Tithe Still Applies

by Mike Peralta

© Copyright 2014 by Mike Peralta

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 DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Thank You Heavenly Father For Creating Us
and Saving Us Through Your Son Jesus Christ,
and for Giving Us Your Holy Spirit,
To Live In Us, To Teach Us, and To Guide Us.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to acknowledge the Holy Spirit, My gracious teacher and
counselor. Thank you, Holy Spirit, so much for teaching me these
things about how to honor my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with my
tithes. I also want to acknowledge Jesus, my beautiful and patient
Lord and Savior, for revealing to me many testimonies about the
eternal and serious matter of the tithe.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Tithe Still Applies

2. The Ceremonial Laws

3. The Moral Laws: These Commandments Still Apply

4. The Law And The Prophets Are Not Abolished

5. What Was Nailed To The Cross?

6. Malachi Chapter 3

7. No Where In The Bible Is The Tithe Abolished

8. Christ, Melchizedek, Abraham, And The Tithe

9. Do Those Who Rob God Of His Tithe Go To Hell?

10. Jesus – High Priest In The Order Of Melchizedek

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CHAPTER 1

TITHE STILL APPLIES

Before launching into my teaching I wish to share the

following:

“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow

believers, because you know that we who teach will be
judged more strictly.” (James 3:1)

This scripture puts dread and fear in me. Why? Because I am

going to be held accountable in what I teach you to a much
greater measure. Since the tithe deals with whether we are
obedient to and robbing God I teach the following with great
seriousness. Since 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says that thieves
(robbers) do not inherit the kingdom of God, please take the
following teaching very serious for your own sake.

The aim of this teaching is to carefully study what God wants

us to obey in regards to tithing.

Ceremonial Laws

As well as the Tithe commandment, we will also look at

ceremonial (or symbolic) laws (listed below) and how we are
now expected to practice them in the New Covenant:

1. Blood Sacrifices,
2. Circumcision,
3. Food and Drink laws – unclean food regulations etc.
4. The Special sabbath (festival) days mentioned in the Old
Testament (Notice that this is different from the regular day
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of rest Sabbath Day mentioned as the fourth of the ten
commandments),

We will take great care to learn this – not from what men might
reason – but by what the New Testament actually tells us.

Before going on (and so as not to worry you) the above 4 laws

regarding Blood Sacifices, Circumcision, Special sabbath
days, and Food and Drink laws are now to be practiced
symbolically and spiritually and not physically as they were
practiced in the Old Testament. This will be shown through
New Testament teaching.

It is important to always keep in mind that Jesus told us that:

“I did not come to abolish the law or the prophets.”
(Matthew 5:17) And this includes the above mentioned
ceremonial laws such as circumcision, food laws, etc.

In the Old Testament, the believers were supposed to obey

these ceremonial laws physically, but now we are supposed to
obey these laws in the spiritual sense – in the specific way
that the New Testament commands. And they also make up
what Christ did for us on the cross. For example, the blood
sacrifices in the Old Testament were symbolic of the ultimate
sacrifice that Christ did for us by the shedding of His blood to
establish the New Covenant. Notice that in this way, Jesus did
not “abolish the law” - even the blood sacrifice - but fulfilled it
for us perfectly, once and for all – as the New Testament tells
us. Now this does not mean that the blood sacrifice was “done
away with” or abolished. The blood sacrifice of animals was
stopped physically and it was replaced by the blood sacrifice
of Jesus. It is now practiced through Jesus – the perfect Lamb
of God, by receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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Blood Sacrifices

It is very important to realize that “without the shedding of

blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” (Hebrews 9:22) So
to be saved the unbeliever must now receive the blood
sacrifice that Jesus did in order for him to get saved (by
receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior). So we see in just this
one law the eternal consequences of disregarding these
ceremonial laws – that many take as trivial and recklessly
throw away as if they were trash.

This is why I stated earlier, that we must learn about all these
laws very carefully and learn how to practice them in the way
that God desires. As you can see from the blood example,
these ceremonial laws have a great meaning and great effect,
and as I will show later – represent what is given to us in our
salvation by grace through faith. In fact all four of the
ceremonial laws previously mentioned have a connection and
give meaning to the grace we now receive and have in Christ.

The sacrificial system with its holy feast days, new moon
festivals and yearly sabbath days, such as Passover,
described in Colossians 2:14-16 pointed forward to the work of
Jesus on the cross. They looked forward in faith to the atoning
death of Jesus. As Colossians 2:17 itself says “These
[ceremonial laws mentioned in Colossians 2:16] are a
shadow of the things that were to come; the reality,
however, is found in Christ.”

Section 3: Moral Laws a.k.a. Non-Ceremonial Laws

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In addition to covering the ceremonial laws I will also cover
what is classified as the non-ceremonial laws -- such as the
Ten Commandments -- “Do Not Steal”, “Do Not Murder”, etc.
and laws such as the Tithe. These are usually called “Moral
Laws” or “Ethical Laws.” They can have symbolic meaning
in addition to having practical physical application – but they
are the type of laws that God commands that we still
physically obey.

I realize everyone understands and accepts that we are still to

obey the moral laws such as “Do Not Steal”, and “Do Not
Murder”, etc. Those sins are way too obvious for satan to
deceive people into thinking “they have been done away with.”
Where people are mistaken is in thinking that some of the
other non-ceremonial laws such as the Sabbath (4th of the
Ten Commandments) and the Tithe commandment of Malachi
3:8 “have been done away with.” I will show through New
Testament scripture and example that these commandments
have not “been done away with.”

The Tithe Law (Malachi Chapter 3)

We will cover some details of The Tithe Commandment as

given to us from Malachi Chapter 3, Matthew Chapter 23,
Luke Chapter 11, and Hebrews Chapter 7. As well as learning
about the tithe we will also learn about the attitude God wants
us to have about obeying His commandment of the Tithe –
and in fact all His commandments. We are supposed to not
only be obedient but also [cheerfully] be willing to obey as
Isaiah 1:19-20 tells us: “If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land: 20 but if you resist and
rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.”

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CHAPTER 2

THE CEREMONIAL LAWS

We will start with Colossians 2:16, “Let no man therefore

judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday,
or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:” King James
Bible (KJV)

“Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in

respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Food and Drink Laws

In the Old Testament God gave Israel regulations about clean

and unclean animals that they could not and should not touch
and eat. In the New Testament times these laws have now
turned into commandments regarding evil thoughts of the
heart – from which evil originates. As Jesus says in Matthew
15:17-20 Jesus clarifies that what makes a man unclean (are
not food and drink) but things from the heart such as “evil
thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false
testimony, slander.” These are the things that we must reject
and not take in (eat or entertain).

So this command is not abolished but it’s practice is now

clarified to be applied to avoiding unclean thoughts and
actions that come from the heart.

Holyday Feasts, New Moons, [Special] Sabbath Days

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Or of the sabbath days - Greek, "of the Sabbaths." The word
Sabbath in the Old Testament was applied not only to the
seventh day or rest, but also to all the days of holy rest that
were observed by the Hebrews in their various festivals.
Without a doubt that is what is being referred to in this
passage of scripture. This is because the word is used in the
plural number, and the apostle does not specifically refer to
“The Sabbath Day” (the fourth of the ten commandments). If
he had used the singular word "The Sabbath," it would then, of
course, have been clear that he meant to teach that that fourth
commandment had ceased to be obligatory – that “The
Sabbath” was no longer to be kept. But the use of the plural
term shows that he had in mind the several number of days
which were kept by the Hebrews as festivals, as a part of their
ceremonial laws.

In Leviticus 23:1-8 God distinguishes between “The Sabbath

Day,” (now observed as the Lord’s Day on Sunday) the fourth
of the Ten Commandments, and the special sabbath days and
festivals.

