Giving and Tithing – Part 4/4

All right. We are ready to move forward with our study portion for today’s broadcast, and we are now in the fourth and final segment of “Giving and Tithing”.

This is what I believe to be one of the more landmark studies I’ve done, because it is life-altering for many people. And I hope it is, if it’s not life-altering I hope it’s because you’ve already been doing and practicing the things being taught in this study already. But if you haven’t been, I’m hoping it will be life-altering in the sense that more people will be ministered to now. More people will be blessed and served now.

Now, the previous segments of the study we examined Yahweh’s standard for giving. And so if we are alert when we are reading the Scriptures, we will come to an understanding that Yahweh’s expectation for giving is much, much higher than most people realize.

But the problem is, we’re placing a premium on gaining more and more levels of wealth—we have a consume and enjoy mindset in our nations today. Measuring success and wealth by that measure, how much we can produce, consume and enjoy. And that is not the righteous standard of success.

Whenever one says, “Well, do this and you will have success,” success is not measured by digits in your bank account, or cars in your garage, or the size of your home, or the niceness of the home you live in, it’s none of that.

Store up your treasures in heaven where no rust will destroy no moth will eat. I mean, think about the price of the soul. Machines will rot, buildings will fall and crumble; but the soul of a man, the soul of a child, the soul of a human will live on to eternity. And where will that destination be? A lot of that depends on you and I, because we are the carriers of the Good News. We are one of the few carriers of the Good News that are going to point people to the totality of Scripture, and we need to be about our Father’s business, and we need to see our mission in the same way the first century believers saw their mission. Their mission was to preach the Messiah to the whole world; our mission is to preach Messiah and Torah to the whole world, because most the world doesn’t follow Torah.

So we have a huge mission in front of us and we need to take it seriously. And so these are the things I’ve been teaching the last few segments.

So then we come to the question about tithing, and should we still tithe to the Levites?

There are some people among us, particularly those in Messianic persuasions, who think, “Well, the Levites were the ones appointed so we got to give to them.” Well, if I look in the Book of Numbers, oh oh, where were we, just one minute, I don’t know what happened to my powerpoint but that’s not the Book of Numbers, is it. Okay. But the Book of Numbers 18 verse 21, I’ll go ahead and post it up there just so you have it, pardon me just a minute. Okay. Book of Numbers chapter 18 in verse 21 – “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.” – Okay. So the purpose of the tithe being given to the Levites, was to pay them for the work they were doing in the tabernacle of meeting. But now the tabernacle of meeting is not in Jerusalem, it’s not in Israel. There is no tabernacle of meeting unless the alternative to the tabernacle of meeting would be an assembly hall, okay? Where people of Yahweh are gathered, a synagogue perhaps, or assembly of some kind, that would be the tabernacle of meeting.

But we understand actually what Yahushua said to us in the book of John chapter 4 in verse 21 He said – Yahushua said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
²² “You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
²³ “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
²⁴ “Elohim is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” –

And so, the Holy Spirit is going to come, we see that in the book of Acts chapter 2, to the extent that neither in the mountain and Samaria nor in Jerusalem, will people be required to go to worship the Father. And so the reason why, is because Yahweh’s name they said go to the place where Torah says go to a place where Yahweh has put His name. Well, where as He put His name when it comes to believers in Yahushua? Revelation 14:1 says – Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. – That’s where His name is today, it’s written on our foreheads. And wherever –
“. . . two or three are gathered in Yahushua’s name, – according to Matthew 18:20, He says – I am there in the midst of them.” – And our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. And so, the temple is right here, it’s here (Tom points to his heart) we got it, all right?

And we are Melchizedek priests functioning as ministers of the New Covenant. And we’re in a process of building the temple of Elohim by calling people to repentance and faith in Yahushua. 1 Corinthians 3:16 – Do you not know that you are the temple of Elohim and that the Spirit of Elohim dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 9:13-14 – Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?
¹⁴ Even so the Master has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. –

And so, who are the Melchizedek ministers today? It could be a Levite; maybe it’s not a Levite; maybe it’s a someone from Judah, maybe it’s someone else. But this even so here, that’s written here, even so where it says, “Even so in the same way those who minister the holy things would partake of the offerings,” even so, we are called to preach the Good News, and those who are ministering full-time, as the Levites were, should be freed up to do that, and to be supported.

So, we spoke of these things. And that might be a Levite, it might not be a Levite; but we are all Melchizedek. And so, whether we’re Levites, I mean none of the Apostles were Levites, Yahushua was not a Levite, but we are doing the ministry work as ministers of the temple were doing, okay?

And so, who are we then? 1 Peter chapter 2 in verse 9 – But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; – Beautiful. Beautiful Scripture. And so, if we are a royal priesthood, we are a Melchizedek priesthood. The Melchizedek priesthood was a priesthood of kings and priests. So we are of that royal priesthood which I’ve been preaching now for the last several segments, okay.

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of Elohim, – Ephesians chapter 2 verse 19, 20 –
²⁰ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yahushua Messiah Himself being the chief cornerstone,
²¹ in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into – What? – a holy temple in the Master, – Or in Yahushua or Yahweh, which one is it. –
²² in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of Elohim in the Spirit. –

And so, we are ministering, when we minister to each other we are ministering in the temple, okay? We’re a ministering to the temple, okay? So, our work that we are doing is temple work. Just as the Levites were given temple work. I mean, if we can’t see that connection maybe it’s because we don’t really want to see it; we want to keep the tithe for ourselves. But that’s what I believe very, very strongly.

Can we tithe then to ourselves? Let’s say that I’m working out, I used to do this. I used to work a job, I was an HVAC technician, I taught heating and air conditioning at a Career Center for two years, and I worked, ran service calls in the evening, worked a regular job back in the 90s. And I also ran two businesses; I was the owner of a web hosting company, and I was also the owner of a company selling health products on the internet. So, where would I put my tithe money? I could and I did often use that tithe money to pay for expenses like purchasing Bibles to give to people that were in need. Do things for the work of Yahweh and it’s still building the temple through edification of the saints.

