Hierarchy

Jesus preached and appointed a form of self government that did not exercise authority^[1] over the people, but only served^[2] the needs of society through the perfect law of liberty. Participation in faith of the practice of Pure Religion in the pursuit of The Way of righteousness preached by Christ sets the captive free.

Hierarchy

The word hierarchy is defined today as "a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority."^[3]

An hierarchy is a pattern of rank, and it is found in nature all the time. Father and son is a common example, as is the model of the alpha wolf^[4]. But the rank, as we see by the definition, may not mean a higher power or superior" who may exercise authority one over the other".

A hierarchy may also only mean where an individual sits in a voluntary group performing given tasks.

Christ talked about rank as well but his approach was much different than what we have come to consider to be a hierarchy. He said those that are first will be last and the last will be first.^[5]

There is nothing wrong with the idea of hierarchy itself, but the manner and way it is determined and applied may produce different results.

Is the rank according to status or authority?
If the rank is according to authority is that authority over people or over things?
When the rank is according to status or station how is that status determined?

The Hierarchy of Christ

Is there an "hierarchy" in the Church established by Christ?

The answer may not be as simple as one thinks.

When we say hierarchy, we think of people ruling one over another, but that is not what the word actually means in every case. Just like the word government may suggest the idea of a ruler or ruling class. A "ruling class" is certainly not an absolute if we consider the long history of voluntary systems of self government.

The truth is that history is replete with governments that had no rulers one over the other, nor a ruling class. It has become so rare today that people believe that the term government can only mean people who rule the people rather than a system where the people rule or govern themselves and the Government is composed of servants.

Government does not have to mean a centralized government of control, but can be a diversified network of faith, hope, and charity. In fact, “our modern reliance on government to make law and establish order is not the historical norm”.^[6]

A Republic could be such a government of the people, for the people and by the people, but the leaders would have to be absolutely titular when it comes to ruling over another person.

Taxes in such a government that is non-centralized would be entirely voluntary, and there would be no entitlements except the natural rights endowed by a creator, or by parents as co-creators. While there are many examples in history, the most well-known is early Israel for hundreds of years before the institution of kings.

A Democracy may be said to be a non-centralized government, but that is not entirely true because a democracy is merely a government where the majority are the ruling class, or they elect a smaller group that makes or enforces laws upon the rest of the people.

The word hierarchy does contain the word archy from the Greek word archon^[7] or the verb archo,^[8] which does mean ruler or rule over, and it is commonly used to refer to rulers over people; it is translated as prince, chief, magistrate, commander, or leader. But it may also mean a ruler over things set aside into their hands voluntarily.

We find forms of the word in the Bible, like archisunagogos,^[9] meaning the ruler of the synagogue. He is not really ruling over people, but over a place. The people who enter the place must remain orderly while in that place, according to what the archisunagogos dictates, but all they have to do is leave the place and they are free to do as they wish.

The Greek word synagogue^[10] does not just mean a place like a building, but it can mean an assembly.

Early Israel gathered in congregations of ten families, often choosing Levites as their ministers. These were free assemblies because there was no means by which to bind the people together to keep the Law of Moses.

At other times in history, membership in a synagogue or congregation became the result of a contract with kings like Herod the Great who offered a socialist system of welfare like that of Nimrod, which made the word of God to none effect because it included a forced sacrifice.

The chief ruler of the synagogue could kick you out of the welfare system operated through the synagogues like we see in John 9:22^[11] But those were not truly Free Assemblies since the days of Herod the Great and his own version of Baptism.

Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist and Jesus and the early Church advocated a Daily ministration for the needy of the Christian community that was dependent on Charity only and it was not like the system of Corban of the Pharisees nor the free bread of Rome. It was their Pure Religion that brought them into a Christian conflict with Public religion and the Covetous Practices of the World.

With the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus, some of these heads of synagogues repented ^[12] These men followed the ways of Christ, repenting of the Corban of the Pharisees which had made the word of God to none effect. These true believers led their synagogues back to the righteous ways of Christ. They were still part of a welfare system in Pure Religion, but they now depended upon Faith, Hope and Charity - rather than force - to provide for their needs. This righteous system of Corban set the people free in many ways, but next they needed a Daily ministration dependent upon the Perfect law of liberty.

Men like Crispus began following the ways of Christ:

Acts 18:8 "And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."

