The Rainbow Pledge of God's
Grace
You had better go to Benny
Hinn to get this POT! The series: http://www.piney.com/KreggHood.html ("Kregg Hood") http://www.piney.com/HoTithe2.html ("Tithing - Malachi") http://www.piney.com/ChTitheBWBabylon.html ("Restoring the Babylonian Tithe") http://www.piney.com/ChTitheChristian.html ("Bruce White: Jewish and Gentiles Tithed in the
Church?") http://www.piney.com/ChTitheBWRainbow.html ("The Rainbow Pledge of God's Grace") http://www.piney.com/BruceWhiteMadMadTithe.html ("Tithing, Clergy Robbing Laity") http://www.piney.com/ChBlessedWh.html ("It Is More Blessed to Give Than to
Receive") http://www.piney.com/WhiteEnsamples.html ("Falling from Grace through Tithing") http://www.piney.com/LayByInStore.html ("I Corinthians 16:2") Notes from a recordes sermon
on the demand to tithe by C. Bruce White at Madison Church of Christ
in the Nashville area. Rough notes from the sermon are here.
Bruce White: Now, "tithing" is referred to in the Bible about
50 times, and "tithe" 13 times, "tithes"
(plural) 13 times, and a "tenth" 45 times. The New Testament refers
to tithing in the likes
of Jesus
in Luke 15:12, with the Pharisees in Matthew 23:23, and with Abraham in Hebrews 7 and
verse 2. So Abraham was tithing long
before Moses gave the Law. And ... and ... and so tithing has been a
thing with God all along. Now, someone may think that,
say, "Well, I don't tithe; I don't believe in tithing because we're
not under the Law and [uh] we're not under the Old Testament; that's
the Old Testament." Listen, 1st
Corinthians 6:10, "There'll be no thieves ... to inherit the kingdom of God [passage not audible, KJV by d.c.]."
We noted in the series on
Babylon tithing that Abraham knew about tithing in Babylon. There is
some historical connection to an Abraham in the Babylonian tablets
showing him renting lands. All people tithed because the lands as in
later Canaan belonged to the gods. Rather than just assume title to
property you paid a tithe to the temple state. In exchange for that
the temple stored surplus grain, your money and did many civil things
including RELIGION which was always CIVIL duty. Melchizedek was the king of
Salem or at David's time a Jebusite high place. Therefore, one owed a
tithe to the king--priests. Melchizedek is like Jesus only in that
he is without beginning of days. Annanias and Saphira were
LIARS because they claimed to give all but gave half. However, God
tells them that when they sold their own property it was ALL THEIRS.
That means that through Peter he REPUDIATED the modern stealing
through tithing. Others were called thieves
because they pretended the seat of Moses and did it for MONEY.
And he said unto
them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love
salutations in the market places, Mark 12:38 And the
chief seats in the
synagogues, and the
uppermost rooms at feasts: Mark 12: 39 Which
devour
widows houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Mark 12: 40
Saying, The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses seat: Mt.23:2 All therefore
whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye
after their works: for they say, and do not. Mt 23:3 For they
bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne,
and lay them on mens shoulders; but they themselves will not move
them with one of their fingers. Mt 23:4 Strange and prophetic: these
were the professional preachers but Jesus refused to speak TO them or
THROUGH them because they had no love for the truth. The proof was
that they were postmodern: they made up their own songs and sermons
to FIT THE TIMES. Jesus called them liars because they like the Devil
their father "spoke on their own." God never calls poor people
thieves: only the self-selected clergy who claim the office of
EVANGELIST but who have ugly and tender feed and refuse to GO to
collect their support stolen from widows. Some think that they cuddled
up to widows and got them to will their property to the "church" and
therefore swindled the children out of their inheritance. Bruce White: Let me ask you a question. And you ... you think
about this at home. Sometimes [~~] after a rain shower the sun comes
out and we get a rainbow in the shower, do you think that's just a happenstance of nature?
Do rainbows mean anything to you? [~~~~~~] God said [~~] destroy the
world again by a flood, isn't it? Where you learned that? John the
Baptist preached that in the New Testament? The book of Hebrews?
