I saw a clip online, and what stood out to me was not simply politics. It was how quickly Scripture can be pulled down into the service of the carnal mind.

This is what happens when people do not discern the difference between the outer and the inner, between the letter and the Spirit, and between a modern nation-state and the deeper mystery Scripture is pointing toward.

I am not writing this to pick sides between people. I am not for one group of humans over another group of humans. I am for seeing what Scripture actually reveals: “One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:6

If God is over all, through all, and in all, then the deeper call is not tribal superiority. It is spiritual sight. It is learning to discern the source, to recognize the Christ, and to see past flesh, labels, and political manipulation into the deeper reality of origin.

That is where this matters.

Because the moment people confuse the modern State of Israel with the deepest meaning of Israel in Scripture, they become vulnerable to manipulation. The modern State of Israel was established in 1948, and the Bible was not talking about that modern political state when those passages were written.

Scripture was pointing deeper than that. It was pointing to covenant, transformation, and the inward Israel.

And this is also how I understand it esoterically: Israel speaks of the masculine and feminine principle brought into union, revealing El. In other words, I do not see Israel merely as an outer political identity. I see it as pointing to inward reconciliation, inward covenant, and the restoration of union within the human being.

And that is not a small distinction.

Because once people collapse those meanings together, they start treating a political construct as though it were beyond moral examination. They start equating geography with covenant, nationalism with holiness, and support for a system with obedience to God.

And that is not discernment. That is confusion. That is what happens when the letter is used without the Spirit.

Because true Israel was never merely about the outward. It was always pointing deeper. Jacob did not become Israel because he joined a political state. He became Israel through wrestling, surrender, transformation, and a change of identity.

Israel, in the deepest sense, is not just a bloodline, a border, or a modern government. Israel is the covenant people of God, the inward people, the transformed people, the people whose life has been touched by the living God.

That is why Paul says:

“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter.”
Romans 2:28–29

That is not a small statement. That changes everything.

Because if a true Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, then the deepest Israel is not defined by outward appearance, ethnic pride, political identity, or fleshly claim. It is defined by inward transformation. It is defined by the heart awakened to God. It is defined by the life brought into covenant through Spirit.

So when people use Scripture to pressure believers into giving money, picking sides, or bowing their conscience to a political narrative while bypassing the inward meaning, that is manipulation. That is not spiritual leadership. That is using holy language to produce carnal allegiance.

And the same thing is true with the tithe.

The tithe has been turned into a money system, a guilt system, a pressure system, and a control system. But that is not how Scripture first presents it. The tithe was tied to the increase of the land. It was produce, grain, wine, oil, herds, and flocks. It was not originally framed as modern cash extraction.

And one of the most telling passages says this:

“You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year. You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.”
Deuteronomy 14:22–23

Notice that.

Eat it in His presence.

The tithe was not merely about transferring resources outward. It was about holy participation, remembrance, thankfulness, communion, and a meal in the presence of God.

And the passage continues:

“If the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe… then you shall exchange it for money, and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses. You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.”
Deuteronomy 14:24–26

Again, do you see it?

The point was not religious control. The point was not coercion. The point was not spiritual extortion. The point was thanksgiving, rejoicing, presence, participation, and honoring God through remembrance of source and provision.

And then under the New Covenant, giving becomes even freer.

“Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7

Not under compulsion.

That alone should expose so much of what is being done in the name of God. Because whenever people are manipulated through fear, pressured through guilt, or told that giving money to an outer system is the same thing as honoring God, the Spirit is no longer leading that.

Compulsion is.
Ignorance is.
The carnal mind is.

And this is where the deeper revelation matters.

The true tithe is not just an outward transaction. The true tithe is the first and best of your life yielded to God. It is the inward offering, the firstfruits of the heart, the surrender of the inner increase, and the recognition that everything came from Him and returns through thanksgiving.

And if we want to speak mystically, the true tithe is given to the true Israel within, to the place where the Chief Cornerstone is being formed. Because the real temple is no longer a building, the real altar is no longer external, the real covenant is written on the heart, and the Chief Cornerstone is Christ.

So the deepest offering is not money sent under fear to support political mythology. The deepest offering is the heart brought into alignment with Christ within.

That is the true tithe.
That is the true altar.
That is the true Israel.

And when people miss that, they become easy to manipulate. They start using the Bible to justify what the Spirit is not saying. They start weaponizing old-covenant shadows without seeing their fulfillment. They start honoring the letter while missing the life.

And that is how masses are controlled.

Not always by open evil. Often by half-truths, by sacred language without sacred understanding, and by using Scripture outwardly while refusing its inward fulfillment.

But Christ did not come to create a new form of bondage. Christ did not come to make people servants of political fear. Christ did not come to train people to support outer systems without discernment.

Christ came to awaken sight, to reveal the Father, to bring us into union, to tear the veil, and to write the covenant within.

So no, I do not believe the answer is to tell people to send money to a nation-state as though that were the same thing as honoring God. And no, I do not believe the deepest meaning of Israel is a modern political project.

The true Israel is the inward people of covenant. The true Jew is one inwardly. The true circumcision is of the heart. The true tithe is offered in presence, thankfulness, and freedom. And the true giving of the New Covenant is never coerced.

It is born of love.
It is led by Spirit.
It is given freely.

Do not let the letter train you to bow where the Spirit never told you to kneel.

The covenant was always moving inward. The altar is within. The true offering is the yielded heart.

Give from love, not fear.
And let Christ be your cornerstone.