Research Article
The Basic Meaning of the Tithe Based on the Holy Bible
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302116, author={Liyus Waruwu}, title={The Basic Meaning of the Tithe Based on the Holy Bible}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Christian and Inter Religious Studies, ICCIRS 2019, December 11-14 2019, Manado, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCIRS}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={the tithe offering rebelling out defeated the enemy}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302116} }- Liyus Waruwu
Year: 2020
The Basic Meaning of the Tithe Based on the Holy Bible
ICCIRS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302116
Abstract
The purpose of the research was to reveal the meaning of the tenths (tithe) from Abraham as the symbol of his obedience to his God. since the research belongs to qualitative research by literature study approach (searching throughout the content of the Holy Bible), so that the data is gathered by using heurmeunetics method. Data display was administered after digging and searching all the scriptures corcerning about. As the result, it was found that motivation of Abraham to give offerings to MelchizedeK, the king of Sodom together with other kings were rebelling out towards Chedorlaomer the king of Elam. Finally, the king of Salem Melchisedech brought forth bread and wine, he tried to bring him a new renewal life “Blessed be Abraham of the most high God, the owner of heaven and earth; and blessed be the most high God, and his name was changed from Abram to Abraham.