Crispus, and Joses who became Barnabas, became part of an hierarchy that served the people with the Freewill offerings of the people, rather than the Benefits of men who call themselves Benefactors but exercised authority one man over another. They did not rule over the people, but over the offering. If they did a poor job, people picked a minister who did a better job. The right to choose what to give and to whom to give was in the hands of the people in a different form of government that was not like Rome. This was the Christian conflict between Rome and the true Christians. That conflict demonstrates how Modern Christians have more in common with the Pharisees and Pagans than they do with the early Christians.

Their elections were not national but local in a living network of self-organizing Tens.

There were also the politarches^[13] which means the ruler of the city like a mayor or governor.

Or there is the word architriklinos^[14] which, although it sounds ominous, literally means the ruler of three couches. His job was to arrange things at a feast or big dinner so everything went well.

While the Church in general is an organization, it consists of participants: the laity or people; and the ministers, who conform to Christ for His purposes. Ministers are to be Benefactors of the people, but they are not to exercise authority one over the other. They maintain an absence of hierarchy in the sense of ruling over people but there was a hierarchy over that which was offered by the people.

There is clearly an hierarchy in the Church which we see with Jesus' comment in Matthew 23:11 "But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant."^[15] So when a minister picks a minister he is picking a servant that will help him connect to the rest of the kingdom of God in a charitable and loving way.

He goes on in Matthew 23:12 to say, "And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."^[16]

So we see in one sense the Ministers of the Church are an hierarchy.

Hierarchy is a late Middle English word via the Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century.

And the Greek word hieros has a meaning dedicated, holy, sacred and separate, or the word hiereus meaning Priests, all included the idea of being separate or set aside. They did not rule over the people but over what the people freely gave

The Levites belonged to God and were separate, and they provided a service to the people without ruling over them either. The Apostles were also to be separate living in the world but not of the world.

By understanding what Religion is -- and specifically Pure Religion -- by discovering what it really means and the function priests provided in free societies before they were bound by superstitions, or covenants ... this will help people understand what hierarchy can mean and what services it can provide.

When society contributes to Christ by way of His appointed priest, who has no personal estate, like the Levites and the early Church, then as those Priests gathered in a network of Priests, each one becomes a joint heir of what they all receive. This is important because when such ministers or priests die or step away from their official mission, the funds and resources that they hold for religious purposes, e.g. sacred treasures, pass to the next individual to hold that office of Christ's Priesthood or to the other joint heirs to be used for their intended purpose.

The words joint heirs is from sugkleronomos^[17] which is seen in Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together."

The Greek word sugkleronomos is also seen in several other verses.^[18]

Again understand that Religion is a system of welfare; whether set up in the Character of God and Christ or in the Character of Cain, Nimrod and Benefactors of the world who exercise authority one over the other. Seeking the Kingdom of God includes seeking Pure Religion so that your welfare is not dependent on nor spotted by the world.

Jesus uses "archon" when He appoints the kingdom to the apostles.^[19]

The apostles were rulers and princes, but not over the people, like the governments of the gentiles. They ruled over that which was freely given to them. There is no taxation in the Kingdom of God. If they did not do well with what was given to them for the purposes of Christ, the people could choose to give no more. Any government where the rulers can force the contributions of the people is not following the ways of Christ, nor are the people free or at liberty.

The Latin word from which we get the word religion can mean "re binding".

There is a reason for this binding, which is to fulfill your natural duty to your fellow man. When you live by faith you are bound by hope. When you lie by charity you are bound by love.

There have always been two religions, in the world and of the world.

One frees the people through the perfect law of liberty and the other binds the people because it allows the people to bite one another.

This is their choice.

Abel and Seth were shepherds. Shepherds lead people to green pastures...

But then there were Cain and Nimrod who plowed mankind and created "civil" powers. They bound man civilly for their own purpose. The way of Cain and Nimrod lead to Babylon. The other way of Christ leads to liberty under the God of Nature.

Abel, Seth, Moses and Jesus came to "set the captive free". What they were doing has been kept from the people.

They did not force the contribution of the people, but they did bind the stuff freely given by the people, for the people and of the people to serve, not rule.

Cain, Nimrod, Pharaoh, Caesar etc bind the people and force them to contribute in a welfare system that weakens the people. This binding is done by offering them entitlements.

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The Steps and unhewn stones

Was Moses and Jesus in agreement?

Were the Altars of Clay and stone set up by Moses alive like the living stones of Christ?

Was the church in the wilderness actually originally doing what the early Church which was called out by Jesus?