In Lev 23:3 God explains about “The Sabbath Day.” He

repeats His commandment to “Keep Holy The Sabbath Day.”
It is important to recognize that the need for The Sabbath Day
still applies because it’s purpose is to bless man with a day of
rest to honor and focus and listen to and worship God. As is
well known in history, the Sabbath Day (now the Lord’s day)
serves a very vital purpose and “is made for man.” Jesus
Himself said “The Sabbath was made for man.” Since man still
has to work for a living, then the need for The Sabbath Day of
rest is still very much needed for modern man.

And then next God also explains about the appointed feasts –
for example in Lev 23:4 the Passover (beginning at twilight on
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the fourteenth day of the first month). It is now obvious that the
Passover festival has been fulfilled in Christ and so that is why
we do not physically observe this ceremonial law. It’s not that
it is abolished. It is just that Jesus fulfilled it for us – once and
for all – on the cross of Calvary. But we still need to observe
the Passover (passed over from death) by receiving Christ
as our Lord and Savior. Otherwise we would be condemned
to spiritual death – which is Hell. Hence the new form of the
passover – by receiving Christ as Lord – still applies.

Circumcision

In Genesis 17:9-11 God commands Abraham and his male

descendants to undergo circumcision. “Then God said to
Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you
and your descendants after you for the generations to
come. This is my covenant with you and your
descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep:
Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to
undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the
covenant between me and you.”

Already in Moses’ time, circumcision was not only to be

observed as a physical command – it was also to be seen as
circumcision of the heart. As we see in Deuteronomy 10:16.
“Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-
necked any longer.” Also Deuteronomy 30:6. “The LORD
your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of
your descendants, so that you may love Him with all your
heart and with all your soul, and live.”

What is very revealing is Jeremiah 9:25-26, “The days are

coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who
are circumcised only in the flesh —Egypt, Judah, Edom,
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Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in
distant places. For all these nations are really
uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is
uncircumcised in heart.”

God was commanding that circumcision was needed to be “of

the heart” and not of the flesh only (in the Old Covenant). Of
course now circumcision “of the heart” is still a requirement
as stated in the New Testament by Paul the Apostle in
Romans 2:26, “So then, if those who are not circumcised
keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as
though they were circumcised?”

So those who truly love and OBEY God and His

commandments (keep the law’s requirement) are truly the
ones who are circumcised in heart. So now although we are
not required to be circumcised physically we are still
commanded to be circumcised in the heart. Again in this way,
in the case of circumcision, Jesus did not come to “abolish
the law and the prophets” but requires that we obey
circumcision “in our hearts.”

So our circumcision is fulfilled by receiving Christ as our Lord

and Savior: Colossians 2:11, “In whom also ye are
circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ:”

So it is truthful to say – if you are still practicing or went back

to practicing “sins of the flesh” you are uncircumcised in
heart – and you urgently need to repent and confess and
forsake your sins in order to receive mercy from God.
Proverbs 28:13, “He that covers his sins shall not prosper:

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but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have
mercy.”

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CHAPTER 3

THE MORAL LAWS:

THESE COMMANDMENTS STILL APPLY

Let us start with:

The Ten Commandments (King James Version):

And God spake all these words, saying, “I am the Lord thy
God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.”

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of
them that love me, and keep my commandments.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in
vain.

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt

thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long
upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's.

In Romans 3:31 the Apostle Paul states, “Do we, then,

nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold
the law.” (NIV)

It is obvious here that “The Law” that Paul is referring to AS

NOT NULLIFIED are the Ten Commandments as well as the
other Old and New Testament commandments that still apply
physically – as they are written in the Old and New Testament.

For example we have a short list of these in Malachi 3:5,

“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a
swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the
adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those
that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right,
and fear not Me, saith the LORD of hosts.”

It is still very much true that we are forbidden to practice

witchcraft, adultery, swearing falsely, defrauding laborers of

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their wages, mistreating widows or orphans or strangers
(aliens), and not fearing God. Something else to notice about
Malachi 3:5 is that these commandments against witchcraft,
adultery, etc. are in the exact same chapter as the Tithe Law
of Malachi 3:8-12. So if the Tithe Law were to be “done away
with” then that would mean we could now practice witchcraft,
and commit adultery, etc.

The exact same arguments that some people give for not
obeying the Tithe Commandment could be used for not
obeying God about adultery, witchcraft, etc. You can’t have it
both ways. If we don’t have to Tithe anymore then we would
no longer need to obey the commandment against adultery or
the commandment against witchcraft, etc. Please don’t let
yourself be deceived into thinking that the Tithe
commandment or the other commandments in Malachi
chapter 3 are “done away with.”

It is obvious that the Old Testament laws (sometimes

classified as The Moral Laws) still very much apply and God
expects us to obey those laws. We are to uphold these laws.

As the Apostle Paul states in Romans 2:13, “For not the

hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified.”

In truth God has not done away with these commandments. If

anything He expects us to obey them even more diligently -
since we have been given more ability to obey by the Powerful
Blood of Christ and by His Powerful Holy Spirit. As Jesus tells
us in Luke 12:48b, “For unto whomsoever much is given,
of him shall be much required: and to whom men have
committed much, of him they will ask the more.”

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Because more is given to us, more is required of us – not less.

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CHAPTER 4

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS

ARE NOT ABOLISHED

Matthew 5:17-19 (NIV), 17 “Do not think that I have come

to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to
abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until
heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not
the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear
from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these
commands and teaches others accordingly will be called
least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices
and teaches these commands will be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.”

In this passage Jesus explicitly states that neither the Law nor
the Prophets have been abolished. This passage alone shows
that the Moral Law - thoroughly explained in the Old
Testament - has NOT been abolished. They have not been
“done away with.” I don’t know how God can make it more
clear to us.

Even more emphatically in verse 18 Jesus tells us that heaven

and earth will disappear before the Law disappears and
everything is accomplished. Needless to say heaven and earth
have NOT disappeared. It is absolutely clear from this
passage and this verse that The Moral Law has not “been
done away with.” It doesn’t matter what man teaches. “Let

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God be true, and every man be a liar.” (Romans 3:4a)
Jesus is most definitely going to hold us accountable to obey
His Moral Law.

Believe God exactly as He states in His commands. He will

carry out His Word exactly and precisely as He states in His
Word. Not as man thinks, but as God says.

Old Testament Laws Still Apply

Did you notice in the book of Acts that the New Testament
doctrine preached by Paul was validated with the Old
Testament. Let us look at Acts 17:10-12, "And the brethren
immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the
Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things
were so. Therefore many of them believed..."

The brethren in Berea validated the apostles Paul and Silas

every day. They verified their words with scripture. Dear
reader, what scripture were they testing their words with? The
answer is with the Old Testament scripture! What happened
after they read the Old Testament scripture? Many of them
believed! How? This is how:

Romans 10:17, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and

hearing by the word of God."

The Word of God, at that time, was the Old Testament

scripture. It was not abolished at the cross!

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Consider that when Paul wrote 2 Timothy 3:16 to Timothy that
parts of the New Testament did not yet exist, or at least had
not been likely all gathered together: "All Scripture is
inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for training in righteousness..." (2 Timothy
3:16). Having made in the preceding verses a reference to
Timothy being raised a believer in the true God through the
"sacred writings" (II Timothy 3:14-15), Paul obviously primarily
had the Old Testament in mind when he wrote this. If the Old
Testament is so largely irrelevant to believers in Christ, why
would Paul say this, after citing the Exodus and Israel
wandering in the wilderness: "Now these things happened
to them as an example, and they were written for our
instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come"
(I Corinthians 10:11; compare I Corinthians 10:6 and Romans
4:23-24).

