F4F | Gloria Copeland Says Your Tithes Rebuke the Devourer

Tithing Under the Mosaic Covenant

Welcome to another installment of fighting for the faith here on YouTube. I am Chris Rosebro. You're serving in Jesus Christ. Now if you've ever been told that you need to tithe otherwise God's gonna send the devourer and the devourer is gonna destroy your dishwasher and then the devourer is gonna destroy your car and.

Then the destroyer is gonna destroy the paint job on your house and and everything's gonna break down cuz you're not tithing. Yeah, go ahead and hit the subscribe button don't forget to like the video and ring the bell.

You've been taught something that is so far wrong. It's not even funny case in point we're heading over to Kenneth Copeland's the voice victory and we're gonna be listening to his wife Gloria and And their buddy.

Oh, I forget this fellow's name. He's like the son-in-law of Kenneth Copeland and they're talking about Tithing and they're gonna pull out that that that well-worn passage from Miloci the Italian prophet.

It's actually Malachi and we're gonna be in Malachi 3 and we're gonna point out how. This really doesn't apply to Christians who are in the new Covenant now a little bit of prep work here years ago. Perry noble one way.

Favorite guys that we review here. Perry noble, you know before he fell in into a moral failing. Regarding alcoholism and by the way, he's restored himself to ministry just to let you know that but two years ago.

He said now there are people who say that there the tithing is nowhere found in the New Testament. But I he notes the fact that Jesus said to the Pharisees that they tithe and that that's a good thing.

Yeah until Christ inaugurated the new covenant. It's not that she's not that tithing isn't found in the New Testament in some kind of passing way it is but we're talking about the difference between the Mosaic Covenant as opposed to the New Covenant.

Christians are not under the Mosaic Covenant and The commands to tithe in the Mosaic Covenant well, it's akin to. Well the commands to obey the law and what I mean by that is pay your taxes. So you see the tithe was a tax.

In the theocracy of Israel and so it being a tax, you know, if you didn't pay your taxes there were Consequences and in a theocracy where God's at the top. He's the commander-in-chief of your kingdom.

God can execute things quite justly for those who are even engaging in tax evasion. And so as Christians we are told to you know, pay our taxes it we must pay our taxes. This is an absolute command and it's found in the New Covenant.

It's part of the fine print of the New Covenant. You can find it like Romans chapter 13. That being the case the command to tithe is not found as part of the New Covenant set of commands now God makes it very clear in In 1st and 2nd Corinthians that his desire is that those who preach the gospel make their living from the gospel.

So we are to give then not under compulsion. But we give as the Lord leads us as we are able to give if you would. And if it's 2 great if it's 5 that's fantastic if it's 10 That's between you and God if it's greater than that again, that's between you and God.

The idea then is is that you want to make sure that your pastor is Making his living from preaching the gospel. That's the idea. Don't make it so that your pastor is as poor as a church mouse and his children can't buy anything even at Walmart that they Have to go to like, you know.

You know a second-hand third-hand store in order to be you know be clothed. That's that's not a good thing. But all of that being said the Copelands are How shall we say this? Prosperity preachers and they are money grubbers extraordinaire and Kenneth Copeland is his own two-runway private Airport, you know for his multiple airplanes that he owns.

They're quite impressive fleet that he's got there. But anyway, let's check in with this the the devourer is rebuked for tithers. Teaching from the voice of victory out there on YouTube. Here we go. I.

Remember many years ago, I was I had the opportunity to be around oral Roberts and I would actually. For 14 times I met him at the airport to help him get from one gate to another. Anyway, he said pastors are afraid to repeat their messages.

He said people don't get it right away. They have to have it spoken to them again and again. So that's what we're doing with the tithe and the foundation scripture for this is Malachi 3 and Let me read to you what we talked about.

Yes now before he does that.

Okay, it's very important that when you read a passage of Scripture that you pay attention to who the you is because sometimes God is talking to a you and. Sometimes it's a y 'all. Yeah in English. We don't really have a good Second person plural.

But sometimes the y 'all it's a y 'all in the Hebrew or in the Greek. It's a y 'all. It's a it's not a it's you singular it's a you plural and and so so oftentimes when you study a biblical text, let's take a look at Malachi we'll take a look starting at chapter 1 what pay attention to who this is written to because it's kind of important the Oracle of the Word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi now in this particular case that's gonna be important.

So Malachi is an Old Covenant Mosaic Covenant Prophet this is an oracle given to him by Yahweh and it's specifically to Israel. During the time that Israel is under the headship as a nation Directly of God they are a theocracy and they are in covenant with God and the covenant is the Mosaic Covenant.

