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Posted October 22, 2008
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Title: Are Tithe Ministers Daughters of the Whore of Babylon?
This Newsletter Commentary #14 was written October 22, 2008 by Edward McKinney.
Dear Prophecy Student:
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GOD VERSUS TITHE MINISTERS
Dear Beginner in Christian Life:
I have written some principles that new Christians might consider in their search for truth. My hope is that you will not be turned against Christ because of abuses by religious predators.
I would recommend that you be careful about people that sell prophecy books because their information is usually plagiarized from other people. If people steal information from others, they are predators. They are only pretending to be Christian in order to make money off you.
It is common for people that sell prophecy books to use search engine words that have proven to be popular for other sites. So, you might go to their websites because of their popular search words. But, you will find that they really do not have original research material to offer.
Here is an article that will help you to recognize fakes that sell ideas that they stole from other people:
http://www.twoprophets.org/Newsletter2008-05-10_1a-FalseProphets.htm
One major principle is that nobody understands end-time prophecy except the Two Prophets of Revelation 11. Everybody else is guessing about prophecy. If people say that God gave prophetic understanding to them, they lie because God only gives prophetic understanding to His prophets.
And the only end-time prophets are the Two Prophets of Revelation 11.
I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth. (Revelation 11:3)
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets (Amos 3:7)
Some people claim to be Elijah in order to convince people that they understand prophecy. They then tell people to buy a book of "inspired" origin. But, Elijah was a social reformer. He was not like Daniel and John, who prophesied of the end-time. Elijah personally killed over a hundred government officials. You might ask pretenders how many government officials they killed in the name of the Lord. If they have indeed murdered people, they need to be in prison. So do not believe "prophecies" of people that claim to be Elijah. They are simply trying to legitimize the theft of your money.
If you want truth, you need to get it from the Two Prophets and nobody else. This will require that you look for them. If God wants you to find them, then you will find them so that you can get their books and literature.
There are people that sell books with interesting information. Their books are entertaining and speculative. If the authors are honest, they will tell you that they are guessing about prophecy. God has not revealed truth through them and they should not claim that He did. If they make this claim, they are not to be trusted.
Why do ministers claim to be prophets or to understand prophecy? They want to build a case that they are better than you are and closer to God than you are. They seek to validate their special standing by "proving" to you that they have insider information from God. So, they claim to understand prophecy or to be prophets. They usually use information that they plagiarized from other self-proclaimed "prophets." After they convince naive Christians that they are closer to God that anybody else, they are emboldened to demand tithes. They use the classic "Assumptive Close." This is to make you assume that when you give money to them, you are giving money to God. This is Satan’s classic strategy. Satan’s ministers have used this very effectively in Protestant America.
Another principle is that the people that want to get tithes and offerings from you know that they are defying God and Scripture. These people are not ministers of God. They are predators that think they can make a good living in the religious industry. Some of them do not even believe in God. They often give away booklets that are designed to convince you to "tithe" to them. These are called "hooks" in the advertising industry. These books are very tricky because they have twisted interpretations of Scripture that new Christians can be conned by. For example, these booklets try to convince you that you must demonstrate faith in God by giving your money to the religious leader that wrote the booklet.
Jesus set an example about this very thing so that you would reject faith-tithe scams. Do you recall that Satan told Jesus that He had to demonstrate His faith by stepping off the edge of the Temple tower?
"If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, ‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU’ (Matthew 4:6)
Jesus corrected Satan for using twisted logic from misinterpreted Scripture. Jesus knew Scripture well, but new Christians do not know enough to defend themselves against tricky ministers with faith scams.
Jesus set an example for us about the demonstration of our faith. We do not have to prove our love of God and obedience to God by demonstrating our faith to ministers. Satan’s ministers will tell you that you have to "step out in faith" by faith tithing to them. Do not let them steal your money with the infamous faith-tithing scam.
Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’" (Matthew 4:7)
What’s more, there is no such thing as a religious "leader" because every Christian is equal to another. We are all children of the King. Nobody can force us to pay him or her anything. So, nobody has authority to charge tithes of other Christians. Jesus forbade His followers to give money to religious leaders that demanded money.
Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll tax, from their sons or from strangers?" When Peter said, "From strangers," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are exempt." (Matthew 17:26-26)
You are exempt from tithes. But, you can voluntarily donate money to charity as long as you do not give too much. You always have to take care of your family before you help others. If you send money to a religious leader while your children go without milk, you have sinned against God. God takes the side of children and the needy. He does not take the side of well-to-do religious leaders that take food from the mouths of babies.
...if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Timothy 5:8)
Jesus does not want self-proclaimed "prophets" to take tithes from Christians. Jesus destroyed the
Temple. This officially ended sacrifices and oblations (financial obligations to religious leaders). If we send tithes to self-proclaimed "leaders," we are rejecting the freedom that Jesus died to give to us.
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease (Daniel 9:27)
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)
POINTS ABOUT COERCED OBLATIONS LIKE TITHES & OFFERINGS
1. Jesus did away with the Temple, the Levitical system and financial obligations. God destroyed the evil Levitical Priesthood in 70 AD when He destroyed the Temple and forbade the reinstitution of the Levitical Priesthood. God has not wanted that system to be resurrected because it proved to be inherently corrupt. Corrupt priests were stealing everything they could from believers. God replaced that financial system with voluntary support of religious organizations. Greedy religious predators have defied God by resurrecting perverted versions of the evil Levitical system.