The New Testament command to be circumcised of heart

(Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11) is an Old Testament doctrine
(Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6; Jeremiah, 4:4, Leviticus 26:41).

The New Testament command for believers to not marry

unbelievers (1 Corinthians 7:39, 2 Corinthians 6:14) is found in
Deuteronomy 7:3.

Matthew 22:36-40, "Master, which is the great commandment

in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets." is taken, word for word, from Deuteronomy 6:5,
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart,

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and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." and Leviticus
19:18, "...thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself..."

And these are only a few examples where Jesus did not
abolish the Law.

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CHAPTER 5

WHAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS?

It is wise to look at more than one verse to determine what, for

example, was nailed to the cross.

There is only one scripture that uses the "nailed it to the cross"
expression (NKJV), it is Colossians 2:13-14, in which Paul
states,

"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the

uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together
with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having
wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was
against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross". (Col 2:13-14)

We will look at what it does and does not say. First though,
let's look at what the last chapter of the last book of the Bible
teaches:

"Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they

may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter
through the gates into the city" (Revelation 22:14, NKJV).

Since it is only "those who do His commandments... [who]

have the right to enter... the city" (Revelation 22:14 NKJV), the
ten commandments could not be "contrary to us". Actually, it
is those who will not keep the ten commandments that are
denied access. Revelation specifically shows that those who
break God’s commandments will be outside God's city
(Revelation 22:15).
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So then, if the ten commandments were not "nailed to the
cross," what was?

Look again at what the Bible actually says (two translations):

“14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements

that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He
has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross”
(Colossians 2:14, NKJV)

“14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting

of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He
has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”
(Colossians 2:14, NASB)

The handwriting of requirements (often also called the

hand-writing of ordinances) or certificate of debt was
wiped away and nailed to the cross.

Which requirements were wiped out?

Please understand that the expression "the handwriting of

requirements" (cheirógrafon toís dógmasin) is a Greek
legal expression that signifies the penalty which a
lawbreaker had to pay - it does not signify the laws that are
to be obeyed - only the penalty. It is only through the
acceptance of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that the penalty
was wiped out ("the handwriting of requirements"). But only
the penalty, not the law!

Even some Biblical commentators realize this is so. Notice

what Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
states about Colossians 2:14:

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Whatever was in force against us is taken out of the way. He
has obtained for us a legal discharge from the handwriting of
ordinances, which was against us (v. 14), which may be
understood,

1. Of that obligation to punishment in which consists the guilt

of sin. The curse of the law is the handwriting against us, like
the handwriting on Belshazzar's wall. Cursed is every one
who continues not in every thing. This was a handwriting
which was against us, and contrary to us; for it threatened
our eternal ruin. This was removed when He redeemed us
from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, Gal 3:13.
(from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: New
Modern Edition, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1991 by
Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.).

In addition, let us look at the Greek term exaleipho translated

as "wiped out" in Colossians 2:14:

NT:1813, exaleipho (ex-al-i'-fo); from NT:1537 and NT:218; to

smear out, i.e. obliterate (erase tears, figuratively, pardon sin)
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.
Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible
Translators, Inc.)

In other words, exaleipho has to do with wiping out sin. This is

also confirmed in Acts 3:19 where Peter also uses the term
exaleipho, which is translated as "blotted out" below:

19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may

be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from
the presence of the Lord. (Acts 3:19)

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Hence, it is sin and the related penalties that are to be
blotted or wiped out. And the penalties could vary from "being
unclean to the evening" (Leviticus 11:24-28) to making an
offering (Leviticus 5:5-6) to being "cut off from his people"
(Leviticus 7:27) to the death penalty (Exodus 31:14).

This is also confirmed elsewhere in the New Testament:

“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13).

The curse of the law is related to the penalty. And Jesus

paid it.

But what about the law of God? Was the law of God to be
wiped out?

Remember that the Bible clearly teaches that sin is

lawlessness: “Whoever commits sin also commits
lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that
He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him
there is no sin.” (I John 3:4-5).

Notice that Paul wrote: “Shall we continue in sin that grace

may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin
live any longer in it?” (Romans 6:1-2).

Thus the New Testament makes clear that the law of God
continues, thus it was not nailed to the cross or somehow
wiped out.

The Bible, however, also shows that the requirements of the

Levitical priesthood (Hebrews 9:1,6-10) sometimes called the
ceremonial law, which were part of the penalty of sin, were
fulfilled by Christ. And why?

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"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats
could take away sins... By that will we have been
sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus once
for all" (Hebrews 10:4,10).

Jesus' one sacrifice was and is sufficient - we do not have to

sacrifice animals any more! As clearly spelled out in the New
Testament (Colossians 2:16), neither do we need to undergo
physical circumcision, follow unclean food laws, nor observe
the special festivals as the Old Covenant followers were
commanded to do.

However, we are still commanded to obey the moral laws

which includes the Ten Commandments, Tithing, and the
other moral laws in both the Old and New Testaments. And
notice that no-where in the New Testament did Paul, nor any
other apostle, tell us to stop obeying the tithe, or the Ten
Commandments nor the other moral laws in the Old or New
Testament. On the contrary, they strongly exhorted us to obey
the moral laws throughout the bible – both Old and New
Testament. Any exceptions, usually involving ceremonial laws,
are clearly spelled out in the New Testament. And to repeat,
no-where in the New Testament are we told that we don’t have
to obey the tithe anymore – NO WHERE !

For those who wish to look them up, many of the statutes in
the Old Testament are listed in the following chapters: Exodus
20-24; Leviticus 16-27; Numbers 18-19, 27-30, 35-36; and
Deuteronomy 12-18.

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CHAPTER 6

MALACHI CHAPTER 3 (NIV)

1 “I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way

before Me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will
come to His temple; the messenger of the covenant,
whom you desire, will come,” says the LORD Almighty.

2 But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can
stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire
or a launderer’s soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver; He will purify the Levites and refine them like
gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will
bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of
Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as
in days gone by, as in former years.

5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to

testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers,
against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who
oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the
foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,”
says the LORD Almighty.

6 “I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of

Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your
ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and
have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to
you,” says the LORD Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we
to return?’

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8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob Me. “But you
ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings.

9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because

you are robbing Me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test me
in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not
throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so
much blessing that there will not be room enough to store
it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and
the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is
ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations
will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,”
says the LORD Almighty.

13 “You have spoken arrogantly against Me,” says the

LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ 14
“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain
by carrying out His requirements and going about like
mourners before the LORD Almighty? 15 But now we call
the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and
even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’
”

16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each

other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of
remembrance was written in His presence concerning
those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

17 “On the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty,

“they will be My treasured possession. I will spare them,
just as a father has compassion and spares his son who
serves him. 18 And you will again see the distinction

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between the righteous and the wicked, between those
who serve God and those who do not.

It is well known that Malachi Chapter 3 is about robbing God of

His tithe. But it is also about other sins. A list of these sins
(verses 5,8,14) is as follows:

1. Sorcerers (witchcraft),

2. Adulterers,

3. Perjurers (bearing false witness),

4. Defrauding laborers of their wages,

5. Oppressing the widows and the fatherless,

6. Depriving foreigners of justice,

7. Not fearing God,

8. Robbing God of His tithe,

9. Speaking against God by saying “It is futile to serve God.”

Did you notice that if the Tithe commandment “was done away
with” then that would mean all the other commandments in
Malachi Chapter 3 would also be done away with? You can’t
have it both ways. All the arguments used to discount and “do
away” with the Tithe commandment could also be used to “do
away” with the other commandments. Isn’t this a case where
“every man is doing that which is right in his own eyes”
(Judges 17:5-6) ? Picking one commandment to suit your
taste but rejecting another that doesn’t. But God will not

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change His word for any man – however much He loves him.
Remember that Jesus loved the rich young ruler but had to let
him exercise his free will and let him go to Hell. (Mark 10:17-
27) And this even though the rich young ruler obeyed every
commandment except the first commandment – that is about
putting God over all other things – including money. (The rich
young ruler did not want to give away all his money, as he was
commanded, to follow Jesus. His money was his god.)