And so, if you know someone that could use a sacred name Bible for instance, you could use your tithe money to purchase that Bible for him; you’re building a temple, you’re doing temple work. If you’re in need of a Bible yourself you could use that to purchase a Bible for you, you’re a part of what needs to be served also, whatever it is for ministry work. It does not have to go to someone who happens to be more prominent, like myself, or someone doing full-time ministry work, because we’re all called in the ministry, all of us. Don’t buy into this Catholic model where there’s, you know, the minister is upfront and the laypeople sit in the pews and you know, “We are the experts, don’t try this at home,” don’t buy into that, okay? That’s not truth, all right? We are all called to ministry, everybody is called to ministry.

The question is, “What is your ministry?” That’s the question. Now, if you’re receiving ministry from someone as a teacher, or a minister, or whatever of spiritual things, Scripture does say, “Yes, minister them of your physical things,” but maybe the Father wants you to minister to others of spiritual things, okay?

Now, I don’t go around telling people, “You better pay me,” I don’t do that. That’s not me. I’ve never done that. I’ve never asked for anything, okay? I’m just saying that, in fact I’m saying, that if you’re ministering to somebody and you have an expense involved in ministering to that person, you can use your tithe money to do that. Because that is, the tithe is for ministry. Or if you know of a poor person that needs financial help and you know the situation, you know what’s going on, give it to them, you take your tithe money and help them with their needs. And that’s fine, nothing wrong with that. So see, I’m not being selfish. So anyway, yeah I’m a little sensitive to that because I’ve been accused quite a bit over the years. Anyway.

Now, what about if you’re receiving tithe money from somebody, do you have to tithe what you’ve received? So that’s a question, “Do receivers of tithe have to tithe that which was received?” Well according to the Book of Numbers 18:19 says –
¹⁹ “All the heave offerings of the holy things, – He’s talking about the sons of Aaron. – which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given to you – That’s the sons of Aaron. – and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh with you and your descendants with you.” – Talking about again the sons of Aaron. And in verse 26 it says –
²⁶ “Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: ‘When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to Yahweh, a tenth of the tithe.’ – All right. So the heave offering was given directly to the high priests. The Levites got the tithe, which is a ten percent, and then the priesthood, which was the sons of Aaron functioning in a earthly temple, received ten percent of that tithe that was received by the Levites, okay? And that’s how they were able to function.

And so, the priesthood of Melchizedek today, is already the high priesthood, there is not a subset of priests under them functioning. So Melchizedek themselves is the high priesthood. And so, there’s no tenth of the tithe for you to give it to. There’s nobody higher then the high priesthood. So Aaron and his sons are not functioning in a physical temple now, we are all functioning and presiding over a spiritual temple, and therefore it is not really anywhere to send a tithe of the tithe, okay?

Now, are there multiple tithes? Some teach there are two tithes, three tithes, maybe more. Well, the very first mention of the tithe in the Torah, that was given through Mosheh, it says (Leviticus 27:30-33) – ‘And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.
³¹ ‘If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. – That means if you gave up an animal and you wanted that animal back, then yes, you would you could buy it back but you had to add twenty percent to it, all right? So you could redeem your tithes. Now –
³² ‘And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Yahweh.
³³ ‘He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; (it shall not be redeemed.”) – Okay.

So, let’s suppose you’re building a flock of sheep, and you start with four ewes, okay? The next year you, this is not the firstborn that’s coming out, the next year those four ewes bore young for the second or third time in their lifetime. And so, now you have ten sheep. The tenth sheep would be holy to Yahweh, okay? I should say yeah the tenth sheep would be holy to Yahweh whether they were good or bad, okay?

Now, as I think about this, those four sheep are not sheep that we’re born on your farm, they’re sheep that you bought. So whenever those sheep get to that tenth offspring, that tenth offspring would actually be your tenth sheep, and therefore you would sell that sheep to the public somewhere, take that money and put it toward as you would tithe money, okay?

Now, if those four ewes had never born young before, and now they’re bearing young for the first time, the firstborn would be given away as well, the firstborn males, okay? I’ll get to that in a minute. Now, let’s say that one of those rams that you had that was born, say that was the tenth one, it was a really fine looking ram and you wanted to keep it, then you could buy it back and add twenty percent, okay? And so you would take the funding that you got, you could just basically, what we do is, add another twenty percent to whatever price you got for that particular sheep and put that into the tithe money as well, okay? And then you can still keep the keep the ram, all right. But you got to take the value of that particular ram and add twenty percent to it and put that money into the tithe account or wherever you’re putting your tithe money. So.

Now, some people are saying there are multiple tithes out there; and I don’t really see that. I can be corrected, but I don’t see it. I mean, especially we’re functioning under a heavenly priesthood, the only precedents we have is the example of the patriarchs, you simply are giving a tithe of all or a tenth of all. And so, some might say, “Well the needs the earthly tabernacle, you know, then there were different tithes,” but yes there was a need for ongoing sacrifices to be made at the temple, and you’d be required to bring your animals and your tithes to the temple; and there needed to be an ongoing flow of animals and grains going into the temple area to provide for the daily sacrifice, the new moon sacrifices, the feast sacrifices.

But in the absence of Levites functioning in their office, and the high priests functioning in their office, and the sacrifice is ongoing, with Yahweh’s expectation to bring, you know, sacrifices to the temple and firstborn animals to the temple, what do we do? I say, “We just sell it” and then take the funding that you got from that and or give that animal to someone who is ministering you of spiritual things, and you can give to them your physical things, which would be grains or food or an animal, that’ll be the tenth animal on your farm, or a firstborn, or the firstfruits of your garden, okay?

