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The Hierarchies of God

Explore the hierarchies found throughout God's creation, from angels to clergy, and understand the importance of headship and peer relationships. Discover the hierarchy in the Church, marriage, and the relationship between man and woman.

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The Hierarchies of God

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  1. The Hierarchies of God

  2. Hierarchy found ... • Nowhere in the Scriptures !! • But just about everywhere else throughout God’s creation

  3. Hierarchy • Definition • a division of angels • a ruling body of clergy • a body of persons in authority • a graded or ranked series

  4. Bro. W Bro. X Bro. Y Bro. Z Bro. E Bro. F Bro. G Bro. H Bro. A Bro. B Sr. C Bro. D Sr. J Bro. K Bro. L Bro. M Bro. S Bro. T Sr. U Bro. V Vice Chairman Chairman Caller Caller Treasurer Caller Caller Caller Telephone Calling Tree

  5. The Simple Components of Hierarchy • Headship • Peer

  6. Bro. W Bro. X Bro. Y Bro. Z Bro. E Bro. F Bro. G Bro. H Bro. A Bro. B Sr. C Bro. D Sr. J Bro. K Bro. L Bro. M Bro. S Bro. T Sr. U Bro. V Vice Chairman Chairman Caller Caller Treasurer Caller Caller Caller Telephone Calling Tree

  7. Chart of The Ages

  8. Hebrews 2:7 • Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, and hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands;

  9. Animals Plants Christ Man God Hierarchy of Creation

  10. Solar Sys Universe Galaxies Planets Moons The Physical Creation

  11. Electromagnetic Weak Nuclear Strong Nuclear Gravity Forces of Creation

  12. Colossians 2:19 • and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

  13. Worker Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer Vice President Vice President Vice President President • • • Institutes of Man

  14. Church Christ Body Head God Institutes of God

  15. Ephesians 4:4-6 • 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; • 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, • 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

  16. Ephesians 4:11 • 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

  17. Ephesians 4:14-15 • 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; • 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ,

  18. Ephesians 4:16 • 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."

  19. Hierarchy of Angels • 1 Thessalonians 4:16 • For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

  20. Hierarchy of Angels • Isaiah 6:2 & 6 • Ephesians 3:10 & 6:12 • Romans 8:38 • Colossians 1:16 & 2:15 • Titus 3:1

  21. Hierarchy in the Church • Head of the Church • Is not Elders, Deacons • Is Christ • Ecclesia is more a peer group than a strict hierarchy

  22. Hierarchy in Marriage • 1 Corinthians 11:3 • But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

  23. Christ & the Church • Peer Relationship • Common experiences- crushing and mingling of the grapes to make the wine used in the cup of the Memorial • Outside of this a hierarchy with Christ as the head

  24. Natural Marriage • Hierarchy and Headship • Required by God • Given to man • Not Dictatorial or Authoritarian

  25. 1 Corinthians 11:8-10 • 8 For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; • 9 for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake. • 10 Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

  26. Genesis 2:18 • And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

  27. 1 Corinthians 11:21 • 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place;

  28. 1 Corinthians 11:22-23 • 22 And the LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which he had taken from man, and brought her unto the man. • 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man

  29. Woman Church Christ Body Head God Man Institutes of God

  30. 1 Corinthians 1:11-12 • 11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. • 12 For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God

  31. Dependance • In hierarchies higher ranks are independent of those lower • Not true Man - Woman • Man depends on Woman for life • Combination of peer and headship

  32. Ephesians 5:21 • and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

  33. Ephesians 5:29-30 • 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, • 30 because we are members of His body.

  34. Ephesians 5:24-26 • 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. • 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her; • 26 that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

  35. Ephesians 5:27-28 • 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless • 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

  36. Headship-Responsibility • Christ is the Church’s head • He is responsible for her spiritual needs, environment and health • Likewise for the natural bridegroom

  37. Why Hierarchy? • Peers are more equal, fairer • More democratic • Hierarchy seems divisive • Breeds envy, discontentment

  38. Concentrator Concentrator Mainframe Old Computer Hierarchy

  39. Modern Computer Topology

  40. Why Hierarchy? • Peer Relationships • Efficient,freedom, but chaotic • Hierarchical Organization • Controlled • Orderly • Basis: Submission to Higher Authority

  41. Hierarchies - • The way of God’s Design • Creation and Science • Spiritual Realm • His Plan

  42. 1 Corinthians 11:3 • But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.

  43. Institutes of God • Isaiah 53:1 • Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?"

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