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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1John 3:1-3 NKJV
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God! Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be but when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
And everyone who has this hope in Him (the Father) purifies himself, just as He (the Father) is pure.