Hierarchy
A friend wrote to me saying, “Today, in the Twenty-first century, we are so used to our egalitarian, anti-hierarchical mentality. We even fit God into that mold; he, too, must become like one of us: Equal to us in all respects, free from all shackles; no limits, nor boundaries. Everything has to be on our terms … But He is God, almighty; He is King, and rules over all.”
What my friend writes is very true. In fact, I would say that as long us we submit ourselves to this egalitarian, anti-hierarchical mentality of our culture, we will never be able to find our place in the truth of Scripture and certainly we will never understand our place in the great covenants of God. Take a moment and read Genesis 1:26-31. Sounds quite hierarchical, don’t you think?