anna

"Well! firstly our Father wanted to be the king over his people but they insisted that samuel get them a king so that they should be like all other nations.This is what the people wanted not what our father God wanted,so then he told samuel all the things that they should do to submit to there king ,and that included giving a tenth of there seed and the harvest from there vineyards,for the officers and the servants.I suggest that if they hadnt hounded samuel to get them a king this wouldnt have happened,just like when the isralites were in the exodus for egypt they hounded Moses to tell God they wanted the leeks and onions and they wanted meat so God sent them the quails, to satisfy there hunger for meat. In malachi the Lord once again is dealing with a rebellious people who once again have gone away from the trust and obedience of the Lord by profaning the convenant of their for fathers the levi priests have accepted offerings of people that have dealt treachoursly with their wives they have bee disobedientand sought after sorcerers and commited adultery, and not had mercy for the widows and orphans,and not welcomed strangers. I believe that these are the things that make our father God and our King angry and upset with his people when we have hardened and diobedient hearts ,thats why Jesus said thou shalt love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart with all thy strength and with all thy mind and though shallt love thy neighbour as thyself/Who is our neighbour?????those in need ,so in obedience and in love we should pray and give of the seed that the Lord blesses us with to where ever the Lord lays in our heart NOT NECCESARILY ALL TO THE CHURCH< EVERY SUNDAY BUT WHERE HE LEADS US TO SUPPORT. thats my point of view " Cheers Anna

Our Lord has always called us to help the widows and orphans and the fatherless,thats why he commanded that the jewish people never to harvest everything from there crops but to leave some for the widows and the strangerer to pass through and be able to harvest. Even in the story of ruth she went through and collected the remains of the harvest,Our fathers desire was that his children should have compassionate hearts to the poor always I believe thats why he destroyed sodom because the peoples hearts were so mean and they had no compassion for the widows.and the orphans, thats what the old testament tithing was for to support the levite temple workers who had no land of their own to harves becuse they were chosen to serve in the temple, and so they had no land to grow stuff on and also for the widows thats why the tithe was the first fruits of the harvest to be for food for the hungry and the needy,thats why God sais in Malachi that the people robbed him, and in the new testament so much more we are to care for the widows and the needy Jesus sais if you have 2 coats give one away if they ask for your hat give them your cloak also.Unfortunatley we do not see the many ministries supporting the widows and the orphans as much as we should we have become very hard hearted and need to repent before our Lord as this is something that : Lord detests. ( Praise be to God ..... Cheers Anna