Biblical Keys to Financial Prosperity by Kenneth E. Hagin

Author:Kenneth E. Hagin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: prosperity, biblical finances, Bible, Christ, Biblical Keys to Financial Prosperity, Jesus, Christianity, Wealth
Published: 2011-09-30T10:49:03+00:00

We have an example in the New Testament of someone who reverenced the office of the high priest. Do you remember on one occasion in the Acts of the Apostles, Paul had a hearing before the Sanhedrin council, and the high priest commanded that Paul be smitten? In other words, someone slapped Paul. The high priest wasn't dressed as a priest at that time, so Paul didn't know he was a high priest.

When Paul was slapped, he said, ".. God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?" (Acts 23:3).

When he said that, some who stood by said, "... Revilest thou God's high priest?" (Acts 23:4).

Immediately, because Paul honored that office (not the man—the man had done wrong), Paul apologized! He said, " . . . I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil o f the ruler o f thy people" (Acts 23:5).

In other words, Paul was saying in effect, "If I had known that he was the high priest, I wouldn't have said that." Why?

Because Paul reverenced that office.

How God Regards Ministry Offices

You can understand something about God's nature and His mind by looking at Old Testament types and shadows. In the Old Testament, the Levites stood in the office of the priest, and they carried on all the priestly work. And certain Levites were high priests who served a longer period of time than the others who were just what we'd call regular priests.

The Levitical priests ministered and served for only twenty years—from thirty to fifty years of age. They retired at age fifty.

And God made a plan so that when they retired at age fifty, they were financially secure. The other people brought tithes unto the Levites and paid them.

And, of course, the Levites had cattle and lands and so forth.

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