The Old Covenant declared that a curse would come on Israel if they broke God's Law. In Leviticus 26:19 God said he would make their heaven as iron and in Deut. 28:23 he said it would be as brass.
Naturally speaking, lack of rain for crops and livestock would be a devasdtating punishment.
Spiritually symbolic too. There would be no answer to their prayers as a result of their disobedient.
This teaching about heaven being shut up against God's people if they don't tithe also comes from Malachi 3 where God is rebuking the nation of Israel for breaking the covenant. In verse 10 he says:
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, andprove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, hat there shall not be room enough to receive it."
Israel wasn't giving God the tithes that were required by their covenant, so they were anation of God-robbers and they were under a curse. God...
2007-07-16 22:09:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
...promised to open the windows of heaven for them if they would tithe because that was the cause of their problem. But tithing is not part of our New Covenant, so failure to tithe is not the source of our problems and tithing is not the solution for them either!
2007-07-16 22:10:58 · update #1