The Body of Christ should have more abundance in wealth and riches than any other structure of people on earth. They should be richer that any business, corporation or foundation in the world. Wealth and riches have already been declared ours by God Almighty.

The church has been given the largest assignment in the history of mankind, which is to preach the gospel in all the world, to feed the poor, to heal the sick and to comfort the broken hearted, and to build up the poverty stricken places of all the earth. Note the following passages of scripture.

Isaiah 61:1-9, The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

This is an impossible mission with out the wealth to do it. But thank God Almighty, he has provided a way to get the finances to the church. It has been provided for in the covenant that he established with Abraham.

Genesis 12:3, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." God will bless anyone that blesses the Body of Christ, but those that will not are under a curse.

Genesis 28:14, And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Galatians 3:29, And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

A vital part of this covenant and the way that God has chosen to bless (supply) the Body of Christ is, THE TITHE. The word tithe means one tenth. This covenant is for all families of the earth. Therefore all families of the earth have been ordained by God to bring one tenth of all they possess to the Body of Christ to finance the mission that God has placed on the Body of Christ. Any family that does so will be blessed by God Almighty.

The first reason that poverty still exists in the earth today, including the church, is because the commandment of the tithe is not being obeyed. Nations, businesses, corporations, and families are to bring the tenth of all to the Body of Christ.

Why the Body of Christ? Because the Body of Christ is the place where God has chosen to place His Name. This is where the whole earth is to bring the tithe and show honor to God. Deuteronomy 26:2, That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

But it does not stop with the tithe coming to the church. The each individual church is to take a tithe of the tithe, in other words, take one tenth of the one tenth that was given them and offer that to the Lord. Each church should take the first ten percent and give it to where God directs. They should not use the first one tenth to operate their own ministry. This is their sacrifice. Send it to home office or something, but don't keep it or that churches finances will be polluted. The church will always have financial problems until that one tenth is released from their grip by placing it in the hand of God.

Numbers 18: 26 & 28, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest. Aaron was the high priest of that day.

We see this taught in the new testament in Hebrews 7:9-10.

Hebrews 7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. Today Jesus is our high preist after the order of Melchisedec. He is to receive the tithe of Levi, (the church) today and forever. (Hebrews chapter 7)

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