But you know, my goal is to really avoid interpreting and just follow the plain teaching of Scripture. I would say that there are some things here open to interpretation; sometimes Yahweh doesn’t give us all the details, so He kind of wants to test our hearts perhaps, I’m just thinking here. Like the Sabbath, He doesn’t like give you a list of things that He considers work, you know, He doesn’t give a list of details that He considers work, and so, we have to interpret and come to our own conclusion. And those who don’t really like the Sabbath all that much, will probably try to push the envelope and get away with as much as they can. And others will simply try to follow as close as they can with what they see in the Word, with an open heart to follow the Spirit and the principles that are given in Scripture.

And perhaps the same in really true here with the tithing. Yahweh knew He was going shut down temple operation for two thousand years, right? And so, what do you do? Well, those with the hearts that don’t really want to give will probably say, “Well, there’s no Levites so I don’t have to tithe.” But there is still poor. One popular teaching ministry out there said, “Yeah, there’s these four tithes and one is for the poor” they said, “But there’s no Levites, one to give a tithe to”. And I’m like, “What about the poor person,” you know, “why aren’t you tithing to the poor person?” They didn’t even think about that apparently.

So, you know, we got to watch our hearts. And those who are trying to follow the Spirit and principles given with tithing will see that we are still under a high priest, Melchizedek, and we have the poor among us who need to be taken care of. And so, and the spiritually poor, the physically poor. And so those receiving teachings, you know, are obligated to share in all good things with those that each.

And so, there’s still building funds as there is temple needs for the temple and things. And so, how do we apply this in a Melchizedek context is the challenge. Well, we know He wants the firstfruits, He wants the firstborn, He wants every tenth animal, He wants ten percent; and I included funding and money in my last study for a good reason, I shared that already.

But the idea of doing this is as old as Cain and Abel. If you look in Genesis chapter 4 verse 3 – And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to Yahweh.
⁴ Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
⁵ but He did not respect Cain and his offering. – Interesting. Possibly because Abel brought the firstborn but Cain just gave a general offering, maybe not the firstfruits. And so, Yahweh respected Abel’s offering but not Cain’s offering. And maybe Cain looked at the firstfruits, and like his mom, chose food over obedience. Anyway, this is a family trait.

So what about a second tithe? Deuteronomy 14:22 says – “You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year.
²³ “And you shall eat before Yahweh your Mighty One, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, – Yes, you’re allowed to eat of the tithe. In fact that was part of the process; you would go to a priest, he would take the best part of the animal, the fat would be burned on the altar and you would eat other meats, other parts of the animal, okay? And you would give grain offerings and the same thing there, so – (the tithe of your grain and) your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear Yahweh your Mighty One always.” – Okay? And then it says –
²⁴ “But if the journey is too long for you, so that you’re not able to carry the tithe, – Now notice the word “tithe” is in italics, it should not even be there; not able to carry – or if the place where Yahweh your Mighty One chooses to put His name is too far from you, when Yahweh your Mighty One has blessed you,
²⁵ “then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which Yahweh your Mighty One chooses.
²⁶ “And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before Yahweh your Mighty One, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.” – All right.

So, based on how the tithing is being used, there are folks that suggest that this is a second tithe, because the first tithe is for the Levites, and the second tithe it looks like for yourself, and that’s what it looks like, all right? And on the surface it might seem different than the regular tithe for the Levite and for the poor. But with this tithe it appears you might be able to spend it on yourself, but what I see here actually is, it’s not really a set financial savings account, you know, for the feasts.

I mean, it sounds kind of nice, you know. And actually I did practice second tithe for probably ten to fifteen years, I don’t remember exactly how long. And I did that and it seemed kind of nice because I have this nice little chunk of money in there waiting for me for the feast, and I can go where I wanted to and I had the money there to do it, and it was kind of nice, I have to admit that was kind of nice. But I began to look closer at the Scripture and realized this is actually the same tithe as the first tithe. And I’ll tell you why, okay?

Now look at what happened here, the problem they are having, okay? The problem they are having was, they couldn’t carry in the tithe with them to Jerusalem; you have to tithe to the Levites but you can’t carry it all, that’s the problem, okay? So what are you gonna do? Well, you sell your animals and the produce for the money, right? And you go to Jerusalem and use that same money to purchase animals and produce.

Again, you’re going to take, you’re gonna sell the animals you got, you’re gonna go to Jerusalem you’re gonna buy by animals and produce; even the produce actually could be wine that’s already been prepared, all right? Or whatever drinks you’re preparing with the garden grapes, okay? But you’re gonna go to Jerusalem, you’re gonna take that money, and you’re gonna buy back the equivalent amount of animals and produce, it doesn’t have to be the exact same number of animals or the exact same amount of produce, but you’re gonna go there you can take that same money and buy it back. And now you have animals and produce to give to Yahweh. And as you would with any sacrifice, you’re allowed to have a portion of that, okay?

So now you’re treating the animals and produce like you would as if they were your own, sacrificing some of them to Yahweh, offering others as a freewill offering, as you would normally do during the feast, and problem solved, okay?

Now, one of the reasons why I believe this is the case, I’m going to share with you why, because you do eat there before Yahweh your produce and such, and your offerings, you get a part of that, okay? But you’re not allowed to take the rest of it home. In other words, you can’t take part of your tithe money home. You got to actually eat it there in Jerusalem, okay? And eat there before Yahweh your Mighty One (Deuteronomy 14:26). So you’re eating before Yahweh, meaning that whatever you’re sacrificing, you’re getting a part, He’s getting a part, the priest is getting a part, okay? And so, that’s what I believe was actually happening here in Deuteronomy chapter 14. Because the problem was distance. And so, you solve the problem by turning it into money which you can carry and turn that money back into grains and animals again.

