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Malachi
3 Missed-Interpreted By Main Stream Christianity
Malachi
3 Explained
By Evangelist Ron
Davis, Minister of Christ
One of the main Scripture these peddlers of God’s word use to support their doctrine of demanding and
extorting "tithes and offerings" from those who are seeking God's favor is Malachi 3:
Let’s look at one of the
main Scripture that all these self-appointed gospel peddlers love to use:
(those who peddle the word of God for profit and gain - see 2 Corinthians 2:17
below), these tithes and
offerings extorters, ministers who follow the doctrine of Balaam (Jude
1:11); who claim these verses in Malachi 3 give them the authority
to extort "tithes and offerings" from the people that are
seeking to be saved from this evil and adulterous world; and that is Malachi
chapter 3.
But, first let us look
at Malachi chapters 1 and 2 to see who the word "man" refers to in verse 8
of Malachi 3 when God asks the question, these gospel peddlers love to
quote when they want more of your money in their control; and that is "Will
a man rob God? They never tell you who God is speaking to in this Scripture
(they just speak about it in such a way to lead you to believe that God was
speaking to you the member of their human organizations) - they have deceived
you into believing God was speaking to you rather than to them - more
specifically God is speaking to the Levites and the priesthood of Aaron and not
the people giving the tithes and offerings to them.
These Levites and
priests behavior had caused the people
to be discouraged in that by saying the "Lord’s table is
contemptible" (much like those today who take your tithes and offerings to
buy for themselves the best of goods and services while refusing to help those
who are not a member of their church); they were making the people give
defected and sick animals for God as tithes and offerings; and taking the best
of the livestock and grain offerings for themselves to sell for profit. Nor
were these priests of Levi keeping God’s command to the Levites in Deuteronomy
26:12-13, where God said to them… "12 When you have finished laying
aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year--the year of
tithing--and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the
widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13 then you shall
say before the LORD your God: "I have removed the holy tithe from
my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me;
I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten
them""
The Levites were
commanded to receive tithes and offerings from the people; however, in the
third year they were to share this tithe given to them by those who had
livestock and land to tithe on with "the stranger, the fatherless, and
the widow". In Malachi 3, these "sons of Levi"
were not during this because they did not fear God. The below listed
Scriptures tell us what most of the ministers today are about - these are the
tele-evangelists, the super-ministers, and the mega-church ministers who
believe building bigger churches are more important than taking care of the
needs of the widows and the poor and needy in their community.
Notice, the Holy Spirit
through the apostle Paul says, "many" not a few ministers are
peddling God's word for profit from your "tithes and offerings"
Here again in Jude 1,
the Scripture points us to those who "run greedily in the error of
Balaam for profit". They live in mansions and very costly temples
while claiming to serve God and His Christ Jesus. Many of you know these super
ministers and their up and coming students of their greed (see Rev. 2:14).
In Malachi 1:6-8, it is shown that God were speaking to the
leaders (the Levites and Priests of Israel) who were defrauding and
robbing God of the tithes and offerings not the people who brought the tithes
to them (the people continued to give and tithe to them even while these
corrupt Levites and priests stole from God - and the widows, the poor and
strangers in the land). These priests were not giving God His due honor before
the people by taking care of those widows and orphans in need nor were they
sacrificing the best of the grain and livestock to God rather they were keeping
the best for themselves to sell and increase their own wealth from the things
tithed and offered by those who were required to tithe. Just think of the glory
our God in heaven would receive if these so-called "tithes and
offerings" ministers actually followed these old Covenant instructions
by helping the poor and needy with your "tithes and offerings"
money instead of helping themselves. Today, we as Christians are called upon in
the New Testament (or Covenant) which requires much more in giving and helping
those in need than the Old Testament. For, we as Christians shall be judged by
our treatment of those in need and those well to due Christians will be judged
by what they did with their money (Matthew 19:16-24; Luke 12:33; Luke
19:1-10 and Matthew 25 - more on this later).
Malachi 1:6-8... "6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master.
If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the
respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty. "It is you, O priests, who
show contempt for my name. "But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for
your name?' 7 "You place defiled food on my altar. "But you ask, 'How
have we defiled you?' "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. 8
When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you
sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to
your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says
the LORD Almighty"
Notice in verse 6 of
Malachi chapter one God says,
"It is you, O priests, who show contempt for My Name"; there
you have it, it were the priests not the people, who were not
respecting God as a Father and Master (if they were sons or servants then they
did not show it, making them neither as for as God was concern). God says these
priests showed Him contempt instead of honor and "place defiled food
on"(v. 7) His altar (this phrase give us more proof that God was
talking to the Levitical priesthood because they were the only ones commanded
by God to offer the sacrifices on the altar).