It is obvious that the other eight commandments (witchcraft,

adultery, etc.) in Malachi Chapter 3 have not been “done away
with.” So why would one out of the nine, namely “Robbing
God of His Tithe,” be done away with? The answer is, the
Tithe Law has not been done away with. In fact stealing from
God is a horrible sin to do. How can anyone say they love
someone but then steal from that person? The answer is that if
you love someone you will not steal what is rightfully theirs.
And in this case if you love God you will not steal what is
rightfully His. You simply will not.

It is also revealing to notice that the term that God used in Mal
3:8 was Robbing and not Theft. Although being a robber and
a thief both mean stealing from another, the term robbery
involves a personal assault or threat of assault. For
example robbery at gunpoint or knife point or with threat of
being beaten. The crime is done personally or against “one’s
person.” Whereas theft usually means just stealing something
or things when the person is not looking or when they are not
present (i.e. at home). So when God says “you are robbing
Me.” He considers that to be very personal – against His
person. Since God sees all things and is always present, then
stealing from God is always Robbery.

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I don’t know if you have ever been robbed personally by
someone. Well I have and I felt traumatized and violated.
When I was about 13 years old I was walking back home from
a fast food restaurant and someone, a little taller and older
than me (about 14 or 15 years old), grabbed me by my shirt
and demanded that I give him my money. Let me tell you - it
felt awful. And I even started crying. Now I am no cry baby but
that robbery hurt me to my core. Likewise I can sympathize
with how God feels when we Rob Him of His tithe. Now the
word Robbery is God’s own word in Malachi 3:8. Being
robbed makes you feel violated – especially when it is by
someone who is supposed to love you. Make no mistake
about it. God is very hurt when we rob Him of the tithe that
is rightfully His. How can we rob from Jesus even after He
gave His life for us on the cross? After everything Jesus
has done for us – how can we rob from Him?

This sense of assault was voiced by Jesus when Saul was

persecuting the church as described in Act 22. In Acts 22:4-9
Paul recounts as follows: “I persecuted this Way to the
death, binding and putting both men and women into
prisons, as also the high priest and all the Council of the
elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the
brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring
even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to
be punished. But it happened that as I was on my way,
approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright
light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, and I
fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul,
Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ ’ “And I answered,
‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the
Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.”

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Notice that Paul was persecuting the church, but Jesus told
Paul that he was persecuting Jesus Himself. You see Jesus
takes it very, very personally when you persecute (or steal
from or hurt or harm) His church or any of His children.

In fact, as I was writing this section, I strongly felt that Jesus

was hurt and even angry about how we casually rob Him of
the tithe that is rightfully His. Believe me, or rather believe the
scripture in Malachi 3:8, God really does view our
disobedience of the tithe and takes it very personally that we
rob Him of His tithe. This is not a trivial matter, my reader. If
you truly love God you will not rob Him anymore.

A lot more is at stake here than you currently realize. Robbing

God is a horrible sin to commit. I will go over more of the
consequence later, but notice for now that Robbing God of His
tithe, is a very egregious crime and sin that is personally
against God Himself. (Note: Egregious means outstandingly
bad; shocking.)

Another very important thing to notice here (in verse 7) is that

right before God accuses (and rightfully so) the disobedient
about Robbing Him, He tells them to return to Him.

“Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned

away from My decrees and have not kept them. Return to
Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty. “But
you ask, ‘How are we to return?” (Malachi 3:7)

It was their sin that separated them from God. As Isaiah 59:2
states, “But your iniquities have separated you from your
God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He
will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:2)

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This, of course, means that to return back to God they must
repent of their sin and now obey God’s commandment about
the tithe and others as well (remember the commandments
against adultery and witchcraft, etc.).

So we see here that to love God requires that we forsake sin

and obey God. This is just as Jesus said in John 14:15 that if
we love Him, then we will keep His Commandments. “If you
love Me, you will obey what I command.” (John 14:15)

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CHAPTER 7

NO WHERE IN THE BIBLE

IS THE TITHE ABOLISHED

There is no where in the Old Testament nor in the New

Testament that the practice of the tithe is abolished. In fact, as
I will cover, we are actually commanded to tithe in three
passages in the New Testament.

It is also very significant to note that no where in the New

Testament did the Apostle Paul , nor any other Apostle, tell
believers to not pay tithes. NO WHERE! If God wanted us to
stop the practice of tithing He would have clearly told us in the
New Testament. But God did not command us to stop paying
tithes. And in fact He commands us to tithe as I will discuss in
Mat 23:23, Luke 11:42, and Heb 7:8. Also Paul was very clear
about the change of practice about circumcision, and food and
drink laws, and special festival days. But Paul nor any other
Apostle never ever told us to stop paying the tithe. So the
idea that “the tithe has been done away with” is a deception
straight from the pit of Hell. Satan wants to weaken the church
– including it’s finances and so he and his demons concocted
the false deception to get rid of the tithe. Financially
weakening the church only helps the devil drag more people
into Hell.

Telling people that “the tithe has been done away with” only
serves to weaken God’s church and results in more and more
people being dragged to Hell - due to the gospel not being
supported as much, and also due to the disobedience to God’s
tithe commandment.
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How anybody can say (essentially lie) that the tithe “has been
done away” is a clear case of deception and falsehood. Don’t
let satan nor false teachers deceive you and fool you into
thinking that “the tithe has been done away with.” Not only is
the church hurt but you yourself are also hurt.

Support the gospel and obey Jesus wholeheartedly and pay

the tithe and offerings from a willing and obedient heart
(Isaiah 1:19). Jesus will be elated with you and bless you, as
He promises, and we can bring many more people to the
saving grace of Christ on this earth. What a privilege and
honor that we can support the gospel and give our High Priest,
Jesus, the tithe.

The Tithe In The New Testament

Some say that the tithe is never mentioned in the New

Testament. But this saying is actually false. There are three
(3) places where the tithe is mentioned in the New Testament.
Matthew 23:23, Luke 11:42, and Hebrews 7:8. We will look at
all three of these passages. We will start with Matthew 23:23.

Matthew 23:23, "Woe to you, teachers of the law and

Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your
spices – mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the
more important matters of the law -- justice, mercy and
faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without
neglecting the former [Tithing].” (NIV)

Notice that Jesus did not fault the Pharisees for tithing. In fact,
Jesus told them to not neglect tithing. Of course Jesus also
emphasized not neglecting justice, mercy, and faithfulness.
This is what Jesus was faulting the Pharisees about.

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Also notice that when Jesus spoke Mat 23:23 He was not only
talking to the Pharisees He was also talking to us. Yes us. In
fact the passage from Mat 23 from verse 1 to 34 was
specifically addressed to us. Notice that the Biblical
passage in Mat 23:23 started with Mat 23:1, which clearly
says: “Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His
disciples” (Mat 23:1). So if you consider yourself to be a
disciple of Jesus then He is telling you to not neglect the tithe.

Notice also what Jesus said in John 12:48-50, “He that

rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of
Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should
speak. 50 And I know that His commandment is life
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the
Father said unto Me, so I speak.”

So, since Jesus told us to not neglect the tithe, and if you are
not paying the tithe then you are not receiving the words of
Jesus, and Jesus promises that the same word shall judge
him in the last day.

