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Question: Was the "Law of Tithing" an Old Testament law that was done away with when Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of Moses?
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- 1 Question: Was the "Law of Tithing" an Old Testament law that was done away with when Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of Moses?
- 1.1 The Law of Tithing predates the Law of Moses, and there is no scripture which abolishes it
- 1.2 Jesus Christ renewed Malachi's prophecy in his visit to the Nephites
- 1.3 The Law of Consecration is the eternal law: Tithing is merely a subset of the Law of Consecration given in this particular dispensation
Question: Was the "Law of Tithing" an Old Testament law that was done away with when Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of Moses?
The Law of Tithing predates the Law of Moses, and there is no scripture which abolishes it
Abraham practiced it (Genesis 14꞉20), Jacob practiced it (Genesis 28꞉22), as well as under the law of Moses. There is no scriptural passage which abolishes the Law of Tithing.
Jesus Christ renewed Malachi's prophecy in his visit to the Nephites
Jesus reiterated and thus renewed Malachi's prophecy in his visit to the Nephites and Malachi's prophecy specifically commends the law of tithing. In 3 Nephi 24꞉8-10, Jesus Christ applies Malachi's words to the Nephites:
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say: Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
The Law of Consecration is the eternal law: Tithing is merely a subset of the Law of Consecration given in this particular dispensation
The Law of Consecration is the eternal law: being willing to give everything with which you are blessed to the building up of God's Kingdom. Tithing is merely a sub-set of how we do that at this particular time in this particular dispensation.
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