8. What was the main message of Malachi to the people and priests of Israel? (Malachi 4:4) _____________________________________________
9. Was Israel obeying the Law very well? What were they doing?
a. (Malachi 1:8) ______________________________
b. (Malachi 2:9) ______________________________
c. (Malachi 2:11) ______________________________
d. (Malachi 3:5) ______________________________
e. (Malachi 3:8) ______________________________
10. In Malachi 3:8, does "offerings" mean "voluntary gifts of money"?
Circle answer: YES or NO (see Leviticus 1-7)
(If "NO", then "offerings" means _______________________)
11. In Malachi's time, what kinds of offerings were the priests & people giving? (Malachi 1:8, 1:13)
_____________________________________________
12. So what did "robbing God of offerings" mean? _______________________________________
13. What were those offerings supposed to represent to Israel and to the world? (1 Peter 1:18-19, Hebrews 7:27, 9:12-14, 23, 26, 10:11-14) _____________________________
14. What does "all of the tithes" (or "the whole tithe") mean in 3:10?
a. (Deuteronomy 14:22) _____________________________________________
b. (Deuteronomy 14:28-29 & 26:12) _____________________________________________
15. Malachi 3:10 mentions bringing all the tithes into the "storehouse", and which tithe was specifically commanded to be stored? (Deuteronomy 14:28)
Circle the correct answer:
THE YEARLY TITHE or THE THIRD YEAR TITHE
16. What was promised to Israel if they gave the third year tithe? (Deuteronomy 26:12-15, Malachi 3:10-12)
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17. Who was meant to benefit from the tithe in the third year? (Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 26:12)
_____________________________________________
18. What was being done to those people in Malachi’s time? (Malachi 3:5)
_____________________________________________
19. So what could "robbing God of tithes" mean? (See #17-18 and Matthew 25:42-45)
_____________________________________________
20. So why was Israel "under a curse" (or "cursed with a curse") in Malachi’s time? (See #11-13 and #18-19)
_____________________________________________
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION - II
Tithes provided firstly for the Levites who took care of the Temple and its offerings (the sacrifices)—all of which pointed to Jesus the coming Messiah. Now that the Messiah has come and fulfilled those offerings, is it possible to "rob" God of tithes and offerings anymore?
Does Christian tithing include "all the tithes"? Do we "tithe" to the needy as the Law said to?
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