Has God been the same or have many gone under a strong delusion through the sophistry of false religion?

Altars of stone

“And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.” Exodus 20:25-26

The Hebrew word rigmah [המגר]^[20] is translated into council in Psalms 68^[21], but actually means literally a “heap of stones”, or “gathering of stones”.^[20]

It is from the Hebrew word Regem [םגר] which means friend^[22] and is the same three letters of ragam [םגר] defined stone.^[23]

Both words have as a common origin [בגר] regeb which means a clod (of earth).^[24]

Why would the same letters and word for stone also mean friend?

And why would a council of men be represented by the word for a gathering of stones?

The idea that the term for stone might represent a man or that a gathering of stones might compose a living altar of men or a living stone temple should be a readily acceptable metaphor.

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:5

Were the altars of clay and stone always meant as metaphors for men who gather for a particular purpose?

Of we read these words in context what are these altars really about and what purpose do they serve?

Was Abraham able to raise an army over night to defeat invaders because the people burned up sheep on altars?

How does that bind people together?

Have we been deceived through Sophistry?

There are several chapters in the book Thy Kingdom Comes that deal with the sacrifices on stone and earth altars. An altar of earth was simply a metaphor for each family being a living altar of earth. The word earth here is from adamah which is also translated “husbandman”. This adamah is the red earth from which Adam was made. The sons of Adam are to be the husbandmen of the earth and commanded to “dress it and keep it”.

In our modern language we may express someone's character as rock solid, or ask what metal a man is made of. No one imagines that someone is actually made of stone or metal. These are simply metaphors.

In Hebrew the four letter word for naked, aruwm(םורע)^[25] is also seen as aruwm(םורע)^[26] but translated prudent, crafty, subtle.

So what does the word aruwm mean, naked or prudent?

It is from the word ‘aram [עָרַם‎]^[27] which is translated subtilty, crafty, prudent, beware, very, and craftiness, but also is translated gathered together and heap.

How do we determine what these words mean if they may have so many different meanings?

Is there a key to understanding the meaning of these words?

Who can tell us?

How can we know?

Have we been left clues to assist us in unraveling the mysteries of language and words written thousands of years ago?

Who will reveal the truth in the written text?

We know the Pharisees did not understand the scriptures correctly, though they were fluent in Hebrew.

Who wrote their dictionaries and defined the terms of their text?

The Hebrew language is full of symbols, metaphors and conceptual imagery. All languages are ways to represent ideas with symbols.

Is there a clue in the symbols that form the words?

Unlike the languages of the West, Hebrew letters have meaning, and those meanings are used to produce the words themselves. This is not possible with any language based upon a phonetic alphabet. Most alphabets, unlike Hebrew, are designed to represent sounds not ideas.

If a clod of clay can be a man and a stone can be a friend and a gathering of stones can be a council of men then what does it mean to build an Altar of stones that are not hewn?

If the stones are men then how would you hew those men?

Does this mean that you shall not regulate or exercise authority over these men who are the servants^[2] of the people providing the table of the LORD for your welfare through charity rather than what the Pharaoh had provided in Egypt which was a snare?^[28]

What Moses was saying they should not do about steps and hewn stones is the same thing Christ said when he forbid^[1] his disciples to be like that form of government. He told us not to make the Fathers of the earth our Benefactors nor eat their dainties served at their tables because Proverbs, Paul and David said they were a trap.

There is rank in the kingdom and even an hierarchy but not one of men ruling over men accept by consent. Christ is clear that your rank in the kingdom is dependent upon your service^[2] to others and not upon any authority of man over his fellow man.

"Follow me!" —Jesus the Christ.

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If you think you have a calling to be a Minister of God or you might want to dedicate your life to Christ as an Ordained Minister of His Holy Church, contact us to start the process of discipleship and become the benefactors who exercise only love, NOT authority.^[29]

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Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Not exercise authority
Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."

Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."

Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Heirs of service
The hierarchy of the kingdom of God does not go up by steps nor exercise authority one over the other but come as he that serves:

Matthew 20:27 "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."

Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."

Luke 22:26 "But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth."

Mark 9:35 "And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all."

Galatians 5:13 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
↑ hierarchy a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
synonyms: pecking order, order, ranking, chain of command, grading, gradation, ladder, scale, range

noun: the hierarchy: an arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness.

late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’ ( hierarch "a chief priest, archbishop, or other leader"). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century.
↑ "The alpha wolf is a figure that looms large in our imagination. The notion of a supreme pack leader who fought his way to dominance and reigns superior to the other wolves in his pack informs both our fiction and is how many people understand wolf behavior. But the alpha wolf doesn't exist—at least not in the wild."
↑ Matthew 19:30 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.
Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Mark 9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Mark 10:31 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.