Where did you get that? That's
the Old
Testament.
That was true centuries
before the Old Testament was written. It has nothing to do with
religion. Many people burned children in sacrifice as in Jerusalem
but that had nothing to do with their religion. Bruce White:
We still believe today
that God [~] promised [~] the flood [~] the sign of the rainbow. Well, [~] the
Old Testament. Some of you got out last
spring and you plowed your little topsoil and you buried little seeds
and all; why did you do that? Well, because you know that it's going
to grow up and in the fall you're going to be able to produce
[~~~~~]. Where you learned that? That is a fact but it is
fiction that there is gold at the end of the rainbow. I have set my
rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Ge.9:13 But the TITHE is not a
sign
of an eternal
covenant. It was rent
on the free lands ONLY in Canaan and only to the tribe of
LEVI. Those from the tribe of Judah
never used Dr. White's theology to claim the tithe for them. Why not?
Why, they knew that it was limited to the tribe of Levi. When the Jews left the land of
Canaan they did not tithe based on the COVENANT MADE WITH
LEVI. Why doesn't Bruce White
have someone carry the Ark of the Covenant? At that time the
Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the
covenant of the Lord,
to stand before the Lord to
minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
De.10:8 You can even get killed for
trying to steal someone's covenant. God told Abraham to sacrifice
his son: that's in the
Bible. Why doesn't Bruce White
sacrifice his child? Because he knows that the
COMMAND was directed only to Abraham and you can go to the electric
chair for being presumptions. The COVENANT OF LEVI involved
tithing. That's in the
Bible. Why doesn't Bruce White Tithe?
Why he knows that it was made
ONLY with the tribe of Levi! And he knows that any "lay" man would
get killed for playing music (noise) while they sacrifice the animals
prefiguring the killing of Jesus while the Levitical or Military
musicians mocked him or sounded holocaust. Oops! Failed the logic test.
Well, is there any OFFICE such as helping the priest slaughter and
burn animals to atone for the sins of church members? No, there is not. Christ did
that ONCE FOR ALL and the Levites mocked him just as they mocked the
dead animals with a great crashing sound where their "service" was a
hard bondage. Well, if there is no JESUS to
slaughter and throw His blood on the altar they HOW can Bruce White
get paid the TITHE for "programs"? The fact is that he cannot and
to make the claim is to totally repudiate and reject the Once for All
sacrifice of Christ and the TITHE and MUSIC are the MARKS.
And, behold, I
have given the children
of Levi all the
tenth in
Israel for an
inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation. Nu.18:21 That's in the Bible. Let Bruce
White go to Israel and claim a tithe and they will mock him out of
the land. Let a true LEVITE ask any Jew for a tithe and he will be treated like
the guy who comes to the door claiming that the Electric Company sent
him to collect the bill: they will put him on the rock pile where he
belongs. Only FOOD PRODUCERS tithe for
the nation: 1% which goes ONLY to the poor or is burned because
LITERATE Jews understand that there are no PRIESTS in Israel and
pretenders will be lumped with criminals. Is Bruce White an
Israelite? No, he is not. Is Bruce White a member of the tribe of
Levi? No, he is not. Is Bruce white living in Canaan? No, he is not.
Does Bruce white serve in the TABERNACLE of the congregation? No, he
has no role to play. Therefore, Bruce White and
no other Christian can claim the tithe as pay for doing something
which he is not able or authorized to do. And his claim is based on
the role of priest typically SLAUGHTERING Lord Jesus: does he really
want to claim the tithe? And ye shall know
that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Mal.2:4 A Tea Taster goes to the
paymaster and demands his salary. The paymaster calls the SWAT TEAM
and they haul him away as both dangerous and criminal. Why is that?
That is because the office of Tea Taster was made with the one hired
as Tea Taster: it was not made with Bruce White. Guy wants to get paid for
making Buggy Whips: as far as I know there is no law which says
"there shalt be no more Buggy Whip Makers." Therefore, the LAW must
still be in effect. Well, you can sacrifice Lord Jesus each "mass" or
Eucharist as you eat His body and drink His blood. Or you can restore
the LAW OF MOSES which must be participated in before you can get
Lord Jesus to die for YOU PERSONALLY in the old pagan "Believer's
Baptism." But, you won't
like the consequences. God issued the command to
build the Ark to Noah and never told everyone else to build an ark.