These priests said to
the people, "the Lord’s table
is contemptible"(v. 7) causing the "whole nation" to
be cursed because of their evil deeds (Malachi 3:9); this gives us
further Scripture proof that it were the priests and not, I repeat not the
people who God is talking about in Malachi 3. Because only the priests’
sins brought sin on the nation, the sins of the people were atoned for by the
priests; therefore, it was not possible for the people not tithing to bring a
curse on the whole nation. So, I say to you today where these self-appointed
gospel peddlers claim the people were robbing God - it’s not the people but the
Levites and the priests who were robbing God - read it for yourself. This makes
Malachi a prophecy for these same ministers who claim the right of extracting "tithes
and offerings" from you because they are during the same thing these "sons
of Levi" were doing; and that is keeping the better part of your money
for themselves and their pet projects.
Now, when we move to
Malachi chapter two we see God is still speaking to the priests and not the people as so many Christians have
been led to believe by their leaders, these money lovers and self-proclaimed "tithes
and offerings" collectors who have declared they are in the place of
God on earth. For they say to those who they demand money from, that if you
don't give to them then you are robbing God. Thereby, claiming if you want to
give to God then you must give to them and no one else.
These ministers peddles
the word of God for profit and financial gain - teaching for doctrine the traditions
of men and doctrines of Satan concerning tithes and offerings; something God have not command them, and He
have not given them this authority to demand money from you under the new
Covenant. They are misusing the Holy Scripture to fill their pockets and "their
churches" bank accounts. They are "living it up" on
the word of God rather than being content, and helping those in needs. These
ministers are refusing to preach the word without cost. The Holy Spirit speaks
of these ministers in 2 Peter 3:16… where it is said, these ministers
have used Malachi 3 as "untaught and unstable people twist to
their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scripture". Yes,
some twist the Scripture through ignorance and some through deceit and evil
motives, and they all resist sound doctrine.
Malachi 2:1-9... Admonition for the Priests (Notice here God through the prophet speaks of the admonish of the
Priests not, I repeat not the people)
"1 And now this admonition is for you, O
priests. 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to
honor my name," says the LORD Almighty, "I will send a curse
upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them,
because you have not set your heart to honor me. 3 "Because of you
I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your
festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. 4 And you
will know that I have sent you this admonition so that my covenant with Levi
may continue," says the LORD Almighty. 5 "My covenant
was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this
called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6
True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He
walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. 7
"For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his
mouth men should seek instruction-because he is the messenger of the LORD
Almighty. 8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching
have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,"
says the LORD Almighty. 9 "So I have caused you to be despised
and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but
have shown partiality in matters of the law."
Notice verse 1
"this admonition is for you, O priests", and verse 4 where God says, He is sending
these evil priests this admonition because of His covenant with Levi that it
may continue. Then in verses 5 and 6 God speaks of His covenant with
Levi and how Levi "stood in awe" of His Name and gave Him "reverence
and revered" His Holy Name (this is why ministers should refuse to be
called reverend - for only God deserves to be called reverend - yet, since this
sin is so common among the churches of Babylon the Great these ministers
refuses all sound reasoning in this matter even resisting the Holy Spirit).
Next, God praises Levi for giving "true instruction" and "nothing
false was found on his lips"; however, these priests in verses 7
and 8 are bearing false witness about the word of God nor are they
preserving knowledge (you would expect men of God to give sound doctrine).
They were causing many
to stumble because of their teaching; and of these "sons of Levi" God says, they "have
violated" (v. 8) His covenant between Him and Levi. God also says in verse
9 that He have caused them "to be despised and humiliated before
all the people", because they did not follow His ways and showed
"partiality in matters of the law". (We see and hear this today when
the men refuse to go to these churches (most them are filled with women) and
others even accuse these lovers of money of living high on the hog while their
churchgoer can barely pay their rent and feed their family). And for those
of you who are faithful givers of tithes, you will be able to see this when
these gospel peddlers only help those who give to their churches (if you are
not a member then you of out of luck), and only those who tithe to them are
allowed to speak in their churches. Yet, these gospel peddlers wonder out loud
in their sermons why people despise them for their behavior; and they still believe
you should reverend them when they have not honored and revered God nor kept
His laws.
Now, let us re-read
Malachi 3 again, where it speaks of these priests (today, they are commonly called ministers or
some other names which I will not mention nor should they use them because it
blasphemes God Holy Name) robbing God - we will start in verse one,
and I want you to pay particular attention to verses 3-5, and 9; where
we see the phrases "sons of Levi", "that they may offer to the
Lord an offering in righteousness", "then the offering of Judah and
Jerusalem", "those who exploit wage earners and widows and
orphans", and "even this whole nation".
