Tithes and Offerings Are Charitable Contributions

Tithes and offerings are charitable contributions given by faithful Christians.  Giving tithes and offerings in the US has its tax advantages in the US because a certain percentage of these are can be deduced from what the tax filer owes the government!

So, are you still looking for best charity to donate to? Look no further.  If your church is considered by the IRS as a charitable organization, there you can give it! How about for best nonprofits to donate to? Again, your church may be that as well!

So, if you believe and practice tithing, indeed it is a blessing.  If man's mathematics is 10-1= 9, God's math can be 10-1=20 or something else!

Is There Any Day That Is Special to God?

It is fascinating to note that there are different time element in any of the time cycle. A sixty second cycle makes up a minute.  A 60 minute cycle makes up an hour.  Then a 24 hour cycle makes up a day.  While a seven day cycle makes up a week.  Also a 30 day cycle makes up a month.  Then a 12 month cycle makes up a year.  Of course a ten year cycle makes up a decade.

We us humans, we create certain days to be considered as a holiday.  New Year is a holiday which is the first day of the year.  On a personal celebration, we celebrate our birthday which is the day we are born.  We celebrate this once a year.

However, does God have a special day that He considers His?  There are two significant Biblical references that God does made a day special to the extent He blessed and did not just call it holiday but a holy day!

In Genesis chapter 1, we have seen how God had created the world and everything in it.  In six literal days, by mentioning consistently every day as "and the evening and the morning" were the first day, second day until the sixth day.  

Then, in Genesis 2:2-3, the Bible mentions that God ended His work on the seventh day of the week.  Because of this, He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it or made it holy! 

What is also fascinating to note, so that people will not forget about this seventh day as holy, God called it the Sabbath Day and made remembering the Sabbath day being part of His ten laws which is called the ten commandments!  And this can be seen in Exodus 20:8-11.

The weekly cycle therefore starts from the first day which we now know as Sunday.  And the week also ends on the seventh day which God called as Sabbath.  From the beginning of the existence of the Jewish people, they have been observing the seventh day as the Sabbath which we now call Saturday.

When people argue that the seventh day is actually Sunday, that is really debatable.  You see, the Roman Catholics know that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first day of the week.  The resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the week is clearly stated in the Bible.  And every year, the Roman Catholic church do celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on a Sunday which they call as Easter Sunday.

And the word Sabbath has always been on a Saturday not on any other day of the week.  In fact, many languages call Sabbath as "Sabado" like the Spanish language and even the Filipinos.  Sabado has never been Sunday which is Domingo. 

Plus, God does not want us to just remember the Sabbath once a year only, He made it a weekly event that we should honor being holy!

Amazing, isn't it?