However, common sense knows that if a command is directed to a
specific person or group then those not defined are not
included. If you say that 11 tribes pay
the tithe to 1 tribe of Levi then you are out on a limb if you cannot
figure that the Tribe of Judah representing Lord Jesus Christ DOES
NOT EXACT a tithe. If you claim TITHE once for Levi must now go to
you then you may claim that you are a Levi or Aaronic Priest and heap
the blood of Christ upon your poor head. Here is the Seed Money
Program: Bruce White:
They taught that in
agriculture at Auburn University; you better believe this. But I knew
it long before that. Why? Because God said so, there's seedtime,
harvest time. You plant a seed; you're going to harvest crops. That's Old
Testament. You believe it. You practice
it. You think God's promise is right. Neither Bruce nor anyone in
the church believes that. If they did they would "sell all of the
PLANT" and give it to the poor. Jiffy Quick this SEED MONEY GIVING
would sprout and you would have to tell the "synagogue" buiilders to
quit giving altogether. Well, they assuredly did not
teach much Biblical fact or respect for Biblical fact or respect for
people: "You can never rule over people until you first learn to hate
them." The Rainbow is defined as an eternal covenant but there is no
command to do anything about the rainbow: And God said, This is the
token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living
creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: Genesis 9:12
I do set my bow in
the cloud, and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and
the earth.
Genesis 9:13 Contrary to the NIV, the rainbow is not a toke
of our salvation "by faith only." Noah and his tiny remnant family
lived by faith. Noah obeyed the command of God and built the ark. God
shut his family in and he was saved by WATER as a Biblical type of
Baptism. The people were saved by "baptism" in obedience to God and
the rainbow was a covenant that mankind will never have to go through
that death to self again. Rain and nature have nothing to do with the
Christian System: I watered my persimmon tree this morning and saw
lots of rainbows. But, woe is me, I couldn't think of God's covenant
because of the LEGALISM heaped on my head about being a cursed
criminal for not tithing! it is a law of nature and was not MADE THAT
way as a result of Moses recording it perhaps 3600 years after it
began to rain: That ye may be the
children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his
sun to
rise on the
evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just
and on the unjust. Mt.5:45 I suppose that the
postmodern, narrative theologians would say that the rainbow is a
covenant of salvation to both believers and unbelievers?
The TITHE OF THE TITHE was
food which went to the storehouse--Not 10%: And the
priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the
treasure house. Neh 10: 38 Bruce White:
Well, God said, "If my
people will bring the tithes
to my storehouse, I will open the windows of heaven and pour out a
blessing to them they can't receive." Where you learned that?
Old Testament.
(Malachi 3:10) Oh, well, that's Old Testament. The returnees tithe failed
because the priest tossed out the food from the pantry and made an
appartment for his new "Resident Missionary" who was the avowed enemy
of the Jews, the laws of the Jews and the God of the Jews.
For the
priests
lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth:
for he is the
messenger of the Lord
of hosts. Mal
2:7 The priest CANNOT be the
oracle of God and "compose" his songs or sermons. When he tries, here
is always what happens: But
ye are
departed out of the way; ye
have caused many to
stumble at the law; ye
have corrupted the
covenant of Levi,
saith the Lord of hosts. Mal 2:8 You have to toss out the
priest and the MINISTRY TEAM before the renters of the land in Israel
are required to bring in the FOOD AND DRINK ONLY. Bruce White:
Well, Jesus said, over
in Luke 6:38, "If you give to me, I will give back to you,
pressed down, shaken
over, running
over." That's
New Testament on the
Old Testament
saying, if you give the
tithes, God will open
the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing. No, this is the principle of "being judged
as you judge." Note that in the
following that if you give a baker's dozen to Joe the Miller, he will
return the favor and press the flour down. The teacher COMMUNICATES only the Word and the
taught pays their teachers. However, if the teacher does not SOW THE
WORD then he is sowing to the flesh. Let him that is
taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Gal 6:6
Be not deceived;
God is not
mocked: for whatsoever
a man
soweth, that shall he
also reap. Gal 6:7 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Ga.6:8 He answered and
said unto them, He that soweth
the good
seed is the
Son of
man; Mt.13:37
The sower soweth the
word.
