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Frank Chase Jr
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Kleptomaniac
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The Tithe is Corban
While researching the tithing doctrine, I discovered a scripture where the Pharisees practiced Corbin. Religious leaders who wanted to avoid using funds to help parents or family members often invoked Corban whereby they could say the available money they possessed is inaccessible because it is gift to God or the temple. Although this is a slick way for Pharisees to avoid helping family members, many churchgoers employ a type of Corban when they say that ten percent of their income belongs to God or church and can’t be used for other purposes. Jesus rebuked Corban, a tradition that makes the Word of God of no effect. Paying monetary tithe makes the Word of God of no effect because tithing is a tradition of man that God never instituted. In effect, the Pharisees used one scripture to invalidate another scripture. The same goes with pastors who interpret tithing scriptures out of context to invalidate God’s tithing law that define tithes as livestock and crops. It’s amazing that even in the first century, the Torah was being manipulated. Nothing hasn’t changed centuries later since monetary tithing was introduce outside of scripture. I realize now that paying tithes for 30 years, I practiced Corban, and neglected my family’s financial needs to fulfill a non-binding institutional law of the church.
Book Excerpt
Kleptomaniac
I’ve noticed over years of studying the Bible that it’s very easy to overlook the message behind the message especially when the Messiah speaks. For example, there is a conversation the Savior has with the Pharisees dealing with corban in Mark 7:9-13. The verses have an indirect correlation to tithing.“He [Jesus] said to them [the Pharisees], “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban “—’ (that is, a gift to God or the temple), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother, making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down [throughout time]. And many such things you do” (NKJV).If you notice the conversation Jesus had with the religious leaders, it appears they are using a corban vow. What the Pharisees had done was to establish a tradition based on Numbers 30:1-2 that allowed them to use a corban law to escape financial responsibility for taking care of needy parents. All a person had to do to squirm out of helping needy parents was to invoke corban, which classifies the money as a dedication to God. So in effect, they nullified the Word of God with their traditions and Jesus called them out on the practice and rebuked them for it. He wasn’t going to let them get away with using one biblical teaching to nullify another. In some of today’s churches, the traditions of men say you can’t take your non-negotiable mandatory tithe that belongs to God and use it for any other purpose. Therefore, the tithe becomes corban (that is a gift to God or to the temple). So if you have money your family needs, but act as if it’s corban or a dedicated tithe based on the church’s entitlement claim to your money, you are doing exactly what the Pharisees did, practicing corban. When you say you have to pay 10 percent to God and neglect your household, you are saying your tithe money is corban, which means you are seeking a way to escape your financial responsibility to feed, clothe and care for the needs of your immediate family.
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