Now the Mosaic Covenant hate to say it is kaput. It's it's no longer there and. And so actually I shouldn't hate to say that it's actually a good thing because Nobody was perfected by the Mosaic Covenant.

The Mosaic Covenant was a guardian if you would until Christ appeared and then Christ Establishes the New Covenant on the night that he's betrayed in the New Covenant the blood of this of the New Covenant is his own blood shed for us and.

And just by way of a little bit of a note here then Hebrews 10 I'll take a look at one through a few verses here. So you can kind of see how the New Testament talks about the old. For since the law and in this particular case ha nama see you can say the Torah.

That's because it's this is a very specific thing being referred to for since the Torah has but a shadow of the good things to Come instead of the true form of these realities. It can never by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year make perfect those who draw near otherwise would they.

Would they not have ceased to be offered since the worshipers having once been cleansed would no longer have any consciousness of sins but in these Sacrifices there was a reminder of sins every year for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Consequently when Christ came into the world sacrifices, he said sacrifices and offerings you have not desired. But a body you have prepared for me in burnt offerings and sin offerings. You have taken no pleasure.

Then I said behold I have come to do your will. Oh God as it is written to me of the scroll in the book. Jumbled a couple words there, but you get the point. So when he had when he said above you have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin.

Offerings these are offered according to the law or the Torah. Then he added behold I have come to do your will and so he does away with the first in order to establish the second so Here we have in Hebrews 10 verse 9 a clear text that says that the Mosaic Covenant Has been done away with.

Nobody is under the Mosaic Covenant. It's not a thing anymore. And so the Mosaic Covenant and it was only the nation of Israel at the time, you know at the time. You know that was under the Mosaic Covenant.

This was not a covenant that God made with the earth. This was a covenant that he made specifically with the Hebrews with the the people of Israel. And so that's an important piece of all of this as we look at Malachi chapter 3 and then we'll note them because Malachi Chapter 1 verse 1 says this is the word of Yahweh to Israel.

Many of the plurals in fact, all of the plurals were God is speaking to Israel. They are second-person plural y 'all and so that's gonna come into play here. But I just wanted to set the table because if you pay attention to your covenants and who things are written to in Scripture Oftentimes you can then you know detect a false teaching.

Just by having those little details in mind because you'll see how certain commands then are misappropriated for New Covenant Christians when they don't apply to us because they are specific to The Mosaic Covenant.

Malachi’s Rebuke of Israel’s Unfaithfulness

All right coming back then to The the voice of victory let's Check back in and we continue.

Yesterday in verse 10 bringing all the tithes into the storehouse That there may be meat in my house and prove me now herewith sayeth the Lord of hosts if I'll not open you the windows Of heaven pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it now.

Verses 11 and 12. I will and it's there at the top of your page I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground. Neither shall your vine Cast her fruit before the time in the field sayeth the Lord of hosts and all nations shall call you blessed for you shall.

And all nations shall call you blessed. You see that's like a dead giveaway that we're talking about Israel here. We're not talking about you or me. Singular. This is a text about Israel under the Mosaic Covenant.

Shall be a delights and land sayeth the Lord of hosts.

Who said that that's God said that the Lord said that to you I Will rebuke the devourer for your sake for you. No.

He said that to Israel. Let's take a look at chapter 3 in particular by the way a great prophecy. Regarding, you know the John the Baptist in chapter 3 so in the middle of Malachi, you know This Oracle where God is letting Israel have it for their unfaithfulness for their disobedience to the commands of the Mosaic Covenant.

Here you get this wonderful prophecy right in the middle of it regarding John the Baptist. Malachi 3 1 behold. I send my messenger. He will prepare the way before me and The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight behold He is coming says the Lord of hosts.

But who can endure the day of his coming and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiners fire and like a fuller's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purify the and purifier of silver and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them.

Like gold and silver and they will bring offerings in righteousness to Yahweh. Mm-hmm. Yeah, so you get this wonderful prophecy regarding John the Baptist right there. Let's take a look at Malachi 3 6 again.

We're just doing a little context work here before we get to 3 11 for I Yahweh do not change. Therefore you Oh children of Jacob are not consumed from the days of your fathers. You have turned aside from my statutes and you have not kept them.

Yes, so you'll note here in the immediate context before verse 11 you you clearly see that the Lord is speaking to the children of Jacob who's Israel and that they've turned away from God's statutes. So he says return to me and I will return to you says the Lord of hosts.

But you say how shall we return now if when you read the entire prophecy of Malachi? You'll see that this is a formula that's used several different times throughout the prophecy. So one of the commands is that they have robbed God by not paying the tithe.

In other words, they are tax evaders because the tithe was a tax specific to The upkeep of the temple and you know the paying of the Levites and things like that. So it says return to me and I'll return to you.

