2 Chronicles 24:9

2 Chronicles 24:9 says, And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.  There was then a proclamation made to bring all the collection that Moses had commanded them to make into the temple.  I believe this means that they were to bring things according to the way Moses had taught them and not that they still had a collection that he had taken then.  We are to bring our tithes and offerings to God today in accordance with His word.  Verse ten adds, And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.  We are told that everyone brought their money in and cast it into the chest and rejoiced.  Matthew Henry says gathering the gifts had never been done this way before, and maybe the novelty of it made the people more willing to give, but whatever the reason, they were now giving.  There are many ways to bring our tithes and offerings into the church today, and some are more novel than others, but however we do it, we need to bring our tithes and offerings into the church to be used to do God's work today.  Verse eleven continues, Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.  When the chest was brought to the king's office by the Levites, they saw that there was a lot of money, and the chief priests and scribes emptied the chest and took the chest back to the temple.  They did this every day and gathered a lot of money.  Of course, having the money really wasn't the purpose of gathering it.  It was collected to do the work of the temple, and what we as the church gather in tithes and offerings today must be used to do God's work.  It is not for the government or our personal use, just as the money then wasn't for the king nor the people of Judah themselves, but for God and His work.  Verse twelve states, And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.  The money was given by the king and Jehoiada to those who were to do the work on the house of God, like the masons and carpenters and those who worked in iron and brass.  We need to use the gifts brought to God to do His work and to pay those who are doing the work.  It is not enough to just gather tithes and offerings if we never use them to do what we believe God has led us to do.  Verse thirteen adds, So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.  Those paid to do the work did it, and God's house was repaired.  When we hire someone to do God's work today, they need to do it to the best of their ability so that God's work will be perfected.  Verse fourteen continues, And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.  After they completed the work on the temple itself, they brought what was left of the money back to the king and Jehoiada and then the vessels of the house of God were made.  We do not serve God to get rich and have the right to keep more than we need to do His work but must be faithful in only using what we need to do whatever it is He has called us to do.  These craftsmen were a part of God's chosen people, so they needed to be faithful in using His money for His work and not for their own enrichment, and so must we today as followers of Christ.  We can never view the tithes and offerings as our money but must always use them to accomplish God's work under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.