27/12/2025
Why TITHE?
Some argument assumes that tithing came from Moses, and therefore vanished with Moses. But the problem is this. Tithing did NOT begin with Moses.
It existed hundreds of years before the Law, in a covenant that predates Israel, predates Sinai, and predates Moses.
Before there was a tabernacle or Levites or rituals…
- Abraham tithed to Melchizedek
Genesis 14:18–20
- Jacob vowed a tithe to God
Genesis 28:20–22
Both of these happened 430 years before the Law.
Meaning this
Tithing is not a “Mosaic command.”
It is a covenant principle of honour and worship.
And this is exactly why Hebrews 7 brings Melchizedek and Abraham into the New Covenant conversation.
Why? Because Jesus is a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, not after the order of Levi.
(Hebrews 7:1–8)
And this is the part anti-tithers conveniently skip
In the New Covenant, the priesthood changed
and when the priesthood changed
“there is of necessity a change also of the law.”
(Hebrews 7:12)
The tithe under Moses supported Levites.
The tithe before Moses honoured Melchizedek.
The tithe under Christ honours our Melchizedek-Priest King.
So when we tithe, we are not following Moses.
We are following Abraham.
Jesus never said tithing would end.
Instead He said
“These ought ye to have done.”
(Matthew 23:23)
And no, that is not a Mosaic affirmation.
That is Jesus confirming a timeless principle that didn’t start with Moses and doesn’t end with Moses.
Acts 15 released Gentiles from the Mosaic law, not from the Abrahamic pattern.
Grace giving does not cancel tithing.
Grace giving empowers tithing.
We don’t tithe to be saved.
We tithe because we’re saved.
We tithe out of honour, not obligation.
Out of revelation, not intimidation.
Out of gratitude, not legalism.
Under grace we give cheerfully
but cheerful giving includes both discipline and devotion.
And the tithe has always been the foundation, not the finish line.
So the argument collapses here
If tithing is only Mosaic, reject it.
If tithing is Abrahamic and Melchizedekian, embrace it because that is the covenant Jesus brought you into.
That is why New Covenant believers can tithe with joy without resurrecting the law
and without contradicting grace.