It is also important to notice that if tithing were to be “done

away with” then this would also mean that justice, mercy,
and faithfulness (Mat 23:23) would also have to be “done
away with.” As I keep saying you can’t have it both ways. The
exact same scripture that declares that we should obey God
about the tithe also commands us to obey God about justice,
mercy, and faithfulness. And there is no way that justice,
mercy, and faithfulness have “been done away with.” So here
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the tithe has not been “done away with.” To twist the
scriptures to mean anything else is false teaching (lying).

A parallel scripture that repeats what Matthew 23:23 teaches

us is Luke 11:42. The fact that this is repeated two times in the
gospels means that this teaching is very important and not to
be rejected or neglected.

Luke 11:42, "Woe to you Pharisees, because you give

God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of
garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.
You should have practiced the latter [justice, love]
without leaving the former [Tithing] undone. (NIV)

In addition to the tithe, this passage (“without leaving the

former [Tithing] undone”) emphasizes that we are also to
render justice and have the love of God. So what is very
significant here is that if the tithe is “done away with” then
that would mean the love of God would also be “done away
with.” But without the love of God none of us could be saved.
Therefore there is no way that the tithe is “done away with.”
God gives us these passages and repeats it twice to make
sure that we know that He is very serious about the truth about
these matters: justice, mercy, faithfulness, love of God,
and the tithe.

Please don’t doubt God’s explicit Word, especially when it is

repeated twice. And actually three times if you include Heb 7:8
which we will cover next.

Remember how satan deceived Eve. Don’t let yourself be

deceived. Only satan wins by making you believe that the tithe
has been “done away with.” Think about it. Without the tithe,
the church is weakened, fewer people get taught about the
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Word of God, fewer people get saved, and as a result more
people end up going to Hell. Many times churches are not
established or maintained because of a lack of funds due to
people not tithing and due to being deceived into thinking that
the tithe is “done away with.” This lie about the tithe being
“done away with” is satan’s attempt to weaken the churches
and to drag more people to Hell with him. Don’t let satan fool
you. Give God the full tithe, and help get more people saved
as a result.

The tithe is the best investment you can make and will have
rewards in eternity. Not only due to obedience to God but also
because of the practical results of seeing many more people
saved as a result of supporting the gospel.

Early in my Christian life I made it my lifetime goal to give God,

not just the tithe, but 2/3 of my gross income.

I have not reached that level yet, but someday I truly want to
reach that goal.

And why is this? Because I know that the tithe & offering
money will be used to further God's kingdom here on earth.

• Because it's the best use of my money on this earth.

• Because it's the best investment I could ever make.
• Because many, many people will get saved and avoid Hell
as a result of it.
• Because many, many children will get trained and as a
result follow the Lord in their life.

And that's why I will continue to give God His tithes and
offerings, and teach others to do likewise.

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In 1 Corinthians 9:14 God says: "The Lord has commanded
that those who preach the gospel should receive their
living from the gospel."

Yes he has commanded all of us to spread the gospel, but He

has also commanded us to support (1 Cor. 9:14) His
preachers - namely apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors,
and teachers -- in the church. God mentions these in His Word
in Eph 4:11-13. "And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of
the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we
all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ:"

If people in general do not give tithes and offerings how are all
these full time positions supposed to be financed?

It is foolish to think that these preachers can be financed

adequately without tithes and offerings.

I'll tell you a true story. I once was part of a small church -
about 40 members. When I joined this church I gave my full
tithe and offerings. Since I am an Engineer my pay is pretty
good and so this church started receiving some much needed
help in it's financing. (As I was paying my full tithe and a little
extra in offerings. Total about 12% of me and my wife's gross
salary.)

Now the pastor was also working a full time secular job - like
Walmart. Not a high paying job as you can imagine. He was
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and son that was also going to college. So this pastor's
finances were not very high.

While I was going to this church, the church was making it

financially - but only barely so. The meeting place for this
church was not an expensive building. They rented a small
space at a simple shopping center at a corner. Very humble
and simple type of meeting place. Now as time went on I
started going to another church that I felt God wanted me to
go to so that my wife could fully participate more fully. (My wife
felt more comfortable at another church.)

Well soon after I left the small church of 30 - 40 members the

poor pastor quit because there was not enough money to keep
the church going. With 40 members there should have been
adequate financing for that little church. In fact if only 10
members were fully paying the tithe – that would have been
enough to keep that little church going.

But as most Americans, the vast majority of the congregation

were not paying the full tithe. And this resulted in one of God's
good pastors to quit the ministry and for less people to receive
the gospel through him – a worker that God trained (in a very
good Bible school) and provided for our benefit – but one that
we didn’t support as we should have. (I knew most of the
congregation was not tithing properly because once or twice I
helped the church treasurer count the offerings that came in.)

Now who won in this battle? Satan is the one who won. And
why did he win? Because so called "Christians" were not
obeying God on tithes and offerings.

The only one who wins in promoting the teaching that tithes
are no longer commanded is satan. And it's foolish to claim
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that churches will still be supported adequately when the
congregation is taught that they no longer need to pay tithes.
Because of all the disobedient "Christians" out there it is even
more important for people to pay the full tithe.

And people who teach that the tithe is no longer commanded

only cause satan to win more battles and close more churches
than he otherwise would. As a result more people don't get
saved and end up going to Hell - all because people refuse to
pay their tithes. And so churches have to operate in very
weakened conditions - many times to the point that the church
has to close down. Also even if the church remains open they
have little ability to help members and the lost in much needed
counseling, preaching, outreaches, etc. (And definitely, not
enough to help any widows or orphans - which is part of what
the early church did and what the modern church is also
supposed to be doing as well.)

And notice the pastor is not the only one ministering. A good
functioning church will have street evangelists, and sunday
school teachers, and youth leaders, and music leaders, and
counselors - all which need adequate funding to buy music
equipment, sunday school supplies, gospel tracts, bibles to
give to those who do not have them, etc. etc.

It is foolish to believe that a church can function properly (and

I'm not talking just about the building) without the people
giving tithes to support it.

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CHAPTER 8

CHRIST, MELCHIZEDEK, ABRAHAM, AND

THE TITHE

Before getting into Hebrews chapter 7 let us first look at how

up to 500 witnessed (and testified) that Jesus is alive (after
Christ’s resurrection):

1 Corinthians 15:3-8, For I delivered to you as of first

importance what I also received, that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried,
and that He was raised on the third day according to the
Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the
twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred
brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but
some have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James,
then to all the apostles; and last of all, as to one untimely
born, He appeared to me also.

Notice that Jesus appeared to more than 500 at one time. This
is a great deal of witnesses that testified that Jesus was and
is living. This will be of significant importance in the final
mention of the tithe in the New Testament.

Now let us take a look at Hebrews 7:1-10,

Hebrews 7:1-10, 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem,

priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was
returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed
him, 2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of
all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his

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name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem,
which is king of peace. 3 Without father, without mother,
without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor
end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a
priest perpetually. 4 Now observe how great this man
was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the
choicest spoils. 5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi
who receive the priest’s office have commandment in the
Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their
brethren, although these are descended from Abraham. 6
But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them
collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who
had the promises. 7 But without any dispute the lesser is
blessed by the greater.

8 In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case

one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives
on. 9 And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who
received tithes, paid tithes, 10 for he was still in the loins
of his father when Melchizedek met him.

In general, Hebrews chapter 7 talks about Jesus being our

High Priest in the order of Melchisedek. I underlined verse 8
because that is the key verse we will concentrate on here.
Verse 8 in four (4) translations reads are follows:

Hebrews 7:8, and here, indeed, men who die do receive

tithes, and there He, who is testified to that He was living,
(YLT)

Hebrews 7:8, And here men that die receive tithes; but there
He receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that He liveth.
(KJV)

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Hebrews 7:8, In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in
that case One receives them, of whom it is witnessed that He
lives on. (NASB)

Hebrews 7:8, In the one case, the tenth is collected by people

who die; but in the other case, by Him who is declared to be
living. (NIV)

A word-for-word Greek-to-English translation is as shown in

the table below. This is based on Strong’s Greek-to-English
reference.

