1. Test Me

2. B.C.
500
450
400
350
Return lead
by Ezra
~458BC
Nehemiah
Rebuilding
wall~445BC

3. (Ne 6:15)
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

4. (Ne 10:35-39)
"We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the LORD each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.

5. "As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.

6. "Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

7. A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

8. The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and oil to the storerooms where the articles for the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the singers stay. "We will not neglect the house of our God."

9. B.C.
500
450
12yrs
400
350
Return lead
by Ezra
~458BC
Nehemiah
Rebuilding
wall~445BC
Back to
Persia
~433BC

10. Man not only repeatedly forsook God, they even played dumb in fallacious arguments. (Mal 3:7-8)

11. (Mal 1:2) "I have loved you," says the LORD
(Mal 1:2) "I have loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’

12. (Mal 1:6-7) 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master
(Mal 1:6-7) 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?'

13. 7 "You place defiled food on my altar
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.

14. (Mal 1:12-13) 12 "But you profane it by saying of the Lord's table, 'It is defiled,' and of its food, 'It is contemptible.'

15. 13 And you say, 'What a burden
13 And you say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it contemptuously," says the LORD Almighty. "When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?" says the LORD.

16. (Mal 1:9-10) 9 "Now implore God to be gracious to us
(Mal 1:9-10) 9 "Now implore God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?"--says the LORD Almighty.

17. 10 "Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD Almighty, "and I will accept no offering from your hands.

18. When man did not tithe as instructed, God said that it was a robbery of what was His. And curses are a certainty. (Mal 3:8-9)

19. A testimony of a brother
God gives us another chance to return to Him, and promise to bless mightily to those who tithe. (Mal :10-12)
A testimony of a brother

20. Conclusion
Man not only repeatedly forsook God, they even played dumb in fallacious arguments.
When man did not tithe as instructed, God said that it was a robbery of what was His. And curses are a certainty.
God gives us another chance to return to Him, and promises to bless mightily to those who tithe.