But the alternative viewpoint is, it’s a second tithe for feast expenses. But you know, one problem I have is, wouldn’t Yahweh tell us, “Hey, I got a second tithe here.” But the way it’s worded it sounds like a whole lot more like just your original tithe. He’s saying, “You shall surely tithe,” like you haven’t been tithing, but you gotta tithe. He’s not saying, “You shall truly add another tithe.” And so, you make sure you –
²² . . . tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year.
²³ and you shall eat before Yahweh your Mighty One . . . – Okay? So you’re taking that tithe money and you’re eating before Yahweh with the tithe. But not tithe money but tithe of the grain and tithe of the animals and such, okay? – In the place where He chooses to make His name abide, – that’s where you’re going to eat part of the tithe as part of sacrifice, okay? And also He mentions also bring the firstborn with you. – of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, – okay? You’re going to bring that with you too.

Now, how do you get a second tithe of the firstborn? You can’t make, there’s no tithe involved in a firstborn, okay? So, what are you gonna do with the firstborn now? You’re just going to take that firstborn for yourself and you’re going to give that to Yahweh, okay. Listen, but so it says that if the journey is too long then you exchange it for money, here in verse 25; if it is too long and you’re not able to carry, carry what? It never says “the tithe”, in the Torah; not able to carry, well yes, part of it was tithe, but part of it was the firstborn of your herds and flocks, okay?

And so, this is the original tithe, that’s what I’m seeing here, I don’t see a second tithe. And these are the reasons why I see just one tithe. It’s like He’s reminding him to do the first tithe, not reminding him to do another tithe, never told him do another tithe until maybe at this point, you know. But He realizes there could be a problem if you’re going too far. And so, you got the firstborn flocks and such, you can’t have second firstborns to bring to Yahweh, and so, I just don’t see how He could be referring to a second tithe.

And so, what I’m actually seeing here is, the only reason you’re allowed to spend money on what you want, is so that you can rebuy the equivalent number of firstborns and ten percent of your flocks and herds and whatnot, and offer them as normal. And so, whatever your heart desires, I would take that to mean “you don’t have to rebuy the exact same kinds of things back.” That could really be stressful, trying to hunt down and track down all the exact kind of animals that you had back home. And so, as long as you are bringing and you’re bringing the equivalent financial value of animals, then that’s fine with Yahweh, okay?

And so that’s why He says, “Spend it on what your heart desires,” it could be an ox, it could be a sheep, it could be wine, it could be whatever, your drink offerings you give to Yahweh, and whatever you want to do, but you’re going to give that you know, that’s going to be your tithe, okay?

So then He goes on to say, and this is why I think, you know, that’s whatever your heart’s desires He says “but make sure that you’re giving,” because otherwise the Levite and the poor will not get what they need, right? And that’s what the next verse is saying.

So He says (Deuteronomy 14:27) – “You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. – All right. Now Yahweh is about ready to give us an exception to the rule of bringing your tithe to Jerusalem, okay? It’s two exceptions He’s giving us here in Deuteronomy chapter 14. One exception is you can turn that into money, go to Jerusalem, turn it back into animals and whatnot, and then offer those things to Yahweh. And the other exception would be the Levite who is close by, the one that’s within the gates of your city. He says, “What about him? He has no part nor inheritance.” And so He says –
²⁸ “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce – All right, just your produce, all right, He’s not saying animals. – of that year and store it up within your gates.
²⁹ “And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you – You can’t go out there and grow food, all right. – and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, – This is not a third tithe, I don’t see it. I see it being the same tithe, only that but to every third year, yes you bring your animals, yes you bring your firstborn to Yahweh in Jerusalem; but every third year you’re going to keep the produce, whether it be the barley or whether it be the wheat, or the summer fruits, whatever, you’re going to keep that local. And the fatherless and the widow and the stranger and the Levite who are all local to your particular community remain there. So – that Yahweh your Mighty One may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. –

And now the reason why I see this is because look; every third year they would do this because I suspect, you know, Yahweh did, what about the Levites. Let’s say you every year you’re bringing everything to Jerusalem. What if those Levites got corrupt, that were around Jerusalem, and they just decided they were gonna keep most of it there local to them and not give and distribute to the community, the poor in other parts of the community, not just the poor in their area, but other parts of Israel. And so, what if they got kind of corrupt and we’re neglecting Levites and poor people in other territories outside of their local area. This would ensure the Levites and the poor people in all areas throughout Judah and Jerusalem had food to eat.

Now, you would still bring your firstfruits of your garden to Yahweh in Jerusalem. You would just the ten percent, the tithe, you’re going to keep local every third year. And so the third year, and in the sixth year, now then there’s no food for the seventh year because that’s the “Shemitah year” or the “year of the land Sabbath.” And after that year is over then the very next year again count three years, you’re going to keep your tithe local. I don’t see a separate tithe in that verse. And so, in that case you could direct your food to the local Levite, the local poor people, instead of just everything going to Jerusalem, you know. And there’s a certain level of joy because it says they’re going to come to you, see. They’re gonna come to you, you got stored up here, you got it stored up within your gates, you got this food stored up, and the Levite and the poor are gonna come to your place, your house and they’re gonna eat and be satisfied. I just think that’s pretty cool, I like that. Because there’s a certain amount of joy involved in providing for others on a personal level; rather than just passing it on to someone else and letting them distribute it out, you know. You get to actually see the blessing of giving.

And so, how would I apply this today? Yes, don’t always just send your tithe money to a ministry somewhere, use some of your tithe money, as I have been saying, to help the local poor people in your community, spiritually poor or physically poor. Spiritually poor meaning they need the Word of Yahweh in their life; and help people on a personal level. Because there’s joy in seeing someone getting blessed, and realizing, “Hey, this is really being used for good stuff, this is really good things.”

And so, Yahushua said (Acts 20:35b) – “. . . ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” – And I say that, you know, it really is.

