ASHORTWORK
Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
The words ordain/ordained/ordination are used four times in the NKJ translation of the New Testament and none of them have anything to do with bestowing rank or offices on the members of the Church. In fact, in the NKJ, the term "ordination" is never used at all. What "ordained" is used for though is to describe the choice God made for the judgement of the world. Different translations often use different words, but the answer lies in the continuity of the record of scripture rather than in this word or that.
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Ephesians 2:12,13 NLT
In those days you (we) were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God made to them. You (we) lived in this world without God and without hope.
But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God but now you have been brought near to Him through the blood of Christ.