You know the more I
study what God really says about "tithes and offerings"; the more I
wish these gospel peddlers would rightly divide God’s word for a change and
give God His honor and reverence among the people of this world. For many of our poor widows and fatherless
children would be cared for with the tithe money they collect and God would
receive His honor and be reverend. Yet, these ministers use your "tithes
and offerings" for "their pet projects". Oh yea, they
will definitely declare to you the word of God when they stand to profit from
it, but never are they truthful when it may take money out of their pockets and
their "human organizations" aka "their churches".
Malachi 3:1-7... The Coming Messenger of God... "1 Behold, I send My messenger, And
he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will
suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the
LORD of hosts. 2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who
can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire And
like launderers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of
silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge
them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in
righteousness. 4 "Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Will be
pleasant to the LORD, As in the days of old, As in former years. 5 And I
will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against
sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit
wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an
alien--Because they do not fear Me," Says the LORD of hosts. 6
"For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore
you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. 7 Yet from the days of your
fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have
not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," Says the
LORD of hosts. "But you said, "In what way shall we return?'"
Do Not Rob [Note: This is another
subtitle added by the translators which implies that these verses are speaking
about people in general rather the priests - the sons of Levi who collected the
tithes.]
Malachi 3:8-12... "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. 9 You are cursed with
a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even
this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may
be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you
such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 "And
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the
fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the
field," Says the LORD of hosts; 12 And all nations will call you
blessed, For you will be a delightful land," Says the LORD of
hosts."
Now, we see here God
were speaking to those who were of the Levitical priesthood (Malachi 1:6-8; Malachi 2:1,4,7-8; Malachi
3:3-5). God in Malachi chapter 3 gives us the time of Christ
correction of these sons of Levi for their sins against Him in verses 3:1-3.
Notice the phrase "I send My messenger"(v. 3:1) this phrase
refers to John the Baptist (Malachi 4:5-6 and Matthew 17:9-13) who came
and prepared the way for Christ Jesus; and his message was "to bear
witness of the Light" (John 1:7) and "the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins" (Mark 1:4) so people would
receive Christ as the One who Saves (Luke 7:26-30). Next, we have the
phrase, "the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant" (v. 3:1) this phrase refers to
Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior (the second Adam) who came to pay the penalty
for the sin of Adam and of all Mankind; and to make another Covenant (a New
Covenant) with the people whom God would call, a chosen people of priests for
His new nation (Hebrews 8 and 1 Peter 2:9-10). So you see, we have the
time frame for the purifying of the "sons of Levi" (the
priesthood) as the Holy Spirit says of the Messenger of the Covenant, "He
will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them" (v. 3:3). Christ Jesus,
as the Messenger of the Covenant have already purged these "sons of
Levi" and purified those who would be called and chosen by God. The
priesthood has changed, and Christ is the High Priest of this royal priesthood (Hebrews
2:1; 4:14-15; and Hebrews chapters 5-10 of which I will speak more
of later). Now, when we
get to the phrase where it is said, "Who can endure the day of His
coming?" (V. 3:2), this further identify the arrival of Christ to
purify and purge the priesthood (sons of Levi) that "they may offer to
the LORD an offering in righteousness" (v. 3:3). I ask this question
is there "sons of Levi" offering up "an offering in
righteousness" today? Are not the priests of the New Covenant royal
priesthood offering up offerings to God and His Christ in righteousness today? Malachi
is the last book of the old Covenant because this closes out the old nation of
Israel for the bringing in of the new Covenant as it is written in the book of Hebrews.
Now, let us go back to
these priests and sons of Levi during Malachi time. They were denying the portions of the tithes
which belonged to the "widows and orphans" and the alien (every
three years they were to share the tithes they received with needy) in the land
of Israel (Deut. 14:27-29 and Mal. 3:5). Having already proved from Malachi
1 and 2 that the priests, the sons of Levi were the ones who are said to
have been robbing God of His "tithes and offerings" in
Malachi 3:8. If you still do not see this at this stage of my paper, then I
pray that you please ask God for understanding with a humble and teachable
heart, and He give you understanding in this too. Furthermore, this can
be seen clearly in these verses in the book of Malachi where God says of
these corrupt "sons of Levi"; "you place defiled food
on My altar", you say "the LORD's table is contemptible"
(Mal. 1:7), and "you bring blind animals for sacrifice" (Mal.
1:8). Then, we come to Malachi 3 where God speaks of purifying and
purging the sons of Levi, and that God will come near to them for
judgment. He "will be a swift witness against... those who exploit wage
earners and widows and orphans, and against those who turn away an alien"
(Mal. 3:5). As you can see God says, these "sons of Levi"
were receiving the "tithes and offerings" from the people, but
they were taking the best for themselves (for the Spirit says they exploited
wage earners) and refusing to give to and support the widows, orphans, and
aliens in the land.