Now, if you have herds and flocks and produce from the field or garden, it may or may not be practical to give that to a poor person, to our ministry; again we could sell those animals, like we read in Deuteronomy, and then we would give that money to the poor or to a ministry or our own personal ministry to others. But now, if you have an animal you don’t like, oh I should say you have an animal you do like a lot and you don’t want to give it up, then you can take the value of that animal, add twenty percent to it, like we read in Leviticus 27, and you can redeem it. And essentially, what you’re going to do is, you’re just going to take the value of that animal, add another twenty percent to it and put that money as you would into tithe money, okay?

But you know, I want to reiterate, you know, what I’ve been saying, which is that we’re not only walking out precepts or walking out principles of the Torah. It’s not just the letter of the Law that we’re concerned about, it’s the Spirit or intent of the Law; and the intent is to make sure the needs of those who are spiritually and physically in need are getting their needs met.

And so, we don’t limit our giving and tithing just to animals and produce. The way Abraham and Jacob tithed to Melchizedek, it was a tithe of all, even the spoils of war, which they didn’t earn or didn’t labor for other than fight. So it’s like spoils they didn’t even plant or sow, and yet the coinage was included. And so, now the Levites didn’t own any land, and for that reason they had no way to plant crops for pasture animals. And so, Yahweh relied on the other tribes to do the planting and the animal husbandry for them, while they focused on ministry. And for that reason He told them to tithe of their produce and their animals.

So, now to help guard their consciences, that third year they saved some of the tithe of the produce at home, and they would offer them to the Levite and to the poor locally. And to guard their conscience He said here’s what I want you to say (Deuteronomy 26:12-13) – “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year– the year of tithing– and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,
¹³ “then you shall say before Yahweh your Mighty One: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. – So, this is like something He wanted you to verbalize, you know, He wants us to verbalize. And so it says –
¹⁴ ‘I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh my Mighty One, and have done according to all that You have commanded me.
¹⁵ ‘Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ –

So, applying this in our context, okay. We don’t have a central, you know, Jerusalem that we got to go to every year. But what we do see here is a very beautiful system. Where the Levites, this is the principles behind the spirit of the Law, the Levites could focus on ministry, the other locals would make sure they had what they needed, and the Levites in Jerusalem, most part distributing to the needs of each one, but Yahweh was creating an environment of giving and sharing. And you also give and share on a personal level, about thirty percent, thirty-three percent of your tithe money on a personal level. And so, I mean, being a Melchizedek priest is a little bit different, you can give a hundred percent.

But maybe what Yahweh is really telling us here is, knowing that we’re going to look at this as Melchizedek priests, is He wants you to minister too. And so maybe thirty percent of your tithe money should go to personal ministry, or thirty-three percent to personal ministry, okay? At a minimum, and you can give more if you want to, all right? So, see, Tom not trying to take your tithe money, all right.

So, Yahweh is creating an environment of giving and sharing. Levites giving sound teaching from the Scripture, ministering to the people, ministering in the tabernacle; the people in turn ministering and giving to them; and He’s creating an environment of giving when He says, you know, “When your sheaves drop on the ground don’t go back and pick them up,” and you know, “Don’t harvest the corners of your property,” and “Don’t go through the grapes a second time,” and “Don’t shake your olive tree a second.” So it’s like He is creating this environment of giving. And in my mind it’s just a beautiful system.

And we can walk out those same principles on a personal level. I mean, if John the Baptist is saying, “You need to repent of not giving your second garment to the one who has none, and not giving of your extra food to the one who has none,” and if you don’t repent, “The axe is layed at the root of the trees,” and you better, you better be giving. It’s not like one of these options, it’s a serious matter. Yahweh wants us to give, but give cheerfully; don’t give because you’re afraid of hell, give because you love people. Give because you care about people, and not just ten percent.

Because when you look at the environment Yahweh was creating in the Torah, there was a firstborn, okay, that’s above and beyond a ten percent; there’s the first fruit that’s above and beyond a ten percent, okay? And then there’s the same thing with the fruit of the trees, the same thing. And so, we know He says, “When your brother falls poor among you shall take him in your house.” And,”You’re not gonna worry about going over the grapes a second time,” and all these other things.

He wants us to be a giving people. And so, that’s what this message I’ve been sharing the last, it’s now the fourth segment, I’m trying to make sure we understand, and how we can apply these Torah principles in a different priesthood. I think, looking at principles, these are the things that we should practice.

So today we know Melchizedek priests can own land, okay? And so, but there is some among us who are in full-time ministry, just as Yahushua was and the Apostles were, and they had a money box. In our case a bank account perhaps or a money box. But just as Yahushua did, you know, for people to provide their needs, even as they’re getting sound teaching from Scripture. And so we’re called to minister. Everybody. Minister from your substance that you have, minister spiritually the food He’s given you, pass it on. You follow me? And so, it’s so important.

And then during the feast days, when we gather for the feast, you know, it says what do we give during the feast to not be empty-handed? Because in Deuteronomy chapter 16 it says –
¹⁶ “Three times a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh your Mighty One in the place which He chooses: – Which we know now, is wherever Yahweh puts His name. Well, the place where He puts His name is on our foreheads; and the place we gather in His name, He’s there among us. And so, we can gather during these feasts together and – at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; – That’s three times; that’s right now, we’re during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, coming up in fifty-one days will be the Feast of Weeks or Shavuoth; and then in the fall, what the world calls “October”, first week in “October”, first few days of “October”, I think third and beyond is gonna be Feast of Tabernacles. He said – and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty-handed. – Now
¹⁷ “Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your Mighty One which He has given you.” – All right.

Now some might say, “Well, that was the tithe,” or maybe it’s giving above and beyond a tithe as you’re able according to the blessing of Yahweh that He has given you, okay.

