Publisher's Synopsis
There is a clearly new thing that pops up in the book of Hebrews that proves to have been there way before it is clearly mentioned. There is a deliberate word Order popping up in the scheme of things. And it is so often mentioned in the said book one cannot just pretend to not be disturbed by it. A thing that should spark the question:
What is an Order?
Hebrews 5:4-6, 9-11 KJV And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Hebrews 6:16-20 KJV For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
A quick answer would do miss a few key and vital things. So, lets begin by addressing the placing of the word Order in the oracles of God. The Principle Of Order is often addressed in the oracles of God as Chronicles of Order; meaning the observed changes that happens/happened in the arrangement of approaching God; as means in personnel or rites of service. It is not a divine preordained arrangement to change the way people approach or communicate with God. It is usually an emergency system that God has put in place due to a demand to rectify what has gone wrong whenever man fall short of the Glory of God yet again. Mind you; order is not a Covenant and secluded from Covenanting but a way of approach that do happen independent of the set Covenant.
It does not usually rise an eloquent exchange of Covenanting, but usually just an exchange of personnel authority or leadership as in a set-man and new altaration. But it arises of the need of God to bring back man to self when ever man goes astray. Things have to be changed. The way they worship or approach God also is termed by their cleanliness in that set period or time. Meaning due to the fall of man, yet under same covenanting a new order was set over Adam and Eve until a better covenant was set. Even in approaching God, they had to begin to speak behind a veil which began as the easily languishing smokes of a fire until in the latter times it was. For yet the more God kept the Sabbath until Christ was manifest.
John 5:17 KJV But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Herein now the key thing is; What is an Order?
An order is a set pattern of worship set for a set season and time and given to a set-man to watch over God's people/ children. The Order is characterized by three specific things:
- A vision: where, how, when and why; the set-man will lead the people or serve a given purpose.
- Mission: A clear outline of objectives to achieve.
- Season: A set season the purpose or the people to achieve the said purpose and reason.
