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   THE PURPOSE THAT GOD HAD IN ABRAHAM'S TITHE   
       
   We have recorded for us the following...   
       
   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 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."   
      
   THE PURPOSE   
       
   Abraham's tithe was a one time event that included a component of the Law of   
   Moses by the Levites being present in Abraham's loins. (See; Hebrews 7:9)   
      
   It's purpose; it was used by God to demonstrate the superiority of the eternal   
   Priesthood of Melchisedec over the temporary and inferior Priesthood of Levi.   
   (See; Hebrews 7:6-7) It is not an excuse for your pastor or anyone else to   
   pressure you into "   
   paying your tithe because Abraham did." Abraham's tithe was NOT for the   
   purpose of supporting a church or some other New Testament ministry.   
      
   Abraham's tithe had no other spiritual purpose and would have been spiritually   
   useless unless it included the paying of a tithe in Abraham by the Levites to   
   Melchisedec. If Abraham had not possessed the Levites in his loins   
   representing the Law of Moses (   
   See; Hebrews 7:11) upon paying a tithe to Melchisedec, it's highly unlikely   
   that the tithing event would have been considered to be of a significant   
   episode in Abraham's life and subsequently recorded in Genesis chapter   
   fourteen, and then later    
   referenced in Hebrews chapter seven along with explaining it's true purpose.    
      
   HEBREWS CHAPTER SEVEN   
      
   Hebrews 7:6-7 - "But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes   
   of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without all   
   contradiction the less is blessed of the better."    
      
   Hebrews 7:9 - "And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed   
   tithes in Abraham."   
      
   Hebrews 7:11 - "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for   
   under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that   
   another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called   
   after the order of Aaron?"   
      
   WHY MELCHISEDEC THE GREATER?    
      
   Scripture reveals why;   
      
   Hebrews 7:15-16 - "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."   
      
   Levi; "the law of a carnal commandment" ...that fades away; 2 Corinthians   
   3:4-11, "a ministry of death." Hebrews 7:8 - "And here men that die receive   
   tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth."   
      
   Melchisedec; "the power of an endless life" ... Hebrews 7:24 - "But this man,   
   because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."   
      
   CONCLUSION   
      
   Proving the superiority of the Priesthood of Melchisedec to the Hebrews (and   
   the entire world) has been accomplished; you don't need to tithe again and   
   again to prove it again and again.   
      
   You are NOT Abraham, you cannot pay a tithe to Melchisedec, or to anyone else,   
   as Abraham did because you do not have the Levites in your loins and cannot   
   prove the superiority of Melchisedec.   
      
   Paying a tithe as Abraham did is utterly useless and absolute unproductive   
   nonsense for a Christian. No scripture in God's word instructs neither Jew or   
   Gentile, in either the Old or New Testament to tithe as, or because Abraham   
   did.   
      
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