So, but there are a number of ways you can give, all right? You can help others get to the feast; if you want to travel and help them travel get to the feast. I’m not saying you have to go to where we go, but I do encourage you to gather and not try to keep it at home, because it’s just; let me tell you, it’s so different, that’s all I can tell you, okay? But every year we do have this “feast going fund” for helping people who otherwise would not be able to attend the festival. And so, that way the poor people can come and attend the feast, not just people who’ve got money, but everyone can come and attend the feast, receive the blessing of fellowship that comes from that.

And one year we had so many people getting help, I think maybe about twenty percent of those who were at the feast actually were there and getting financial assistance to come. And so, isn’t that what Yahushua said, you know, “When you have your feast, go into highways and byways and call the poor, the lame, the blind, whoever and bring them to your feast.” And they can’t repay you back. And then you have reward in heaven, right. And so, that’s the spirit of what we’re trying to do.

And it says in Deuteronomy 16:13 just a few verses before that, we read verse 15 right, or 16 and 17, but right before that says –
¹³ “You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your wine press.
¹⁴ “And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant – That means a slave. Male servant – and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, . . . – Bring them with you, the ones that, you know, bring them with you.

And so, what He’s saying is, “Help people get to the feast because they can’t afford to make the journey. They’re gonna need provisions, they might need a tent, they might need something to stay in, they’re gonna need things.” And so, He’s saying, “Give to them and help them come.”

And so, in that same spirit we have that “feast going fund” for that purpose. And maybe that could be your extra or, you know, however the Father leads you, I’m not telling you what to do, okay? But we’re not supposed to appear before Him empty-handed, we’re supposed to give. All right.

And I think not just give financially; I think we’re supposed to give in serving. And one of the things that we do for Feast of Tabernacles is we have, when you show up there, we have a crew of people there to serve you. Help you set your tent up, make sure you get your sleeping bags unrolled and on top of air mattresses or however your structure is, we’re there to serve you, we’re there to bless you, we’re there to build you up.

And so, when you come in the campground, and you’re getting all this served by the brothers, it creates an environment of serving. So that you’re not really empty-handed; even if you’re giving some of yourself to help others around you, you know, your neighbor has a problem with his tent and you walk over and you help them with his tent. Or he has a problem knowing how to parent his children, he’s having a hard time, and you have experience and you can help him. Or they’re having a problem with understanding a Scripture verse, and you’re able there to enlighten him. You’re there to give. And the neat thing is, when you’re in an environment where everyone’s giving and everyone is focused outwardly in giving to others, whenever you have a need you get served.

And so, unlike the world which is, “take what you can and compete to who gets the most, he who dies with the most toys wins,” he wins nothing. But that’s the mentality they have. And to the end of their life that got this big pile of money and they don’t even know where to spend it all, sometimes, and it’s a big deal, I mean.

But what if we are in an environment where everybody was serving. Look at the early apostles. Didn’t even have, they wouldn’t even consider the possessions they had their own. And so, if anybody had a need it was just met. And so, the idea is, that when you create an environment of serving, whenever you got a need you get served.

And so, everybody gets what they need, you see, that’s what it’s supposed to be all about. And that’s really the, you know, Yahweh set up the land going back to the original owners after fifty years. So there wouldn’t be this class warfare of the rich owning all the land and therefore all the money. And there wouldn’t be class warfare in Israel.

And so, that’s the whole idea; Yahweh wants to keep us all. And really the best spot to be in “. . . give me neither poverty nor riches; . . .” was a proverb (30:8) that says that. But, you know, if we’re poor because we’re giving, then actually we’re rich, right? So, anyway.

So those are some of the thoughts that I’ve had on these things, but we want to give. We want to have an environment and a heart that is bent toward giving.

So, what do we do with the firstborn animals and the firstfruits of the field? We do know, according to the Scriptures, Yahweh says (Exodus 13:2) – “Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.” – Now, this is not something that just came along when Yahweh gave the Torah, because again, Abel gave the firstborn of his flock, okay?

And so, Yahweh has always wanted the firstborn. But we see it done in a special way here in the Book of Exodus. It says (Exodus 22:29:30) –
²⁹ “You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. – Okay, and so you can take the grapes or whatever you’re doing, apple juices or whatever, and you just give Him the first, you know, batch or, you know, first part of it, okay? And – The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
³⁰ “Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. – So it belongs to Yahweh. Doesn’t mean you take it away from its mother, necessarily; in their case they had to wait until the feast days would come. But you recognize that as an animal that is set apart and given to Yahweh.

So we want to be people that recognize that when we give something to Yahweh, it’s because He actually already owns it, okay? And He’s the one that owns the firstborn. And it doesn’t matter whether that firstborn is clean or unclean. Yes, that’s what I said. That’s actually what Scripture says, “Whether it’s a clean animal or an unclean animal, doesn’t matter,” Yahweh gets the firstborn. (Exodus 22:29) –
²⁹ “You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. – So the sons also belong to Elohim, which we’re going to get to that here. So recognize all the firstborn that belongs to Yahweh.

Exodus 13 verse 11-13 – “And it shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,
¹² “that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be Yahweh’s.
¹³ “But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. – So whether it’s a clean animal or an unclean animal like a donkey is an unclean animal, we’re required to give Yahweh the firstborn males.

Now, we have no temple to bring firstborn sheep or whatever to be sacrificed to Yahweh. But we can give it to the poor, we can sell the animal and give it to the poor or for ministry. Actually, someone once donated firstborn male steers into Bread of Life Ministry that we have for the poor. And I think that’s appropriate and that’s good. Now in the case of a donkey we can offer a lamb in its place; redeem it back with a lamb because you can’t sacrifice a donkey, okay. So in the case of unclean animals it appears that you can replace it with a clean animal in its place.

Now in the case of firstborn sons, according to the Book of Numbers chapter 18 verse 15 it says –
¹⁵ “Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to Yahweh, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. – And so, the equivalent value, it says, you shall redeem. –
¹⁶ “And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary which is twenty gerahs. – Talking about your sons, okay? –
¹⁷ “But the firstborn of a cow, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to Yahweh.” –

Now you can’t do that, okay, you can’t bring it to Jerusalem. So in that case we would have to redeem or give that particular animal and the meat thereof to someone who is in ministry or to the poor, okay?