Luke 13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
↑ Part I of The Enterprise of Law : Justice without the State by Dr. Bruce L. Benson.
↑ 758 ~ἄρχων~ archon \@ar’-khone\@ present participle of 757; n m AV-ruler 22, prince 11, chief 2, magistrate 1, chief ruler 1; 37 1) a ruler, commander, chief, leader
↑ 757 ~ἄρχω~ archo \@ar’-kho\@ a primary word; v AV-rule over 1, reign over 1; 2 1) to be chief, to lead, to rule
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752 ~ἀρχισυνάγωγος~ archisunagogos \@ar-khee-soon-ag’-o-gos\@ from 746 principality, and 4864; n m AV-ruler of the synagogue 7, chief ruler of the synagogue 2; 9
1) ruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the synagogue, to examine the discourses of the public speakers, and to see that all things were done with decency and in accordance with ancestral usage.
- Is the synagogue one registered with Herod and the Pharisees or one of John the Baptists and the apostles who also organized in tens?
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4864 ~συναγωγή~ sunagoge \@soon-ag-o-gay’\@ from (the reduplicated form of) 4863; TDNT-7:798,1107; {See TDNT 764} n f AV-synagogue 55, congregation 1, assembly 1; 57
1) a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting

2) in the NT, an assembling together of men, an assembly of men

3) a synagogue
3a) an assembly of Jews formally gathered together to offer prayers and listen to the reading and expositions of the scriptures; assemblies of that sort were held every sabbath and feast day, afterwards also on the second and fifth days of every week; name transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered together for religious purposes

3b) the buildings where those solemn Jewish assemblies are held. Synagogues seem to date their origin from the Babylonian exile. In the times of Jesus and the apostles every town, not only in Palestine, but also among the Gentiles if it contained a considerable number of Jewish inhabitants, had at least one synagogue, the larger towns several or even many. These were also used for trials and inflicting punishment.
- For Synonyms see entry 5897
↑ : John 9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that Jesus was the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
↑ : John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
↑ 4173 ~πολιτάρχης~ politarches \@pol-it-ar’-khace\@ from 4172 and 757; ; n m AV-ruler of the city 2; 2
1) a ruler of a city or citizens
↑ 755 ~ἀρχιτρίκλινος~ architriklinos \@ar-khee-tree’-klee-nos\@ from 746 and a compound of 5140 and 2827 (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); ; n m AV-governor of the feast 2, ruler of the feast 1; 3
1) the superintendent of the dining room, a table master. It differs from toast-master, who was one of the guests selected by lot to prescribe to the rest the mode of drinking. The table master was to place in order the tables and the couches, arrange the courses, taste the food and wine beforehand, and so forth.
↑ Luke 22:26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
↑ Luke 22:27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
↑ 4789 ~συγκληρονόμος~ sugkleronomos \@soong-klay-ron-om’-os\@ from 4862; and 2818; n m AV-fellow heir 1, joint heir 1, heir together 1, heir with 1; 4
1) a fellow heir, a joint heir

2) one who obtains something assigned to himself with others, a joint participant
↑ : Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs <4789> with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs <4789>, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him <4789> of the same promise:

1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together <4789> of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
↑ : Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

Luke 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1
07277 רִגְמָה‎ rigmah [rig-maw’] ReishGimelMemHey from the same as 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem meaning "friend"; n f; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 @@ "2114a" }] AV-council 1; 1
1) heap (of stones)
1a) of crowd (fig)
- See 7277 rigmah council; 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem "friend"; 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam stone, certainty; 07263 רֶגֶב‎ regeb clod (of earth);
↑ Psalms 68:27 "There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council <07277>, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali."
↑ 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem [reh’-gem] from 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam stone or even certainly; n pr m; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 }] AV-Regem 1; 1
Regem= "friend"