2. Tithing was ONLY for farm produce. I personally checked every single use of the word "tithe" in the KJV Bible. I saw that it is ONLY used in terms of farm produce. It was NEVER used with regard to money. The use of farm produce was God’s way to feed everybody in society, especially the needy. Protestant and Church of God ministers knowingly perverted the definition of tithes in order to trick YOU into giving a tenth of your money to them. Here is an example of the use of the word tithe:
All Judah then brought the tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses. (Nehemiah 13:12)
3. Jesus told ministers to preach without money. The Apostles DID NOT live off tithes. They worked for their income.
He [Jesus] told them, "Don't take anything along on your trip-no walking stick, traveling bag, bread, money, or even an extra shirt. (Luke 9:3)
he [Paul] stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. (Acts 18:3,4)
4. The Whore of Babylon recreated the evil Levitical system and tithing. There were no longer animal/bood sacrifices after Jesus' sacrifice. But, the Whore of Babylon demanded daily sacrifices in the form of money. The Whore wants the LIFEBLOOD (income) of Christians.
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away [from the Whore of Babylon], and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (Daniel 12:11)
The Whore of Babylon is a Christian Church that observes Passover/Easter with a golden Communion Cup. She lives lavishly on the money (lifeblood) she stole from Christians by forcing them to tithe to her.
And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints (Revelation 17:4,6)
Construction companies that have built mansions for tithe ministers have grown rich.
the merchants of the earth have grown rich through her excessive luxury (Revelation 18:7)
5. Daughters of the Whore of Babylon have used the tithing system that their whoring mother used. Daughters of the Whore of Babylon include Protestant Churches and Churches of God that demand financial oblations like tithing.
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5)
6. The Book of Malachi condemns leaders for stealing money that should be given to the needy. In Old Testament terminology, your leaders are stealing tithes. In New Testament terminology, leaders are stealing tax money. Tax money that should have been given to the needy is God’s money for His charity storehouses.
And now this commandment is for you, O priests. If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you (Malachi 2:1)
Religious leaders live luxuriously off the faith tithe of needy families that should be buying milk for their babies.
Government "representatives" are re-appropriating tax money that was originally intended for social programs (God‘s storehouse). They redirect this money to Pork Barrel projects that will result in campaign contributions from business leaders. When Presidents, Senators and Representatives do this, they are stealing from the WHOLE NATION because taxpayers in the whole nation had paid taxes for the very purpose of helping the needy.
Ye [goverment and religious leaders] are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even [and] this whole nation.
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts," (Malachi 3:9,10)
7. If you send your baby's milk money to a well-to-do religious leader, you will provoke God to excommunicate you from the Church of God. God’s Church has nothing to do with manmade Churches. God’s Church is made up of members whose names are written in the Book of Life. Manmade Churches cannot write in this book because the Book is with God in Heaven. At one point in history, Churches excommunicated all other other Churches. Does that make you excommunicated? NO! A minister can neither add to nor delete from a Book that is in Heaven. ONLY God can do that. And, we can all be thankful for that because tithe ministers would otherwise demand every penny of our income. Think about it! Would God allow a millionaire tithe minister to ERASE YOUR NAME FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE because he did not get the money for your baby's milk? OF COURSE NOT!
8. Tithe ministers tax believers that worship God in their buildings. They will "excommunicate" people that do not pay up. Some religious organizations demand that you present your tax forms to prove that you "tithed" all that you were supposed to. This is the opposite of the example set by Jesus and the Apostles.
9. ONLY a minister of Satan will demand that you give your baby’s milk money to him. If a tithe minister demands that you tithe in faith as a test, he is doing exactly what his father Satan did on the pinnacle of the Temple. And, you know exactly how to rebuke a tithe minister because Jesus gave the exact words when He rebuked Satan.
10. If you want to voluntarily support a good cause, that is your business. The whole point is that Jesus gave freedom to you. As a result, you give only on a voluntarily basis and according to your ability after you FIRST examine your family budget and take care of your family needs and wants. Incidentally, this is the way people figured tithes in the Old Testament. Farmers NEVER tithed in faith!
11. Jesus condemned religious leaders that laid impossible financial burdens on believers. This pertains to the Levitical system of old and the perverted versions resurrected by tithe ministers in our time. I paraphrazed the following Scripture in order to make the words of Jesus extremely clear and relevant.
THEN Jesus spoke...Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees...according to their works do ye not...
For they create insupportable tithe policies, and lay them on men's shoulders...
Woe to scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: They cause widows to be homeless...
They go to great effort to make a new follower; and when he is made, they make his life a living hell like the Hell they are going to...
They say that people owe money to God...
They watch carefully to make sure that they get every penny from a tither but they are blind to the unbearable misery that they cause him...
They are the sons of priests that killed the prophets...
They are serpents in a generation of vipers. They will not escape Armageddon and Hell!
(Paraphrased) Matthew 23:1-33
Jesus is the OPPOSITE of a tithe minister. Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11:28
12. If you belong to a Church that recreated the evil Levitical tithing system and demands oblations from the needy, you might consider if it is a daughter of the Whore of Babylon. You could either change Church policy or get out of the Church because God will destroy the Whore of Babylon and her daughters at His return.
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues" (Revelation 18:4)
Get out of the evil Levitical system that Jesus hated and destroyed in 70 AD. Get into a REAL Church that does not demand tithes and offerings. Do not be poor and miserable. Get into a Church that liberates you! Do not pay 10-30% of your income to a religious predator - just so he will tell you that you are going to Heaven. You cannot buy your way into Heaven. Tithe ministers cannot get you into Heaven.
Get out of Babylon- Join the Two Witnesses! Help to FREE Christians that are destitute because of tithe ministers!
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