And so, now what be the equivalent value of five shekels? And that’s a tough one. Five shekels of silver today, you’re looking at about $60, okay. Now you can actually go online to eBay, and Israel has actually created these coins that are the equivalent of five shekels in weight 117 grams worth of silver. And you can buy these coins actually on eBay for about a hundred bucks, okay. So if you want to do it that way, you can.

But you know, I was trying to figure out what would be the equivalent value today of what would be required for five shekels of silver. It’s quite a price, okay. Because when you look at a value of a slave which, you know, the value of a slave was thirty shekels, and that would be for six years of work; and you set him free the seventh year, okay? But look what Yahweh said about the value of a slave, it says (Deuteronomy 15:18) – “It shall not seem hard to you when you sent him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years.” – All right.

So he’s worth sixty shekels worth of hired wages, all right? So that would be sixty shekels, right? So you’re looking at about ten shekels of silver per year, would be the yearly wage for an average hired servant in Israel, all right? Ten shekels. So, five shekels would actually be half a year’s worth of wages that they had to give for their firstborn sons. That is quite a hefty price, okay.

And so, looking today, will it be the minimum wage, I mean, in your community it may be different than my community; it’s different wherever you go I guess, different states now. But you had to give five shekels, you know, for your firstborn sons would be quite a price. And I’ll leave that to your own conscience and understanding of what to do with that. But I’m thinking that if I had a firstborn son open the womb, that particular firstborn son would be, I have to take and redeem it back because the firstborn sons belong to Yahweh, right?

And so, if you got a firstborn son, you’re gonna have to save some money and put that in your tithe, you need to give it to the poor or to do your own personal ministry with, or whatever, or give it to a ministry, whatever. But that son isn’t even yours until you have redeemed that firstborn male that opens the womb, okay? So interesting stuff here about the firstborn. All right.

Now what about the fruit trees? What do we do about those? According to the Scriptures it says (Leviticus 19:23-25) – ‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten.
²⁴ ‘But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to Yahweh.
²⁵ ‘And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am Yahweh your Mighty One.’ –

Now there is some people who would say, “Well, that’s when you’re going to the land of Israel, it’s not like for everybody today and when you come into the land.” And so, they think they don’t have to follow that particular Scripture because it says, “When you come into the land.” Well, it also says Deuteronomy 18:9 – “When you come into the land which Yahweh your Mighty One is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. – Does that mean, since we’re not coming into a land, we’re free to follow the abominations of other nations? Obviously not, okay?

And so, by the same token, we’re not free to eat from a fruit tree until the fifth year. Now, there’s also some controversy as to whether you’re talking fifth year since you put the seed into the dirt, or fifth year that it began to bear fruit. Well, what I see here in the Scripture is the fifth year it bears fruit, because the first year that fruit is uncircumcised, okay? Well, if there’s no fruit coming off the tree in its first year it’s just a sapling, there’s no fruit to count as uncircumcised.

And so, years ago we planted an apple tree, and we had to wait until the first year it began to bore apples. And then the fifth year it bore apples as when we were allowed to actually eat from the apple tree, okay. And so, that’s how I would understand it. And so, based on what’s written here. Because otherwise there’s no fruit that you can say, “Well, that fruit was uncircumcised that year, well there was no fruit coming off the tree, it was too small, and so there wasn’t any fruit,” okay?

So, once it bears fruit then you’re going to have to tithe of that particular tree; Leviticus 19:23 – ‘When you come into the land and have planted all kind of trees for food – Oh sorry – ‘And all the tithe of the land, – Leviticus 27 verse 30 – whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.’ – Okay.

So the fourth year you’re going to take all the apples from the tree, you’re going to sell those apples or give them to the poor, and you’re going to take the money from what you sold and give it to a poor fund or to ministry use; and then the fifth year you can eat of it, all right? But then after that again, every tenth apple, all right, you’re gonna set it aside and again that’s going to be for the poor or for ministry.

And so, I realize this is different than the way most people are used to living their lives. In fact, most people that I’ve noticed, they even say, “Well, you only tithe of your produce,” they don’t tithe of their produce. They got the garden out there in the backyard and they eat all the fruit of the garden, they don’t even think about it.

So, I don’t know too many people who are actually paying close attention to the fact that that fourth year, those fruits is holy to Yahweh. And then every ten apples you got to give every tenth apple you’re going to give to Yahweh.

And so, the firstfruits, the firstborn, the tithe belonged to Him. And so, for you to take it and for you to eat of it, is to rob Yahweh, really. It says (Malachi 3:8) – “Will a man rob Elohim? . . . – Right? It’s His, and we got the tree, and if you’re raising puppies, you’re trying to make money with puppies or cats or horses, whatever, the firstborn male horse or whatever you got, donkeys, belong to Yahweh. It’s His, it’s not yours. Firstborn sheep or goats they’re His, and the same is true of every tenth.

So, it’s high time that we get back to the precepts and the principles of the Torah. It’s high time that we lift our standards of giving to the standards that He has. If we’ve been not been doing this, then we need to repent we need to confess this as sin, in the same way if you stole from somebody. Only now you’re stealing from the Most High. You need to confess your sin to Him. And He will forgive you, but you have to repent.

So to review, all four segments in a nutshell here.

First of all ”Giving is Loving” and “Loving is Giving”. If we’re not Giving we’re not Loving.

Yes, there are freeloaders, yes, there are wealthy evangelists taking advantage of people, but that does not give us an excuse to not give to the poor and to not give to ministry. Give responsibly, okay?

We need to value human souls more than our own possessions. As I said, you decide you wanna buy a nice shiny new car, when that money could go to saving souls, which one is more important to you? The human soul? Or that you get a cushy little car drive around in, proud as a peacock. What’s more important?

