By Blake L. Higginbotham
Malachi 3:10-12 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, (Apostolic Centers) that there may be food in My house, (The Father’s House) and try Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you (you-KJV for-is not used) the windows of heaven and pour out for you (you-KJV for-is not used) such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.11“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says Yahweh of hosts; 12and all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Note: When I started writing this article, I told you that I would explain why I chose to reference the King James Version Bible in the above passage of scripture.
Not long ago, as I heard this scripture read from the pulpit of a fellowship where I was ministering, I actually quoted the scripture from where I sat as it was being read. But then, as it was being read something began to stand out and I heard something within this verse of scripture that I had never heard before. As with all revelation truth it should be weighed out against other scriptures where possible and certainly should be prayed about before sharing it publicly. As I prayed in the Spirit about what I was hearing, it seemed clear to me that there was a truth emerging that before that time I had not seen, so I asked for permission to share it with the fellowship. As I shared it with the fellowship, the leadership picked up on it and began to shake their heads in an up and down motion indicating that they agreed. The people of the fellowship were not sure what to believe and I still do not understand the depths of all that is being said. But I will share what little I have at this time.
When this scripture was being read out of the King James Version Bible I heard something that shifts the responsibility in tithing and offering to the person who is bringing their tithes and offerings. While it was being read, I heard that if you will bring your tithes and offerings into the storehouse (apostolic centers) that represent the Father’s House I will open you the windows of Heaven and I will pour out you such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. Holy Spirit showed me that we are the windows of Heaven as it pertains to the world in which we live. We are the windows by which the world peers into the house that Yahshua is building.
When we bring our tithes and offerings into apostolic centers that represent the Father’s House we become an open window through which light and sounds are heard and through which movement and activity are seen. Our life becomes a window of opportunity in the lives of people with whom we come in contact and Heavenly insight to those seeking entrance into the Father’s House. Believe me when I tell you, that there are hundreds and thousands of people in your world that are looking for the real and your life is either a testimony of the Kingdom and house that Yahshua is building, or it is something else. When the people of your world encounter you and observe your life as it compares to their own what are they hearing and seeing? Consider this, is there any difference in the way you or the average Joe is living your life?
How you manage your money, pay your bills, love your family, stand for truth and deal with problems all speak to the people of your world. But the most important thing speaking to them is the priority that you place on financing the ministry and increasing the Kingdom. When honoring Yahweh with the first-fruits of your increase becomes more important than your own selfish ambitions and secret dreams, then you will begin to understand how much the testimony of your life really means to your family and the people of your world. Yahweh is trying to open you up so that everyone that you encounter sees the Father’s hand on your life and experiences the Father’s blessing by knowing you.
Yahweh wants to pour you out a blessing in the earth that brings hope and life everywhere you go. The Life and love of Yahweh is the drink offering that is being poured out of you. Yahweh wants to offer you and all that your life represents as a prototypical example of the pattern Son. When we bring our tithes and offerings into the Father’s House we are honoring the Father and become a living expression of Yahshua the pattern Son.
John 2:1-10 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Yahshua was there. 2Now both Yahshua and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Yahshua said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4Yahshua said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” 6Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7Yahshua said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.8And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. 9When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”
Six is the number of man and we are the six waterpots that have been filled with water. If you can hear it, there has been a wedding, and we must do whatever He says right now. We have been filled with water and now we are going to be poured out as new wine and the best vintage that this world has ever tasted. This is the third day and we are all under an open Heaven. We are seeing and hearing things that our forefathers longed to see and hear but could not because it was kept to be revealed at this time. We are the open windows in the house that Yahshua is building and He is pouring us out into a thirsty land where people are waiting to be refreshed and made whole.
Hebrews 7:8-10 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Leviticus 27:31-33 If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth (20%) to it. 32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Yahweh. 33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”
One of the reasons that many people are in debt, broke, and have no living testimony is because they continue to touch the holy thing (the tithe) and buy for themselves a world of hurt and financial ruin.
Note: If you have just been treating your tithes and offerings like a bill that must be paid when you get your pay check, that may be reason that your tithes and offerings are not being received by Yahweh, and could give you a clue as to why your life has not been an open window of Heaven or a blessing poured out. It may be time to reconsider the importance of your tithes and offerings as well as the direction that you are bringing them…
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