The Holy Spirit recorded in Psalm 34:
9 Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
And in Psalm 111:
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.
What was FATHER’S first commandment to man? It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 2:
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Out of all the fruit-bearing trees in the Garden, only one was off limits. Why? FATHER reserved it for HIMSELF. However, Adam was directed to tend and keep the Garden and there was no mention of excluding any tree from his labor. Adam’s tending of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil effectively represented a tithe for it was not his to partake. This established the Truth that FATHER is supreme to Adam and thus man has established boundaries which cannot be ignored.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was surely a fig tree since both Adam and Eve immediately covered themselves with fig leaves once their eyes were opened. It was the closest tree at the time so they would have taken leaves from it. Didn’t they in essence consume the tithe and treat it as “common” rather than Holy?
This tree tested Adam and Eve concerning “the fear of the LORD” and they failed the test. They relied on the worldly wisdom of the serpent rather than submit to FATHER’S Wisdom and understanding freely given in the command. They consumed the tithe and submitted to the devourer thus opening the door for the thief to kill, steal, and destroy.
In Genesis chapter 14, it is written by The Holy Spirit:
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
How did Abram know about tithing? How did Melchizedek know about tithing? WHO revealed to Melchizedek that he was a priest of GOD Most High?
How did Melchizedek know about communion?
It is written by The Holy Spirit In Hebrews chapter 7:
1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
“Made like the Son of God” is different than “being” the Son of GOD. Wouldn’t Melchizedek have fulfilled the ministry of Our Lord Jesus Christ if He truly was Jesus standing before Abram? The point is that communion and tithing go hand in hand. Both require us to have “the fear of THE LORD” when we participate or else we have missed a critical aspect of both.
When we give a tithe, we should give it in complete reverence to the tithe being FATHER’S and not ours. It we casually give a tithe, the fear of THE LORD is missing in the act tied to giving what is due HIM. FATHER’S great grace and mercy have intervened on our behalf since we did not have revelation of the importance of the act of tithing. Now we are accountable for how we give our tithes and offerings. Let that Holy firstfruit be acknowledged in proper fashion.