherited church teachings about tithing against Scripture. Beginning with Abraham’s gift to Melchizedek and Jacob’s vow, the speaker traces the tenth before Sinai and then examines the defined agricultural and livestock tithe, its holiness to Yahovah, and its distribution to the Levites under the temple system. He describes covenant stewardship as sustaining worship, supporting those without a land inheritance, and helping vulnerable people. The Teaching distinguishes the mandatory, land- and Levitical-based tithe from voluntary gifts supporting gospel workers, reading Yeshua’s words and Paul’s letters against the backdrop of a functioning first-century temple. The speaker concludes that Christians cannot replicate the Torah’s prescribed tithe without the land, temple, and Levitical system, but still have a responsibility to give freely, support faithful ministry, meet needs, and handle what belongs to Yahovah honorably. The later Q&A revisits Malachi 3, ill-gotten donations, and the difference between covenant changes and the temple’s destruction.

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