The Lord declares, "Every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills." Psalm 50:10.
"The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine." Haggai 2:8.
And it is God who gives men power to get wealth. Deuteronomy 8:18.
---As an acknowledgment that all things came from Him, the Lord
directed that a portion of His bounty should be returned to Him in gifts and offerings to sustain His worship.
---Here the same form of expression is employed as in the law of the Sabbath. "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Exodus 20:10.
---Here the same form of expression is employed as in the law of the Sabbath. "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Exodus 20:10.
God reserved to Himself a specified portion of man's time and of his means, and no man could, without guilt, appropriate either for his own interests."
E.G.W.