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Exodus 28:41, Anoint them<\/i>.<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Ordination is a religious ritual that YHVH instituted in the Torah when he charged Moses to lay hands upon dialisos Aaron and his sons as part of the process of consecrating them to the priesthood (Exod 28:41; 29:7; 30:30). YHVH then instructed the Israelites themselves to lay hands on the Levites as part of the process of consecrating them to the Levitical service (Num 8:10). In addition, the kings of Israel were also anointed with oil (although hands were not imposed on them) to consecrate them for their kingly duties (e.g., 1 Sam 10:1; 16:13; 1 Kgs 1:39).<\/p>\n

The laying on of hands or ordination is nothing more than earth\u2019s confirmation of a heavenly calling. The biblical record clearly shows us that when ordinations occurred, Elohim had already chosen someone for a ministry position (e.g., high priest and his sons, the Levites, the king of Israel, or spiritual leaders in the time of the apostles), and men were simply confirming\u2014through the anointing of oil and\/or the laying on of hands\u2014a choice that Elohim had already made. The heavenly calling comes first followed by the ordination of men. Heaven chooses who the servants of Elohim will be. Men, organizations, denominations, or churches do not.<\/p>\n

In the Testimony of Yeshua, the eleven apostles chose Matthias to replace Judas by lot (Acts 1:15\u201326). The apostles believed that YHVH would supernaturally direct how the lots fell, and thus the choice would be that of heaven, not of men. In the case of Matthias, there is no mention of laying on of hands or anointing with oil. This may follow the example of Yeshua who simply called and commissioned the original twelve disciples (Matt 10:1; Mark 3:13; Luke 6:13). After all, Yeshua didn\u2019t need a ceremony to confirm his choices, since he was heaven\u2019s voice on earth.<\/p>\n

After that, we have the choosing of the seven deacons in Acts 6:1. These were men who were already full of the Set-Apart Spirit and wisdom, so the apostles simply confirmed the work of the Spirit through the laying hands (verse 6).<\/p>\n

The same is true in the other examples of ordination in the Testimony of Yeshua. Men would be mentored by a leader or an apostle, and after a period of time (\u201clay hands on no one suddenly,\u201d 2 Tim 5:22), and after meeting the qualifications of eldership (see 1 Tim 3:1\u201312 and Tit 1:5\u20139), they were ordained. This period of training and probation finds its precedence in the Torah, where Levites went through five years of training (from age 25 to 30, Num 8:24) before being allowed to help the priests in the temple service. The biblical example of mentoring for ministry was less of an authoritatively-hierarchical system and more of patriarchal system with the older men lovingly overseeing, teaching and guiding those they had raised up.<\/p>\n

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