So but you say how shall we return? We'll will man robbed God yet. You are robbing me, but you say well. How have we robbed you in tithes and contributions? You are cursed with a curse for you are robbing me the whole nation of you.

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house thereby thereby put me to the test as Yahweh of Hosts if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need I will rebuke the devourer for you.

So that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear says Yahweh of hosts then all the nations will call you blessed and you will be a land of delight says Yahweh of hosts and of course, we know then from history that Israel continues to disobey God Egregiously that they never were able to keep the Mosaic Covenant.

Perfectly, but here God is calling them to repentance and to pay the tithes which was part of the commandments of the Mosaic Covenant. Again, there is no tithe command In the New Covenant that Christ established.

The Tithe as a False New Covenant Protection Racket

So all of that being said you see what's going on here. But watch now by not paying attention to which covenant this is referring to now misappropriating this and saying that God's promised you specifically that he will not send the devourer if you tithe.

Yeah, now this gets kind of weird because They're gonna turn God into kind of like a mafia boss. You know and the tide then becomes the protection money that you pay in order to keep bad things from happening to you.

Rather than you know, this being a Mosaic Covenant issue and people are not paying their taxes. In there's consequences for not paying taxes. So watch what ends up happening it when when they turn this around now.

Here we go for your sake. What a wonderful thing. Isn't that something glory to God? We have to really bear down on the revelation of that. That's right.

That's a weird way of putting it. You're gonna bear down.

Usually when I bear down weird things happen and really take that really believe it. I'm a tither. I am. I am a tither. I Come before the Lord and I come before the devil in the name of Jesus and in the name of a tither.

That's right. I have tithers rights. That's right. And one of my time right? Yeah. Tithers rights. Yeah, okay. Tithers rights is that the devourer is Rebuked. Yes. Amen. So let's take a moment here and look at this.

Gloria if you look at point one there. Take us through that. You were reading some of these definitions a little while ago where it says rebuke.

Rebuke in the Hebrew in the Hebrew.

Garar is the Hebrew word cripple.

Paralyze and stop. That pretty much says it. Right that does it.

You don't take all the lexical forms, you know definitions of a word and just pour them into the word. That's not how it works. We didn't even do that with our words in the dictionary.

Yes crippling crippling paralyzing and stopping. And one of the ways that we do that is by the tithe, that's right by the we cripple.

The devourer by the tithe. Okay, you know what that get. The tithe gives us position. Ah.

Okay now a little bit of a note. What she just did there is she made up a Doctrine out of thin air. There is no biblical text that says and especially Malachi 3 that says when you tithe. That you you know establish some position before God position yourself for things.

Yeah, this is she just made this doctrine right up out of thin air.

What is the tithe? The tithe Blesses us puts us in position to be victorious to be to a prosper I.

Had no text says that now a little bit of a note there is a New Covenant a warning and a New Testament warning. About folks like this and here I'll read it in context so you can see the contrast so the Apostle Paul in Titus chapter 1, this is the third of three pastoral epistles and this is where again you hear reiterated the the requirements to be a pastor and In this is then done in contradistinction to false teachers like, you know, Gloria Copeland, but here's what Paul says to Titus he says this is why I left you in Crete so that you might put what remained in order and Appoint elders in every town as I directed you if anyone is above reproach the husband of one wife.

His children are believers not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination for an overseer as God Stewart must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or drunkard or violent or greedy for gain.

But hospitable a lover of the good self-controlled upright holy and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught. So that he may be able to give instruction and sound doctrine and to rebuke those who contradict it.

Yeah, so we're to rebuke the false teacher. Tithing is a you know, when somebody makes it a New Covenant command like this. They're they're well, they're twisting God's Word. Here's what Titus then said what Paul says to Titus for there are many who are insubordinate.

They are empty talkers. They are deceivers. Especially those of the circumcision party and and they must be silenced. So God wills that false teachers be silenced and since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain.

What they ought not to teach. Mm-hmm. Yeah, so the reason why prosperity. Preachers like Kenneth and Gloria Copeland spend such an inordinate amount of time teaching about tithes and offerings and Seed offerings and sowing into and all this kind of stuff is because they are teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach and I the only way I can describe Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is obscenely wealthy obscenely wealthy that there's.

And they have basically poured themselves into their greed and tried to make it look like. This is what God's Word teaches when it doesn't. I hadn't ever thought about that before.

But I think that's a good way to say it this time now.

I'm gonna back this up because I want you to hear. And I said that she had made this doctrine out of thin air. And she just said I'd never thought about it like that before. Well, there's a dead giveaway.

You just made up the doctrine. Let me back this up just a few seconds.