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Word-for-Word Greek-to-English Translation of Heb 7:8,

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So starting with the Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of
Hebrews 7:8 and considering that over 500 testified that Jesus
lives (1 Cor 15:3-8 then Heb 7:8 reads as follows:

Hebrews 7:8, And here, indeed, men who die do receive

tithes, and there He [Jesus], who is testified to that He was
living, (YLT)

Hebrews 7:8, And here men that die receive tithes; but there
He [Jesus] receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that
He liveth. (KJV)

So we see from this scripture alone that Jesus, because He

is our High Priest, is the One that now receives our
Tithes! Jesus is the only one that can fit this verse as there
were over 500 witnesses of His resurrection and that He is
currently living. There is no one else in human history to which
this verse can apply. No one else in human history is
resurrected and lives on. NO ONE ELSE! What a privilege and
honor it is that we can tithe to our High Priest – Jesus Christ –
Who lives forever!

Notice also that verse 7 clearly shows that Jesus (the

greater) blesses us (the lesser) just like Melchizedek (the
greater) blessed Abraham (the lesser).

The fact that Jesus now receives our Tithe in the New
Testament dispensation is extremely clear in this passage of
Scripture. With this scripture alone there is no excuse for
robbing God of His rightful Tithe.

The first part of Heb 7:8 is also revealing: “And here, indeed,
men who die do receive tithes.” Already in the New
Testament dispensation, mortal men were receiving tithes to
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carry on the work of Christ’s ministry. And notice that Paul did
not rebuke anybody for the giving of tithes during this time.

People of the Jewish tradition were so accustomed to the

giving of tithes that it was seen as a common and proper
practice to give tithe to God for the work of God’s ministry.
This giving of the tithe was so good and proper that Paul used
it as an example of Christ’ status as High Priest by likening it
to when Abraham gave the tithe to Melchisedek – a high priest
and a type of symbol of Christ. And in the second part of Heb
7:8 - as an illustration of Jesus as our High Priest – Jesus is
now receiving our tithe in the New Testament
dispensation! This is such an awesome illustration of Jesus’
status of High Priest on our behalf.

The fact that our giving of our tithe shows how Jesus is now
our High Priest, shows very vividly the validity of us now giving
the tithe in the New Testament dispensation. Since Jesus is
our High Priest we now give our tithe to Him – our loving
Lord and Savior! This act of course is an act of worship and
honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

This is such a beautiful illustration of Proverbs 3:9-10,

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled
with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new
wine.”

I know that Jesus is very pleased when we honor Him with the
tithe and offerings. Jesus sees it as a sincere act of worship
on our part to submit our tithe and offerings to Him. And notice
in Prov 3:10 that Jesus promises to provide abundantly with
provisions even bursting at the seams.

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And now I leave you with a true testimony of how a very poor
congregation learned to give tithes – and were miraculously
blessed in their obedience to the tithe.

( NOTE: There are thousands and even millions of testimonies

like this throughout the world. But the following is
representative of them – when people would obey the tithe
commandment.)

-- Tithe Testimony By Chile Missionary --

Excerpt from the book: The Secret Kingdom by Pat Robertson.

A missionary to Chile shared some insights into this law of the

Kingdom some time ago. As pastor of a group of extremely
poor peasants, he did everything he could to minister to their
needs. He revealed what he considered to be the full counsel
of the Lord, teaching the Bible as the Word of God and leading
them into many significant and deep understandings. But one
day the Lord spoke as clearly as if He had been standing face
to face with him. “You have not declared My whole truth to
these people,” He said.

“But Lord ,” the missionary replied, “I don’t understand. I’ve

taught them about justification by faith and forgiveness of sins
and baptism in the Holy Spirit, about miracles and walking in
Your power. I’ve taught them about the church, about history,
about doctrine. I’ve taught them about godliness and holy
living, about the Second Coming.

“What, my Lord, have I failed to teach them?”

He waited a moment. The voice was very clear. “You have not
declared My tithe to them.”

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The missionary was stunned. “But Lord, these are very poor
people! They hardly have enough to live. I can’t ask them to
tithe. They have nothing.”

Again, a silent moment. “You must declare to them My

tithe.”

He was a faithful, obedient man. And the debate ended.

The next Sunday morning, with heavy heart, he stepped

into the pulpit of the little rustic church in that poor,
backward community, took a deep breath, and began.

“My beloved brethren,” he said, looking into the open, uplifted

faces of his flock, “God has shown me that I haven’t been
faithful in declaring to you His whole counsel. There is
something you have not been doing that I must tell you about.
You have not been tithing to the Lord.”

And he began a trek through the Scriptures with them that

lasted nearly an hour. He explained everything, including the
Malachi portions urging that the Lord be proven on the matter.

The next Sunday, it was their turn. In they came, obedient to

the Word. They didn’t have money, so they brought eggs,
chickens, leather goods, woven articles, and all manner of
things from their poor peasant homes. The altar area was
heaped high.

The missionary felt badly about taking the gifts, but he

too was faithful, so he sold some and used the money for the
work of the church. He distributed some of the gifts to the
destitute in the neighborhood and kept some for his own
sustenance, in lieu of income.

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The same thing happened Sunday after Sunday. The people
tithed.

It wasn’t long before the effects of drought were seen

throughout the countryside. Poverty gripped the people of the
land worse than ever. Crops failed; buildings deteriorated;
gloom covered everything.

But, miraculously, this was not so with the members of that

little church. Their crops flourished as though supernaturally
watered. But more than that, the yields were extraordinary,
bounteous, healthy, flavorful. Their fields were green, while
those around were withering. Their livestock were sleek and
strong. Relative abundance replaced abject poverty.

They even had an overflow of crops and goods that could be

sold, and before long their tithes included money. They were
able to build a much-needed new meeting house.

Despite his misgivings, the missionary and his people had

learned that no matter how desperate the situation, no matter
how deep the impoverishment, the principles of the Kingdom
can turn deprivation into abundance.

-- End of Tithe Testimony By Chile Missionary --

As you can see above, God really, truly, keeps His Word as
He says in Malachi 3:10-12:

“10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there
may be food in My house. Test me in this,” says the
LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the
floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that
there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent

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pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your
fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the
LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you
blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the
LORD Almighty.”

It is very important to realize that God always keeps His

promises – whether they are promised blessings or
promised judgments.

For those who still think the tithe is not a New Testament
commandment I wish to point out the following:

1. Notice that the missionary did not want to preach the

tithe message to the congregation – because they were very
poor: “The missionary was stunned. “But Lord, these are very
poor people! They hardly have enough to live. I can’t ask
them to tithe. They have nothing.”.. “The next Sunday
morning, with heavy heart, he stepped into the pulpit of the
little rustic church in that poor, backward community, took a
deep breath, and began.”

2. God told the missionary to preach the tithe to the

people: “Again, a silent moment. “You must declare to
them My tithe.” Considering that the missionary did not
initially want to preach the tithe to the poor people this
preaching did not originate from the preacher’s own thinking.
The missionary preached the tithe solely out of obedience to
God. This is still another very strong confirmation that the tithe
has NOT been” done away with.” It is also a very strong
confirmation of Malachi 3:8-12.

And I really, truly do not believe this story by this missionary

was “made up.” Again remember the missionary did not
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initially want to preach the tithe to the poor people. The
missionary felt badly about taking the gifts, but he too
was faithful, so he sold some and used the money for the
work of the church.

