Fighting the Four Evils

[God was so concerned that people not give money to the government system, that He even forbid the Temple tithe from being money. If a person could not get their grain and animals to the temple, they were to be sold for money, and spent by the individual.] Where does it say that God forbid the Temple tithe from being money? [Because if you read the Old Testament carefully, you will find that it distinguishes the two.] Are you trying to suggest that the secular is to be separated from the sacred? If you are, that distinction is a false distinction. It seems like you are trying to read into the Bible what you want, with a spirit of humanism, causing you to interpret the Bible using a carnal mind. Critic's comment in brackets, my response interspersed. [Religious laws which are a person's individual responsibility and carry no punishment, and laws which the government is responsible for enforcing. You wouldn't pass a law that people should have to pray, wo...

Usury. It is a much forgotten theme, dismissed as a product of the 16th century. Many people believe that there is a difference between usury and interest on a loan. However, nothing is further from the truth. Usury is interest on a loan. It is interest itself. The term 'usury' has been changed to 'interest' to distinguish between what was deemed legal, versus, illegal interest. The meaning of usury was then changed to mean to lend money at excessively high rates, rather than the lending of money at a rate per se . Many theologians have been responsible for this false distinction, through twisting the Bible is permit usury on certain conditions and circumstances. John Calvin, in particular, is the main culprit for generally accepted permissiveness towards usury.  Proverbs 28:8 makes it clear that usury is unjust gain:  He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Usury originated from the Latin term...

And when was the last time you offered a sacrifice at the Temple? By your own words you are ‘denying the Word of God’ because you are not doing this. The biblical nation of Israel of course no longer exists. With the fall of the temple in 70AD the ceremonial and civil laws of ancient Israel came to an end of course. And the entire New Testament makes it clear that those laws are not binding on Christians anyway. Sure the moral law carries through, eg the Ten Commandments. But go back and read Galatians or any other NT epistle on how Paul had to fight the Judaisers who wanted to drag the Christians back under the law. - a theologian and Bible college lecturer in response to statement that although we are not in Israel, the Old Testament teachings still apply Sacrifices at the Temple were a ritual before Jesus had made the ultimate sacrifice. However, usury is not an act of repentance like sacrifices were. Usury is interest charged on a loan. Jesus spoke about giving up all of one...