Mk.4:14 Clement Stromata: But
there is that species of knowledge which is characteristic of the
herald, and that which is, as it were,
characteristic of a messenger (herald), and it is
serviceable in whatever way it operates, both by the
hand and tongue. "For he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting. And let
us not be weary in well-doing." [ Gal. vi. 8, 9.] On him who by
Divine Providence meets in with it, it confers the very highest
advantages,- in a word, it gives the
means of
salvation.
And those who have
been rightly reared in the words
of truth, and received
provision for eternal life, wing
their way to heaven.
If the preacher is sowing
the SEED MONEY trick then he is sowing to the flesh hoping to reap
MORE MONEY. Therefore, the person is NOT BEING TAUGHT the Word: he
should not listen to it and has no duty to communicate food
help. Clement
Continues: It
therefore follows, that every one of those who undertake to promote
the good of their neighbours, ought to consider whether he has
betaken himself to teaching rashly and out of rivalry to any; if his
communication of the word is out of vainglory; if the the only reward he reaps is the salvation of those who
hear, and if he speaks
not in order to win favour: if so, he who
speaks by writings escapes the reproach of mercenary
motives. "For neither at any time used
we flattering
words, as ye know,"
says the apostle, "nor a cloak of covetousness. God is witness.
Nor of men sought
we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been
burdensome as the apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children." [1 Thess. ii. 5, 6, 7.] In the same way, therefore,
those who take part in
the divine words,
ought to guard
against betaking
themselves to this, as
they would to the building of cities, to examine them out of curiosity; that they do not
come to the task for the sake of
receiving worldly things, having ascertained that they who are consecrated to
Christ are given to
communicate the
necessaries of life. But let such be dismissed
as hypocrites. See Didache to know that Christianity has not
professionals. Paul continues to OUTLAW
the TITHE for the Levites but shows the need to give ALMS to fellow
Christians as they have need. And let us not be
weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint
not. Gal 6:9 As we have
therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto
them who are of the household of faith. Gal 6:10 Furthermore, this has nothing to do with
CHURCH which is a SCHOOL OF CHRIST and not a dispenser of social
justice. The church, like the Synagogue, has no room for the STAFF
INFECTION. In the end-time Babylon Whore religion there will be a
Ministry of Grinding and a Ministry of Music. But that is pure Tower
of Babylon Power because God is not a legalistic giver of gifts to
the TITHER (just) and doing mortal harm to the NON-TITHERS.
Remember, the rainbow is a sign
that the Rain is to the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. So, the rainbow PROVES that God does not just
send rain which makes the crops EXPLODE just to the Tithers.
I'll betcha that if Vinter Joseph tithed of
his wine and Shepherd Miriam did not give a penny, when the rains
came the grapes would prosper and the lambs grow. So, God wants a NON-LEGALISTIC tithe because
He pours out SPIRITUAL blessings and does not give TESTIFIER A a new
Jeep because he tithed and breaks sown withholder B's car because he
didn't give Bruce 10% of his WAGES. I'll bet there is a CURSE upon anyone who
extorts a tithe when Jesus Paid it All. Jesus assigned ALMS only to the poor
and Paul assigned COLLECTIONS only to the poor and church history
notes ONLY alms to the poor. Bruce White:
"God owns the cattle;
we just tend His ranch." We be grateful; therefore, storing it.