1) son of Jahdai and descendant of Caleb
↑
07275 רָגַם‎ ragam [raw-gam’] a primitive root [compare 07263 (רֶגֶב‎ regeb clod of clay), 07321(^עור^ ruwa‘ to shout, raise a sound, cry out,), 07551(רָקַם‎ raqam mix color) and 07276 ( רֶגֶם‎ Regem meaning "friend")?]; v; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 }] AV-stone 15, certainly 1; 16
1) to stone, slay or kill by stoning
1a) (Qal) to stone
- See 7277 rigmah council;
↑ 07263 רֶגֶב‎ regeb [reh’-gheb] from an unused root meaning to pile together; n m; [BDB-918b] [{See TWOT on 2111 @@ "2111a" }] AV-clod 2; 2
1) clod (of earth)
↑ 06174 עָרוֹם‎ ‘arowm [aw-rome’] orערם‎ ‘arom [aw-rome’]from 06191 subtle, crafty (in its original sense); adj; [BDB-736a] [{See TWOT on 1588 @@ "1588c" }] AV-naked 16; 16
1) naked, bare
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06175 AyinReishVavMem עָרוּם‎ ‘aruwm [aw-room’] pass. part. of 06191 עָרַם ‎v be shrewd, be crafty; adj; [BDB-791a] [{See TWOT on 1698 @@ "1698c" }] AV-prudent 8, crafty 2, subtil 1; 11
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible
1a) crafty

1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
↑ 06191 עָרַם‎ ‘aram [aw-ram’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-791a] [{See TWOT on 1698 }] AV-subtilty 1, crafty 1, prudent 1, beware 1, very 1; 5
1) to be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent
1a) (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle

1b) (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd
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Table as a snare
Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”

Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”

Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."

Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."

Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"

Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."

Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"

Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."

Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not

Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."

1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.
↑ Matthew 20:25-26 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Mark 10:42-43 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Luke 22:25-26 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

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[exauth-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Not exercise authority
Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."

Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."

Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."

[serveth-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Heirs of service
The hierarchy of the kingdom of God does not go up by steps nor exercise authority one over the other but come as he that serves:

Matthew 20:27 "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."

Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."

Luke 22:26 "But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth."

Mark 9:35 "And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all."

Galatians 5:13 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."

[3] rarchy a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
synonyms: pecking order, order, ranking, chain of command, grading, gradation, ladder, scale, range

noun: the hierarchy: an arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness.

late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’ ( hierarch "a chief priest, archbishop, or other leader"). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century.

[4] "The alpha wolf is a figure that looms large in our imagination. The notion of a supreme pack leader who fought his way to dominance and reigns superior to the other wolves in his pack informs both our fiction and is how many people understand wolf behavior. But the alpha wolf doesn't exist—at least not in the wild."

[5] Matthew 19:30 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.
Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Mark 9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Mark 10:31 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.

Luke 13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

[6] Part I of The Enterprise of Law : Justice without the State by Dr. Bruce L. Benson.

[7] 758 ~ἄρχων~ archon \@ar’-khone\@ present participle of 757; n m AV-ruler 22, prince 11, chief 2, magistrate 1, chief ruler 1; 37 1) a ruler, commander, chief, leader

[8] 757 ~ἄρχω~ archo \@ar’-kho\@ a primary word; v AV-rule over 1, reign over 1; 2 1) to be chief, to lead, to rule

[9] 752 ~ἀρχισυνάγωγος~ archisunagogos \@ar-khee-soon-ag’-o-gos\@ from 746 principality, and 4864; n m AV-ruler of the synagogue 7, chief ruler of the synagogue 2; 9
1) ruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the synagogue, to examine the discourses of the public speakers, and to see that all things were done with decency and in accordance with ancestral usage.

Is the synagogue one registered with Herod and the Pharisees or one of John the Baptists and the apostles who also organized in tens?

[10] Is the synagogue one registered with Herod and the Pharisees or one of John the Baptists and the apostles who also organized in tens?

[10] 4864 ~συναγωγή~ sunagoge \@soon-ag-o-gay’\@ from (the reduplicated form of) 4863; TDNT-7:798,1107; {See TDNT 764} n f AV-synagogue 55, congregation 1, assembly 1; 57
1) a bringing together, gathering (as of fruits), a contracting

2) in the NT, an assembling together of men, an assembly of men

3) a synagogue
3a) an assembly of Jews formally gathered together to offer prayers and listen to the reading and expositions of the scriptures; assemblies of that sort were held every sabbath and feast day, afterwards also on the second and fifth days of every week; name transferred to an assembly of Christians formally gathered together for religious purposes

3b) the buildings where those solemn Jewish assemblies are held. Synagogues seem to date their origin from the Babylonian exile. In the times of Jesus and the apostles every town, not only in Palestine, but also among the Gentiles if it contained a considerable number of Jewish inhabitants, had at least one synagogue, the larger towns several or even many. These were also used for trials and inflicting punishment.

