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Redemptive Plan Of God In Tithing

In Genesis 42:3 “ten of Joseph’s brothers went to buy grain in
Egypt…” ten in this case is redemptive; there was famine in the
land.

“Now when Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said
to his sons, why do you look at one another? For, he said, I have
heard that there is grain in Egypt; get down there and buy [grain]
for us, that we may live and not die, so ten of Joseph’s brothers

went to buy grin in Egypt”. Genesis 42: 1-3 (AMPC)

When Hezekiah asked Isaiah, what would be the sign that he
would be healed, the prophet said that the shadow shall go ten
degrees backwards.

“Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘What will be the sign that the Lord
will [completely] heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the
Lord on the third day?” Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you
from the Lord that He will do the thing that He has spoken; shall

the shadow [indicating the time of day] go forward ten steps, or
go back ten steps? Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow
to go forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten
steps” so Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought
the shadow on the steps tens steps backward by which it had gone
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down on the sundial of Ahaz.” 2 Kings 20:8-11 (AMPC)
These are just a few examples where the number ten comes out as
redemptive and completeness of God’s plan. When the tithe is
given God redeems the remaining of what was given and preserves
it from the devourer.

Contrary to the belief of some Christians that tithing was instituted

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