Tithing part I

I have seen many people agonize over this. If this is a Biblical, God-ordained procedure, why then does it put people in bondage and cause so much confusion? why?  Why is there such a struggle to pay tithes.. Some say it was only for the High Priest. We not suppose to pay but only to the poor. We suppose to be following the Ten Commandments or Torah Laws. Where did we stir wrong? The Hebrew word for tithe, masser, simply mean, "a tenth part." Genesis 14.20-24 Note that none of these goods were Abrams; they were all spoils of war as far as he was concerned.
That's all there was to it. Nothing else. As far as the tithe is concerned, that's all that happened. There is nothing prior to this encounter that gives us any information as to Yahweh ever having commanded Abram to give Him (or anybody else) a tithe of his possessions. The tithe, Abram gave in this instance was merely a custom among nations of the ancient Middle East. Clearly, there was no command from Yahweh.

So how would the tithe apply today; what would it be used for? For one thing, it can't be given to the priests who minister in the Temple as the Temple has not yet been rebuilt. Since the Temple is not standing in Jerusalem at this time, then the tithes would not be used in the celebration of Yahweh's feasts as He designated to be celebrated at the Temple in Jerusalem three times a year (Exodus 23.14-17). That leaves the alien, the orphan, and the widow. Aside from being a different tithe, this is speaking of those who actually live in the land of Israel. We can see this because it addresses the aliens, who would be sojourners in the land. It is also a communal act to be done within each town (Deuteronomy 14.28-29).
So is the tithe no longer applicable? (Remember, we're talking about the tithe here, not giving in general.)http://truworshippersschool.com/wordpress/?page_id=305#comment-3

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 we all use the scripture Malachi 3:8-12 but again......  Yahweh is speaking of bringing the tithe to the Temple in Jerusalem, not to some local building in a far away city. You can't spiritualize these passages to mean something other than what they actually do mean. They must be taken in context.
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