True. The only debate is to WHOM shall we
send God's rent money? And if ye lend to
them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for
sinners also
lend to
sinners, to receive as much again. Luke 6:34
But
love ye your
enemies, and do good,
and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke
6:35 If God owns all of the wealth on the earth the
surely He does not want us to give 10% of our WAGES to Him. In
addition, he is our friend so what do we prove by giving or lending
to our friend. Therefore, we do not TITHE to our friends or fellow
mortgage holders. Rather, if we tithe (and God would honor it) we
MUST tithe to the POOR because the POOR cannot return the FAVOR of
moving us into the inner circle of the Purpose Driven Cult or advance
us from first base to second base. He can GIVE BACK again so why ignore this
passage and GIVE to God based on the premise that He will give more
back to us. The preacher is rich so why not just obey God and give to
the poor without expecting him to MULTIPLY our SEED MONEY
giving? Be ye therefore
merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Luke 6:36 Mercy is required only to
the poor, the borrower who cannot repay or the widow suffering
through summer heat because the Pharisee urged her to
tithe. For whosoever
shall give you a cup of
water to drink in my
name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall
not lose his reward. Mk.9:41 This does not include Rubel
Giving out $30,000.00 of the people's money to be given in random
acts of kindness. One suspects that someone had to suffer so the
church could look big. Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye
shall be forgiven: Luke 6:37 You could do no worse
judging than to threaten people with a curse if they don't give you
10% of their WAGES which God never demanded. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall
men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete
withal it shall be
measured to you
again. Luke
6:38 God isn't poor and Jesus said that MEN SHALL
GIVE back to you. So, he is not speaking of GIVING TO GOD.
The church is not destitute. The church can
return the favor. If we give lots of money we will get promoted to
the INNER CIRCLE of membership. So, test God and GIVE TO THE POOR and wait for
God to give the increase. And he spake a
parable unto them; Can
the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? Luke 6:39
Luke knew about the tithe but
he used another word. Didomi
(g1325) did'-o-mee; a prol. form of a prim. verb (which is used as an
altern. in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide
application, prop. or by impl., lit. or fig.; greatly modified by the
connection): - adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up),
give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put,
receive, set, shew, smith (/ with the hand), strike (/ with the palm
of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield. The tithe is a DEBT and not
a true gift. Since most buildings just
HINDER the SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE process in its
tracks as it invites the enemies of the Lord to live in the food
pantry, there is a better way to test Bruce White's prosperity
theology of the world. You know that when
you steal the church houses of widows that you force them to TITHE
that which they have already contributed. If the STOREHOUSE is empty,
Nehemiah says, "Cast Tobiah the 'minister of the enemy' out of the
storehouse for the poor and there will be no lack of money.
Rather than demanding a tithe
which is a FURTHER MARK for those who have chased the poor out by
letting the Musical Praise Minister. Therefore, restoring the free
will giving could be restored by getting the PRIEST to teach the Word
of God rather than to befuddle it. Here is the test of the
tithe: Just GIVE all of the staff to
the charismatic church down the street. Then God will be bound to
return you 5 fold or ten fold for the same money. OK? And to solve the financial
problems just TITHE the
total church property to the Community church down the street. That a way, God
will be OBLIGATED to give you a ten fold increase and you will be out
of debt. Don Finto pulled that one
once. A friend came into the school giggling. Asked him why. He said
that Don Finto had ordered his flock (Apostles can do that) to sell
their EXPENSIVE CARS and buy BASIC TRANSPORTATION. Friend, a school
president, rushed up and bought one of the cars and laughed all of
the way home. When God makes buffoons out of those who reject the
truth, laugh at them but for heaven's sake don't bet any money on the
shell and pea game: the pea is under NONE of the shells. What did Don's members do with
the difference? Why, give it to the church. Test, check and see how
many of them experienced prosperity as a result of being tricked out of their good
cars? The Modern Indulgence? "there still
remains the temporal
punishment required by
divine justice, and this requirement must be fulfilled either in the
present life or in the world to come, i.e. in Purgatory. An
indulgence offers the penitent sinner the means of discharging this
debt during this life on earth" (Woodrow, Ralph, Babylon Mystery
Religion, p. 66). Tithing teaching says that
not only will God NOT CURSE you with a curse but God will GIVE YOU
INDULGENCE and MORE MONEY than you tithed. That is identical to the
Catholic indulgence imposed by force when the church ran out of money
when the people became more LITERATE. "We Americans have tended to
take Christianity for granted, and we have used our sophisticated
intellects to concoct a myriad of pseudo-religious notions that we follow as if they were the gospel.