3. God’s PROMISE of abundant blessing came to pass –

exactly as God promised in Malachi 3:8-12: “It wasn’t long
before the effects of drought were seen throughout the
countryside. Poverty gripped the people of the land worse
than ever. Crops failed; buildings deteriorated; gloom covered
everything. But, miraculously, this was not so with the
members of that little church. Their crops flourished as though
supernaturally watered. But more than that, the yields were
extraordinary, bounteous, healthy, flavorful. Their fields were
green, while those around were withering. Their livestock were
sleek and strong. Relative abundance replaced abject poverty.
They even had an overflow of crops and goods that could be
sold, and before long their tithes included money. They were
able to build a much-needed new meeting house.”

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CHAPTER 9

DO THOSE WHO ROB GOD

OF HIS TITHE GO TO HELL ?

From the prior chapter you can see how God keeps His
promised blessings. And it is very important to realize that
God -- just as faithfully -- keeps His promised judgments.
And what is God’s promised judgment if a person does not
tithe? That is what this section is about.

At one time I used to think that the only punishment for not
paying the tithe would be financial difficulties. However, after
careful Bible reading, study, and prayer I cannot reconcile
only financial difficulty to be the only punishment for
robbing God of His tithe. Since 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says that
thieves will not inherit the kingdom of God, the only thing I
could conclude is that robbing God of His tithe (Malachi 3:8) is
being a thief, and since thieves do not go to heaven, then
failing to pay tithes will land you in Hell. I realize this is hard for
some people to believe, but it is there in the Bible very clearly.
Let us therefore carefully study 1 Corinthians 6:9-10:

We first study the word WICKED in the bible.

The Term WICKED : To understand what the term WICKED

means let us look at 5 scriptures (there are hundreds more but
these should suffice):

"Now the men of Sodom were WICKED and were sinning

greatly against the LORD." Genesis 13:13

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"The WICKED will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in
the assembly of the righteous." Psalm 1:5

"You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the
WICKED cannot dwell." Psalm 5:4

"Salvation is far from the WICKED" Psalm 119:155

As you can see, in the Bible, the term WICKED always refers
to those who are not saved and who go to Hell if they die
without repenting.

Who Gets Condemned To Hell:

8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the

murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
magic arts [witchcraft], the idolaters and all liars [false
teachers] -- their place will be in the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second death." Rev 21:5-8 (NIV)

Similarly, in 1 Cor 6:9-10 Paul states: "Do you not know

that the WICKED will NOT INHERIT the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived: NEITHER the sexually immoral nor
idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor
homosexuals nor THIEVES nor the greedy nor drunkards
nor slanderers nor swindlers will INHERIT the kingdom of
God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

From this last verse alone we clearly see that:

THIEVES WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD !

Make no mistake about it, THIEVES are classified with the

WICKED and the WICKED are NOT going to Heaven.

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Notice that the passages Rev 21:5-8 and 1 Cor 6:9-10 are
parallel scriptures. Both are referring to those who will NOT go
to Heaven. As hard as it is for some to believe, GOD WILL
SEND THE THIEF TO HELL.

According to the Bible the following people are classified as

THIEVES:

1. Thieves – Stealing from another person. (1 Cor. 6:9-10)

2. Swindler – Those who lie and cheat people out of their

money or goods. (1 Cor. 6:9-10)

3. Robbing Tithes – Those who Rob God of His Tithe.

(Malachi 3:8)

Notice that, as well as thieves and swindlers who steal from

people, God will also condemn those who rob Him of His tithe.
Although our present day church culture, may overlook or
trivialize this sin, God does not and will not approve of this sin.

“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob Me. "But you
ask, 'How are we robbing you?' "In tithes and offerings.”
Malachi 3:8

Because not paying the tithe is classified by God as robbery

in Malachi 3:8, this sin will send you to Hell as God
PROMISES us in 1 Cor. 6:9-10. I realize many people do not
believe this but it is clearly there in the Bible – the unalterable
Word of God.

I counsel everyone to believe God in His Word or face eternal

damnation in Hell when they die. I tell you this as a warning.

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And indeed, God tells you this as a warning in His Word.
Doubt this at your own eternal certainty in Hell.

NOTE: Originally I was not going to include this chapter

(since many people -- even pastors think it is far
fetched) but God dealt with me to include this section
about one of God’s PROMISED judgments – for people
who disobey Him on the tithe.

Again doubt this at your own eternal certainty of Hell.

For more information, including true testimonies, read
my book: “Tithe or Hell Your Choice” by Mike Peralta.

Remember what Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:21-23, “Not

everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father
who is in heaven will enter. “Many will say to Me on that
day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and
in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform
many miracles?’ “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.’
This last scripture is extremely important. Notice four things
from this last verse:

• Only those who do the will of the Father (those that are
obedient to the Father) will go to heaven.

• If you don’t have a close intimate relationship with Jesus

then Jesus will end up telling you that He doesn’t know
you and to depart from Him.

• Jesus will tell those who practice lawlessness (those who

are disobedient and break God’s laws) to depart from Him.
This is why obeying God’s laws in all of the Bible is
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necessary to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. As it says
in Hebrews 12:14, “Without holiness no one will see
the Lord.”

• Even if you are involved in a good deal of ministry, even

performing miracles – but don’t get close to Jesus, and
therefore do not do the Father’s will, you will be cast into
Hell.

I have heard people and even pastors tell me that “failing to

pay the tithe will not send you to hell.” But 1 Corinthians 6:9-
10, Malachi 3:8, and Matthew 7:21 tells us otherwise: If you
don’t pay the tithe you most definitely WILL be sent to Hell.

Remember this is God’s holy, truthful, unbreakable word. And

it doesn’t matter what teacher or pastor tells you differently.
God will hold you personally accountable for robbing Him of
His tithe.

Originally, for this book, I was going to skip giving you this
warning about the consequence of robbing God of His tithe.
But God personally, strongly, warned me in my spirit that if I
didn’t include this warning for you He would personally hold
me responsible for your blood (Ezekiel 3:16-21). I don’t want
to sound harsh, but if there are harsh consequences wouldn’t
you want to be warned about it? Please take this in that spirit
from me. But most importantly, believe and obey God’s
commandments -- including the tithe. You will eternally be glad
you did.

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CHAPTER 10

JESUS - HIGH PRIEST

IN THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK

In chapter 8, I covered some aspects about Jesus being our

High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. Since Melchizedek
received tithes from Abraham it will help to see the full parallel
of Christ being our High Priest by also receiving our tithes.
This is so important that I want to elaborate more about Jesus
being our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. It is also
good to do this to see how strongly God the Father, desires for
us to honor His Son Jesus with our tithes.

A very important point here is that if the tithe was done away
with then this would mean Jesus could not fulfill the status of
being in the order of Melchizedek. You see God always fulfills
His word. It is also very obvious from all mention of
Melchizedek in the Bible that God fully intended to fulfill and
commands us to fulfill our part of honoring Christ with the full
rights and honor of a High Priest – in the order of Melchizedek.
And just like Melchizedek received tithes from Abraham, Jesus
Christ receives tithes from us – the spiritual children of
Abraham. Let us now study Genesis 14:18-20, Psalm 110:1-4,
and Hebrews 7:1-10.

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Let us first read Genesis 14:18-20,

Genesis 14:18-20. “18 And Melchizedek king of Salem

brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of
the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said,
Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of
heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high
God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.
And he [Abram] gave him [Melchizedek] tithes of all.”

Notice the following:

1. Melchizedek was both a king [of peace=Salem] and

priest – just like Jesus.
2. Melchizedek brought forth both bread and wine – again
just like Jesus does for us in Holy Communion.
3. Melchizedek blessed Abraham – just like Jesus
blesses us – the spiritual children of Abraham.
4. Abraham gave Melchizedek tithes of all. Just like we
now do for Jesus as will be later shown in Hebrews
7:8.