Yahweh’s standard of giving is this: if you have even one extra garment or extra food, give it to the one who has none. That’s His standard. It’s not ten percent my brothers and sisters, it’s not. It’s far more than that. Ten percent is just a minimum. And even ten percent is not the minimum because you got the firstborn, you got the firstfruits, you’ve got all these things, okay?

Because failing to give is failing to love: it is salvational. How can the love of Elohim abide in you, James, John; they want another question: where’s your love? It is salvational. Look at what He wrote in Isaiah 58, “O, you act like people that love Me but you’re not giving to the poor,” it’s not good enough, right?

Our life mission is Yahushua’s life mission—to serve and give, not to consume and enjoy. If your life mission is consume/enjoy, you’re no different than the world. If your life mission is to serve and to give, then you have Yahushua Messiah abiding in you. And now He is able to do what He wanted to do yesterday, and what He did yesterday was He gave and He served. And what He wants to do today through you is to give and to serve. And what He wants to do in the future is to give and to serve, because giving and serving are loving, right? And so He’s here to love you. And you’re here to love others.

So give and lend to those who ask hoping not to receive anything back from them. How’s that for a change in perspective?

We might be lukewarm when we actually think we’re hot because we live in a Laodicean kind of culture where we’re rich, we’re filthy rich, all of us are. Well, some of us are poor, yes.

In the Torah Yahweh established a culture of giving. Are you in that culture?

When Yahushua is coming we better be givers. He says, “Blessed are those who are so doing when the master comes.” Doing what? Giving food, spiritual food, physical food to those in need.

Anyone can fall poor, humble yourself brothers, it’s really easy. All it takes one accident, some major health issue, you can’t work no more, guess what, you’re poor. It’s the hand of Yahweh that gave the blessing, not your own hands. For lots of people working harder than you are, and are smarter than you are. But because they’re not able to work, or their different circumstance, a different culture they live in, different world they live in, they can’t be as wealthy as you are. Be humble.

Yahweh does not want us to give to freeloaders, but you better be correct in your judgment and not judge them without evidence.

If we are wealthy we need to have Job’s attitude in Job 31: which was, he sought out the cause he didn’t know, he pursued how his wealth could be used for ministry. He didn’t even rejoice in his wealth.

There are poor and needy people in the USA, yep, spiritually and physically. Especially spiritually.

All ministry is for the poor, spiritual and physical.

We must tithe, both of money and our animals and produce. If you try to make the excuse “I don’t have to give to the spiritual poor and the physical poor, because I’m not a farmer, “ then you’ve missed the entire message and you don’t understand what Yahushua’s will is for you. And you’re only walking out the letter of the Law and not the spirit of it.

Teaching ministries and assemblies are legitimate receivers of tithes and offerings.

Those who receive the teachings have a responsibility to minister to the teachers of physical things, even as they have received spiritual things, as the Scripture says we should do.

Teachers should never charge money for teachings. Period. It’s akin to bribing judges, you don’t charge money for teaching.

Tithing to Levites is not necessary unless the Levite is functioning in ministry.

We can tithe to ourselves if we use the resources for ministering to someone on a personal level.

Receivers of Melchezidek tithe do not have to tithe from what is received.

There is only one tithe, not two or three or more.

We should give extra offerings during the feasts.

We must give our firstborn animals, firstfruits of our garden, every tenth animal, vegetable or fruit and we don’t eat the fruit tree that we planted until the fifth-year it’s born fruit.

And that was summarize our teaching for giving and tithing.

We’re talking about radical giving. We’re talking about, what excites me is not that, “O, all this funding could come into helping,“ it’s to see people getting their needs met. That’s what excites me.

I love to watch the light turn on, I love this time we’re living in right now, this whole coronavirus thing is causing people to realize or step back and look at what’s really happening in our world. And yeah, judgment is coming, and judgment is coming.

And so, we especially at this hour, we need to be doing what we can to serve. And yeah I know that some of you are hurting financially right now. And I want to serve you if I have the resources.

And so, for those of us who have resources, you want to see that go to people that need it, I want to be one to help. And that’s what this is for. I’m here to serve and hopefully others are there to serve also. But we’re all here to serve. And so, during this hour, during this time that we’re living in, in these end days, we just need to be about our Father’s business.

May Yahweh help us.

Heavenly Father Yahweh thank You for Your love toward us. Thank You for how You give to us every single day. There isn’t anything that we possess that You haven’t given. Every good thing, the food we eat, the air we breathe, the bodies You have given us, everything, every good thing comes from Your hand as You open up Your hand and give.

Father we know we were created in Your image. Being created in Your image, we are created to give and to serve and to receive where we have needs. Father convict the hearts of everyone within the sound of my voice. Help us all Father to focus on the spiritual things. To give You what belongs to You. To provide to the poor spiritually and physically. To walk out repentance Father, to forsake self-centeredness, to forsake the so called “American Dream” what’s ultimately in the age to come will become everybody’s nightmare. Help us to have Job’s attitude toward the things that we have, realizing they belong to You and You’ve given to us to be a steward to provide, and to bless, and to build up.

And Father, help us to be humble and know that one day we might be in need and we might be the one on the receiving end. We want Yahushua’s life mission to be our mission, to serve and to give; not consume and enjoy. We want to never fail in love. We want to value the soul of humans You created, the people You’ve created, to be more important to us than our own possessions.

O Father, open all of our eyes to see these things, to confess any areas that we’ve failed as sin before You, and turn away from the way of the world, and turn toward the way of Yahushua ha-Mashiach.

For we know, we are sure, Yours truly is the kingdom and power and glory and majesty, and all praise and honor and worship belongs to You, Yahweh Eloheinu, Yahweh our Mighty One, for ever and ever, in Yahushua’s great name we pray. Amein.