Now then, I say to you,
the people were bringing their tithes and offerings to these corrupt priests;
but they were teaching the people to bring "crippled or diseased animals" to sacrifice
while still requiring them to bring the required tithe and offering for them to
profit from (Isaiah 3:14 and Amos 4:1). These priests and the sons of
Levi were robbing God. So now, we come to the question; if the sons of
Levi, the priests were robbing God then who represented God in Malachi 3
and on this planet? For those of you who are asking this question because you
believed the priests and the "sons of Levi" represented God in
Malachi, please re-read Malachi 2:8-9; 3:4-5. If you are asking
this question because you are thinking that these human organizations called
churches or your minister represent God then here is a truth you can trust,
they do not. And as for these ministers who claim their human organizations are
God's house; then I say they are wrong and they do not represent God. First of
all, your body is God's house (His temple); if indeed you have the His Spirit
and the Spirit of His Christ living in you. And further proof that these church
houses of this world are not God's houses is this, that throughout God's word
He compares and speaks of Himself as being among the poor and oppress of the
land. The poor and needy of the ones God says He stands up for and takes up
their cause - what you do to them you do to God (Psalm 12:5, Proverbs 14:31
and Matthew 25:35-46). These Scriptures tell us that God lives among the
poor and needy of this world. Therefore, the poor and needy and oppressed of
this world represent God. And if you want to give to God then help the poor and
helpless of this world with your tithes and offerings not, I repeat not some
self-appointed, over fed minister claiming he represent God (believe me he
don't) and nor do his human organization so-called by the name "church"
or "God's house".
The word in verse 10
as "storehouse" is Strong's number 0214, Phonetic
speech "o-tsaw'"; the Hebrew
Original Word: "Rcwa"; Transliterated
Word: "owtsar" Malachi 3:10... the
word "storehouse" in the Hebrew means: treasure (gold,
silver, etc); storehouse (store, supplies of food or drink); treasure house,
treasury (fig. Of God's armory); King James translations: treasures,
treasury, storehouses, cellars, armory, garners and store.
The in
verse 10 as "food" is Strong's Number
02964, Original word "@rj"
Transliterated word "Tereph"
Phonetic spelling for speech "eh'-ref"; Meaning in Hebrew: prey,
food or leaf; Translations in the KJV: prey, meat, leaves, and spoil
The People Complain
Harshly (this NKJV subtitle should say the priest and the Levite - see
verses 3 and 9 above in this same chapter 3):
Malachi 3:13-18... "13 "Your words have been harsh against
Me," Says the LORD, "Yet you say, "What have we spoken against
You?' 14 You have said, "It is useless to serve God; What profit is
it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before
the LORD of hosts? 15 So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They
even tempt God and go free."'
A Book of Remembrance
16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD
listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For
those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name. 17 "They shall be
Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them My
jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his
own son who serves him." 18 Then you shall again discern Between
the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not
serve Him.
Now, I exhort you today
as Christians, those of you who fear
the Lord and who are speaking to one another today about the deceit of those
who teach these doctrines of Satan and how the deceitfulness of sin have sway
the masses of the people and their leaders; and know within your heart today
that they are wrong, those who hear my voice - the Lord is listening and He
hears your voice, and He is writing these things down (Malachi 3:16). So,
I call upon you to continue to serve God in your spirit - those are us who
realize we have been had (led astray) by these gospel peddlers and now refuses
to support their pockets. I say to you, we as Christians must give to and
support those in need not those who seek to gain financial wealth and build
buildings. We who have eyes to see and ears to hear are the Christians Christ
Jesus speaks of in Revelations 2 and 3 in His messages to the churches,
when He says we live and congregate among those who serve Satan and teaches the
doctrines of Satan and men rather than the whole counsel of God's word (Rev.
2:9, 13, 24 and Rev.3:9). Just as Christ and His disciples gave to the poor
(John 13:29), and the early New Testament Christians remembered the poor
(Acts 15 and Galatians 2:9-10). This is our calling to serve those in
need to preach the good news to the poor and the oppressed in this evil and
adulterous world, for in so doing we serve God and His Christ (Matthew
25:34-40). Amen. Praise God.
Evangelist Ron Davis, a Minister of Christ, of the Kush Edifying
Ministries proclaims the whole counsel of God.
This ministry believes in the command of Jesus to His disciples in Matthew 10:7-8 “As you go, preach this
message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received,
freely give” (NIV). Jesus commands us to “freely” preach the word
without demanding those preached to give to you.
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