Many Americans file into
church sanctuaries Sunday after Sunday to hear
befuddled ministers blather a confused mixture of Scripture, psychology, humanistic philosophy, and advice from Dear Abby. Many of our seminaries send
out graduates who aren't sure whether Jesus is the Son of God,
whether the Bible is God's inspired Word, or even where to find the
book of Hosea. We have invested tremendous amounts of money and raw
human energy in our quest to know the truth about life; all we have found
are abstract philosophies, empty symbols, and a perverse kind of self-worship. We have much in common with
the Greeks and Romans... Professing to be wise, we have become fools". (Sumrall, Lester, Where was God when Pagan Religions
Began, p. 81).
NO, don't tithe. If you do
then you will DENY LORD JESUS and claim--as proven by the Music Team
from Levite Land--that Jesus didn't finish the work of the Jubilee
for the Atonement. If you tithe you will DENY
CHRIST and Him crucified to the beat of the musical Levites mocking
Him but not prevailing. Assuredly you will be cursed
wth an eternal curse if you let anyone put the BURDEN of the Law of
Moses on your backs, loading you down like pack animals. That burden was "spiritual
anxiety created by religious ritual" or people imposing the tithe on
you. Jesus came to give REST and out "burden" is defined as just the
"invoice" for the entire ship load of CARGO which only Lord Jesus can
carry. God put the burden
of mediatiating upon the backs of the Levites and Priests.
Christ took that
burden. Your self-selected clergy are
not priests. Therefore, don't give the
tithe or you claim them as your BURDEN BEARERS. The clergy CANNOT carry your
burden and true
evangelists will strive to RELIEVE your burden: that is the meaning
of the GOSPEL. Teaching the tithe is the urge to get you back under
the bondage of the Law which was quite identical to that at the
Towers of Babylon where the tithe originated. Well, that is what Bruce White claimed and it seems
to be his source. Furthermore, if anyone
tries to make free-will
giving into a Law of Giving Jesus, Paul and church history gives you total
authority to withhold your 2.5% or whatever it is. Since the priests
got 1% of the FOOD ONLY tithe to be consumed at the TEMPLE ONLY, you
are already giving 2 1/2 times as much as you would as a Jew under
Legalism. Just say no until they repent. Remember that the rainbow
is a pledge that God will treat you fairly (as we would) whether you
are GOOD or BAD. Therefore, the rainbow is God's covenant of GOODNESS
which CANNOT depend on any contribution from us. DON'T get scammed that the
illegal tithe will FORCE God to outgive you. Give your widow's mite
if you wish and God will honor you. But, don't forget the "rest of
the story." Jesus went out of the den of thieves and house of
merchandise and promised to--as with all mega-temples--just tear it
down for the third time. Therefore, the example of
the widow's little sliver of bronze or brass was HIS PLEDGE that with
NO HOUSE and with NO JERUSALEM there could not ever again be PRIESTS
AND levites. Therefore, the rainbow and the widow's mite forever
abrogates SELLING the Free Water of the Word. Your tithe cannot save
the temple which turns back to Babylon for authority. The rainbow is
not God's Covenant of Law. 
DON'T BELIEVE IT: When you see the rainbow remember that
God isn't clergy and does not threaten you with a curse if you don't
give HIM 10% of your CASH which not even those under destructive law
ever demanded. The widow's mite says that God will bless your
sacrificial love but He will TEAR DOWN the houses of any den of
robbers who will accept it. The Jubilee began getting you by bare
teeth and dragging you back PAST the cross. The musical worship teams
restored (according to Catholic Encyclopedia) the Levitical Sounders
during service as "hard bondage." That is ok for Catholics since they
crucify Christ afresh in the Eucharist. It is ok for those selling
Believer's Baptism because they must live under law and have Jesus
personally die for them. But it is not ok for the church of Christ
which spewed clergy out of its mouth and with it the Law of Giving
which violates 1 Corinthians 16:2