Why do we pay Priest Funds?
(And not Tithes & Offerings)
Priest Funds
KJVA Bible. Romans 13:1-7
[1]Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
[2]Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
[3]For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
[4]For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
[5]Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
[6]For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
[7]Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
The Breakdown of Tithes & Offerings
Genesis 14:18-20; 28:20-22 (20% not 10%)
KJVA Bible. Genesis 14:18-20 (The First 10%)
[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 gave him tithes of all.
KJVA Bible. Genesis 28:20-22 (The Second 10%)
[20]And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
[21]So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
[22]And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
The 3rd Temple is your body, not a building built with hands
KJVA Bible. 2 Corinthians 5:1
[1]For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
KJVA Bible. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
[19]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
[20]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
KJVA Bible. 1 Corinthians 3:9
[9]For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.