I believe that Jesus Christ was the sacrifice, therefore ritual/temple sacrifices are no longer necessary. Many Christians do pay a temple tax of sorts. Christians are instructed to tithe. We're responsible for maintaining our churches.
Nobody is insinuating that you should sacrifice, If you believe in Jesus, and that Jesus is the King of the future Temple, well then a Tax is paid to the king of that Temple.
I believe Jesus stood as being a sacrifice also.
But what does your tithes you pay to your church have to do with the Temple Tax?
The prophets say that the whole world will stream to the Temple in Jerusalem and that the law will go forth from Jerusalem unto the whole world.
What did the disciples do according to the Temple?
There were very many churches in the days of Paul, what did they pay their money torward?
Acts 6:1 Now in those days, when the number of disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, Because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
Then the 12 summoned the multitude of disciples and said,'' It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve table.
'' Therefore, Brethren, seek out from among you 7 men of good reputation, full of the Holy spirit and wisdom, who we may appoint over this business: But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the Ministry of the Lord.
Why are the disciples concerning themselves with the Temple law if the Temple law no longer mattered after Jesus was crucified, resurrected and went back to his place?
Why was paul so bent on fulfilling Temple law after Jesus had died, resurrected and went back to his place?
Acts 21:21 '' Speaking of Paul'' '' But they{The Jews} have been informed about you that you teach all Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.
''What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. '' Therefore do what we tell you: We have 4 men who have taken a vow.
''Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you ARE NOTHING, BUT THAT YOU YOURSELF ALSO WALK ORDERLY AND KEEP THE LAW.
Why is Paul following Temple Law?
The gentiles didn't have to walk accordingly to all the law But the Gentiles went up to the Temple and stood in the gentile court as designed.
For 100 years after Jesus died, Gentiles went to the Temple with the Jews acknowledging that this is was God's chosen Holy place.
After the Temple was destroyed the gentiles went to the synogogues along with the Jews until 135 a.d when Rome was trying to seperate Gentile Christians from the Jews.
People pay tithes to all kinds of Places But that doesn't mean Much to Me.
Christians love to quote Malchi concerning tithes.
Malachi 3:8 '' Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me! But you say, '' In what way have we robbed you?'
In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE, and prove me now in this,'' Says the Lord of Hosts,'' If I will not open up for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to recieve it.
People paid tithes to feed the widows, the Needy, so that God's house is seen as a place for the down trodden to eat.
I don't see much wrong with helping your preacher with certain things but there is no unity in these things, It lacks a combined unity under one flag, One cause.
If all the people of Christ were to unite under one cause, who could stand against us?
Indeed, who could stand against the God of Israel seeing all the people united under one cause.
It's as if there were a Democratic party and a Republican party but suddenly 200 other parties emerged which would seperate all people to many different causes.
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered upon every hill, valley and mountain.
But if all the sheep gathered together, It would be such an entity of power that no one could stand against.
