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   HEBREWS 7:8; NOT INSTRUCTIONS FOR TITHING, BUT OFTEN USED BY DECEPTIVE TITHING   
   TEACHERS.   
      
   Hebrews 7:8 "And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth   
   them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth." - KJV   
      
   Anyone who claims that Hebrews 7:8 instructs a Christian to tithe has clearly   
   demonstrated that they know little or nothing about the Book of Hebrews, and   
   does not understand why the Book of Hebrews was written. In fact, there is not   
   a single word in the    
   Book of Hebrews instructing any person to tithe anything to anyone, including   
   chapter 7 verse 8.   
      
   >>> Verse breakdown, Hebrews 7:8...   
      
   >> 1. "And here men that die receive tithes" ...Notice; "HERE" referring to   
   Hebrews 7:5...   
      
   This is a reference to Hebrews 7:5; "And verily 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, that is, of their brethren, though   
   they come out of the    
   loins of Abraham:"   
      
   Who received tithes? Answer; The Levites; this is a future reference to the   
   Levites that descend from Abraham that would receive tithes under the Law of   
   Moses (See Hebrews 7:5). That first section of Hebrews 7:8 points out that   
   they represent a    
   priesthood that has no power to end death, no power to provide endless life;   
   "here men that die ..." It's interesting to note that the writer of Hebrews   
   places the receiving of tithes juxtaposition to death, not endless life.   
      
   >> 2. "receiveth them," added by translators, and not found in the Greek text.   
      
   >> 3. "of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."   
      
   This is in contrast to men receiving tithes under the Old Covenant, under and   
   by the authority of the Law of Moses, who die, yet under the New Covenant,   
   life eternal is through the Priesthood, the Order of  Melchisedec, who was a   
   type of Jesus Christ and    
   the New Testament. (or as Hebrews 7:15 tells us; "the similitude of   
   Melchisedec.")   
      
   In Hebrews 7:8 there is no mention of Jesus, Melchisedec or anyone else still   
   receiving tithes. Neither is there any requirement to pay tithes by any New   
   Testament Christian seen in Hebrews 7:8. No well studied and competent teacher   
   of the Word of God    
   would conclude that Hebrews 7:8 instructs a New Testament Christian to tithe.   
   The point of Hebrews chapter seven concludes this...   
      
   Hebrews 7:15-19 - "And it is yet far more evident: for that after the   
   similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after   
   the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For   
   he testifieth, Thou art a    
   priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a   
   disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and   
   unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing   
   in of a better hope did; by the which we    
   draw nigh unto God."   
      
   NOTE: "For there is verily a disannulling [CANCELLATION] of the commandment   
   [LAW OF MOSES] going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof."   
   ...including tithing of any kind.   
      
   OTHER CHAPTERS;   
      
   In Hebrews chapter seven the writer uses tithing as an example of an activity,   
   an example of the Old Covenant, that cannot bring eternal life and is   
   therefore discontinued being no longer needed, and in Hebrews chapter eight   
   the writer uses multiple    
   examples of how elements of the Old Covenant cannot provide eternal life....   
      
   Hebrews 8:6-10 - "But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how   
   much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon   
   better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no   
   place have been    
   sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days   
   come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel   
   and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with   
   their fathers in the    
   day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;   
   because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the   
   Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after   
   those days, saith the    
   Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and   
   I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"   
      
   In Hebrews chapter ten the writer uses the blood of bulls and of goats as yet   
   another example of an activity (animal sacrifice) that cannot bring eternal   
   life and is therefore discontinued...   
      
   Hebrews 10:1-4 - "For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not   
   the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they   
   offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then   
   would they not have ceased    
   to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no   
   more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again   
   made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of   
   goats should take away    
   sins."   
      
   VERSE EIGHT;   
      
   Hebrews 7:8 tells us that here men that die receive tithes, but he that has   
   the power of endless life received a tithe from Abram, and when Abram gave a   
   tithe to Melchizedec he demonstrated that the New Testament Priesthood was   
   superior to the Old    
   Testament Priesthood because Old Testament Priesthood could not provide   
   endless life, but the New Testament does. Abraham presented Melchizedec with a   
   tithe of all the items he had obtained through battle. By this act Abraham   
   indicated that he recognized    
   Melchizedec as a priest who ranked higher spiritually than he.   
      
   CONCLUSION;   
      
   Since the Old Covenant was flawed, based on limited priests and limited   
   sacrifices, it is inferior to the priesthood of Melchizedec, which is   
   unending. Jesus Christ fulfills God's promise to establish a priest   
   ''forever'' in a way which perfectly meets    
   our needs, and tithing has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Hebrews 7:8 points to the   
   superiority Melchizedec. The Levitical priests are mortal men; but of   
   Melchisedec it is testified that he lives forever and provides endless life to   
   those who trust Jesus Christ    
   for salvation.   
      
      
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