All the above reveals what it means for Jesus to be a High

Priest of the most high God in the order of Melchizedek. Wow!
Melchizedek is a prophetic symbol of Christ. This passage is
the first mention of Melchizedek.

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The second mention of Melchizedek is in Psalm 110:1-4. Let

us read.

Psalm 110. “1 {A Psalm of David} The LORD said unto

my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of
thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy
power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the
morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 The LORD
hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Notice the following:

1. The Father says unto Jesus, His Son, to sit at His right
hand. As we know this is Jesus current position with
the Father.
2. In verse 3, we see that God’s people will be willing to
do God’s will. Meaning, as God’s people, we should all
operate and obey the Lord with a fully willing heart.
3. God has sworn and will not take it back, Jesus is a
priest (who fulfills both blessing God and God’s
people). Jesus is a priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Which means Jesus does and is fulfilling the same role
that Melchizedek did when he blessed Abraham. This
includes the bringing forth of bread and wine, and (for
true spiritual children of Abraham) Jesus is the One we
tithe to. Glory to God!

The parallel between Melchizedek and Jesus is further

emphasized in the next scripture passage (a new testament
passage) we cover in Hebrews 7:1-10. Let us read.
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Hebrews 7:1-10. “1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem,
priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he
was returning from the slaughter of the kings and
blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a
tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the
translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then
also king of Salem, which is king of peace. 3 Without
father, without mother, without genealogy, having
neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like
the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

4 Now observe how great this man was to whom

Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest
spoils. 5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who
receive the priest’s office have commandment in the
Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their
brethren, although these are descended from Abraham.
6 But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them
collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one
who had the promises. 7 But without any dispute the
lesser is blessed by the greater.

8 In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case

one receives them, of whom it is witnessed [500
witnesses,1 Cor 15:3-8] that He [Jesus] lives on. 9
And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who
received tithes, paid tithes, 10 for he was still in the
loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.”

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Notice the following:

1. As first revealed in Gen 14:18 Melchizedek was both a

king [of peace=Salem] and priest – just like Jesus.

2. The Holy Spirit (through Paul) lists the parallels of

Melchizedek to Jesus Christ. Obviously God is
emphasizing Melchizedek as a symbol or type of
Christ. Also carefully noting, in this scripture passage,
that Abraham apportioned a tithe of all his gains. The
very obvious example here is that, just like Abraham
tithed to Mechizedek (a king and priest), we (spiritual
children of Abraham) should also apportion a tithe
(tenth) of all our gains to Jesus – our King and High
Priest. This example is glaringly obvious.
3. In verse 8 it reads. “In this case mortal men receive
tithes, but in that case One receives them, of whom
it is witnessed that He [Jesus] lives on.” As I
mentioned before there were 500 witnesses of Jesus’
resurrection – “that he lives on”. (1 Cor 15:3-8) Since
Jesus is the only one permanently resurrected so far,
this verse can only be referring to Jesus. Also note
that because Jesus is permanently resurrected, as Heb
7:3 says “He remains a priest perpetually.” In the
sense that no genealogy is mentioned anywhere about
Melchizedek, or about his death, it is also referring to
Melchizedek – but only as a type of symbol of Christ.
Melchizedek, of course being human, did die and there
are no witnesses of his permanent resurrection. So
Heb 7:8 can only apply to Jesus and no one else in
history. No one else in history lives on except Jesus,
our High Priest and King – the King of kings.

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4. Based on Hebrews 7:8, Jesus now receives our tithes
and this is in the New Testament. Those who say “the
tithe no longer applies” are speaking falsely and
directly opposing part of the New Testament gospel of
Jesus Christ.
5. As spiritual faith children of Abraham we are expected
to tithe to our High Priest and King – Jesus! Also, just
as Psalm 110 shows, we should obey and tithe with a
willing heart as an act of worship and to honor our
King, Jesus. Just like Abraham tithed to Melchizedek, a
king – and priest of the Most High God. What a
beautiful, and perfect example that Abraham set for us.

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LIFE CHANGING BOOKS

The following are Life Changing Books That Will Forever

Change Your Eternity. I greatly urge you to read them.

The Bible both Old and New Testament. The best book as
God never lies and He is never mistaken.

Hell Testimonies by Mike Peralta. This is a compilation of

several Hell Testimonies from several people around the
world. In my opinion this is the best book, after the Bible, (not
because I’m the author) but because it mentions many types
of sins that will send you to Hell. Some of the sins mentioned
will probably hit home to you as you read this book. This book
has helped me truly repent of sin more than any other book.

While Out Of My Body I Saw God, Hell, and the Living Dead
by Dr. Roger Mills. This is a superb book about Hell. Jesus
explains some things about Hell and sin that I have never read
anywhere else. However, as far as I can see, it is all
consistent with what the bible says.

A Divine Revelation of Hell by Mary Kathryn Baxter. This book

shows in graphic detail what torment people in Hell are
suffering. This book has been read by many and has helped
many repent from their sins and obey God in their lives.

Heaven Is So Real by Choo Thomas. This book discusses

both Heaven and Hell and reveals a great deal about the love
and personality that Jesus has to His children as evidenced by
how Jesus interacts with Choo Thomas. With a tenderness
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and friendly and loving and compassionate heart, you will
learn the character and demeanor of Jesus through this book.

Backsliding to Hell by Mike Peralta. This book is written to help

the backslider or those who are sinning after receiving Jesus
in the past. It clearly explains through the Bible that the
backslider will definitely go to Hell unless he or she repents of
their sinning and turns back to Jesus. At first, to avoid
promoting myself, I was not going to include this in my list of
life changing books (truth2.weebly.com) but the Holy Spirit
insisted that I include this book, so it must be even more
important than I, myself, realize.

Rapture and Tribulation books by Susan Davis: Bride of Christ

Prepare Now, Left Behind After The Rapture, Rapture or
Tribulation, Marriage Supper of the Lamb, I Am Coming
(Volumes 1 to 6) by Susan Davis and Sabrina De Muynck.
These rapture books are prophetic messages from Jesus to
help prepare the Bride of Christ (Christ’s true church) on how
to prepare for the very soon rapture. It clearly shows that
those who are not ready and are not looking to Jesus’ soon
coming will be left behind to face the anti-christ and certain
death at the hands of the most ruthless evil dictator that will
take power and world domination after the rapture. Also near
the time of the rapture there will many deaths and those who
are not ready will end up in Hell.

Final Call, Exodus, My Son David, True Maturity by Deborah

Melissa Moller (Four Book Series). This four part series
(combined in one book) has helped me more than any other
book to get close to Jesus and obey God’s will. It is like Jesus
is personally teaching me how to follow Him, obey Him, love
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Him, and to do the Father’s will. This is an extremely valuable
book. It is truly a “Pearl of Great Price.” It is provided by Jesus
to prepare His Bride for the very soon rapture.

Links to rapture books are also at: truth2.weebly.com

I urge you to read all these books – especially the Bible – over
and over again.

There is extremely little time left to get right with God. Jesus is
returning much sooner than you think and there is soon to be
terrible judgments on earth.

Surrender your life completely to Jesus now.

It is extremely and eternally dangerous to delay your full and

absolute commitment to Christ. It doesn’t matter what anyone
else tells you – they cannot help you when you end up in Hell.
Trust only God. Of course, love and pray for everyone – but
trust only God.

Seek Him with all your being now before it’s too late.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mike Peralta was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He received Jesus

Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1979. He is a graduate of the
University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He has worked in the
Electronic and Semiconductor Industry since 1982. He is
currently working as a Semiconductor Modeling Engineer in
Phoenix, Arizona.

His email is at: [email protected]

His website is at: hell3.weebly.com & truth2.weebly.com

This website has many testimonies of Hell and of the very

soon rapture of the true saints.

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