You know what that give the tithe. Gives us position. Ah. What is the tithe. Blesses us puts us in position to be victorious to be to a prosper. I Hadn't ever thought about that before but I think that's a right.

Yeah, if it were a biblical doctrine, you would have thought about it many times as you had read that in the Bible. But since the Bible doesn't say that. That's the reason why you'd never thought of that before.

You know just saying good way to say it. The tithe puts us in position for victory.

The tithe puts us in position for victory.

Got it. As they write down this new doctrine the glory just thunk up in her head. Yeah, you said it right there.

It puts us in a position. Mm-hmm. It puts us in a position of protection. Your false teaching has put you in a position for damnation. Just saying it puts us in a position of provision. It puts us in a position of promotion.

It it's a setup. It is it really is a great no.

No, no, this whole false teaching is a setup designed to send the money into.

Kenneth Copeland's pocket said oh, he's God and it's well, it's really it's the blessing. It's the open door. It is the blessing. It is the bless. Okay, the dog the tithe puts us in position a position to what I'll do.

Say the tithe puts us in position for victory. Big to be blessed. To prosper to be. Well, it really does. That's such a great way to put that Gloria.

No, it's not. If this were biblical you'd be putting it in a way that the Bible actually says and teaches but you're not.

Thank you. It puts us in position. It gives us gives us a place to be able to operate in such a higher much higher level than we ever have. So the when it says rebuke that the the devourer is rebuked crippled paralyzed and stopped and then look at this definition of a devourer.

A devourer means in the Hebrew to eat or it's the seed eater the crop destroyer the Consumer by fire to burn up something to waste something. That's what the devout. Here we go again. Every possible dictionary definition poured into the one word our it does and he tries to come into our households.

And he tries to devour. Know the devourer is trying to come into your household run run by the doors. Do-something. Maybe you should put some lamb's blood over your door or something. So the devourer will pass over.

What are we gonna do? I don't put money. Put money over your lentils of your door. So you just make sure it equals 10 of the gross of your income or something.

Things like for instance a non tither and these are part of the tithers rights, but a non tither. They'll have their washing machine break down. Well, they'll spend the money to get that done and all of a sudden the car breaks down and then this breaks down and that breaks down.

Like I said, this is turning this whole thing into a Mafia racket, you know, God is like, you know, the ultimate mafia done.

Yeah, you wouldn't want me to send the devourer now, would you. You know?

In fact, why don't I do this? I'm just gonna hand it over to my editor to make the point.

What's the meaning of this. I demand an explanation Charlie.

Charlie, there's no need to you. Respect yada yada yada cut the chit-chat. We both know why you're here. What are you talking about? Where's my tithe money?

Charlie I don't even attend church no more.

Luigi how far behind is Charlie on his tithing? That's a lot of money.

Charlie I don't got it boss. I just spent my paycheck on a new washing machine for the missus. Is that so?

Yeah. Well, if that's the case, I don't know if I can protect you no more.

You don't me. Oh, yes, Charlie.

The devourer is coming for you. No Please. It's out of my hands. Release the devourer.

You see what I mean? Yeah. So God is now a mafia mafia done pay him tithe protection money to make sure your washing machine.

Keeps working and this breaks down. What is that? That is the devourer. That's in action. That's right. That's what he's doing. He is tearing apart everything and. The tither has rights and one of those rights is protection from the devourer.

Amen, and we can come in agreement together as tithers that the devourer is rebuked in my life. Amen, are you a tither? I am. Well, that means that the devourer is rebuked. That's right in your life. Amen.

I'm a tither. I'm a tither. Yeah, right.

I'm sure whatever you tied to Kenneth Copeland ministries ends up right back in your pocket. Yeah, I think you get the point. So Yeah, this is a false teaching regarding tithing and because it doesn't pay attention to which covenants and who's affected.

You know who's under those covenants at what time? It misses the fact that the tithe was a tax that the Nation of Israel Required, you know that God required the Nation of Israel to pay during the time of the theocracy under the Mosaic Covenant.

And so not paying your tithe is akin to not paying your taxes. They've now tried to pull this into the new covenant and now turn God into this. You know the the guy who's engaging in a you know, it's a divine protection racket.

That's gonna keep your Car and your washing machine and your dishwasher all working if you pay your tithe. Otherwise, he's gonna send the devourer in to destroy everything. Yeah, I think you get the point.

That's not what scripture says at all. Hopefully you found this helpful if you did all the information on how you can share this video is down below again, don't forget to like the video and And also to hit the ring the bell so that you can be notified when we update our channel of course all the information on how you can financially support the work of Pirate Christian Media and fighting for the faith that is also down below in the description.

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