For Synonyms see entry 5897

[12] For Synonyms see entry 5897

[11] : John 9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that Jesus was the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

[12] : John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

[politarches-13] 4173 ~πολιτάρχης~ politarches \@pol-it-ar’-khace\@ from 4172 and 757; ; n m AV-ruler of the city 2; 2
1) a ruler of a city or citizens

[architriklinos-14] 755 ~ἀρχιτρίκλινος~ architriklinos \@ar-khee-tree’-klee-nos\@ from 746 and a compound of 5140 and 2827 (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); ; n m AV-governor of the feast 2, ruler of the feast 1; 3
1) the superintendent of the dining room, a table master. It differs from toast-master, who was one of the guests selected by lot to prescribe to the rest the mode of drinking. The table master was to place in order the tables and the couches, arrange the courses, taste the food and wine beforehand, and so forth.

[15] Luke 22:26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

[16] Luke 22:27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

[17] 4789 ~συγκληρονόμος~ sugkleronomos \@soong-klay-ron-om’-os\@ from 4862; and 2818; n m AV-fellow heir 1, joint heir 1, heir together 1, heir with 1; 4
1) a fellow heir, a joint heir

2) one who obtains something assigned to himself with others, a joint participant

[18] : Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs <4789> with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs <4789>, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him <4789> of the same promise:

1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together <4789> of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

[19] : Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

Luke 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

[rigmah-20] 20.0 ^20.1 07277 רִגְמָה‎ rigmah [rig-maw’] ReishGimelMemHey from the same as 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem meaning "friend"; n f; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 @@ "2114a" }] AV-council 1; 1
1) heap (of stones)
1a) of crowd (fig)

See 7277 rigmah council; 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem "friend"; 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam stone, certainty; 07263 רֶגֶב‎ regeb clod (of earth);

[23] See 7277 rigmah council; 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem "friend"; 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam stone, certainty; 07263 רֶגֶב‎ regeb clod (of earth);

[21] Psalms 68:27 "There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council <07277>, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali."

[Regem-22] 07276 רֶגֶם‎ Regem [reh’-gem] from 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam stone or even certainly; n pr m; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 }] AV-Regem 1; 1
Regem= "friend"

1) son of Jahdai and descendant of Caleb

[ragam-23] 07275 רָגַם‎ ragam [raw-gam’] a primitive root [compare 07263 (רֶגֶב‎ regeb clod of clay), 07321(^עור^ ruwa‘ to shout, raise a sound, cry out,), 07551(רָקַם‎ raqam mix color) and 07276 ( רֶגֶם‎ Regem meaning "friend")?]; v; [BDB-920b] [{See TWOT on 2114 }] AV-stone 15, certainly 1; 16
1) to stone, slay or kill by stoning
1a) (Qal) to stone

See 7277 rigmah council;

[27] See 7277 rigmah council;

[clod-24] 07263 רֶגֶב‎ regeb [reh’-gheb] from an unused root meaning to pile together; n m; [BDB-918b] [{See TWOT on 2111 @@ "2111a" }] AV-clod 2; 2
1) clod (of earth)

[aruwm1-25] 06174 עָרוֹם‎ ‘arowm [aw-rome’] orערם‎ ‘arom [aw-rome’]from 06191 subtle, crafty (in its original sense); adj; [BDB-736a] [{See TWOT on 1588 @@ "1588c" }] AV-naked 16; 16
1) naked, bare

[aruwm2-26] 06175 AyinReishVavMem עָרוּם‎ ‘aruwm [aw-room’] pass. part. of 06191 עָרַם ‎v be shrewd, be crafty; adj; [BDB-791a] [{See TWOT on 1698 @@ "1698c" }] AV-prudent 8, crafty 2, subtil 1; 11
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible
1a) crafty

1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent

ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

[31] ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[32] ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[33] ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

[34] מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

[aram-27] 06191 עָרַם‎ ‘aram [aw-ram’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-791a] [{See TWOT on 1698 }] AV-subtilty 1, crafty 1, prudent 1, beware 1, very 1; 5
1) to be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent
1a) (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle

1b) (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd

[snaretrap-28] Table as a snare
Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”

Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”

Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."

Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."

Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"

Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."

Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"

Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."

Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not

Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."

1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

"Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.

[37] "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.

[29] Matthew 20:25-26 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Mark 10:42-43 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Luke 22:25-26 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

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