The only time this word comes up in scripture is in Psalms 111:9: Great Are Yehovah's works. He sent redemption to his people; He has commanded His covenant forever. Holy and reverend - awesome is His name!
First, a man can be ordained by any group of church leaders and not have the ordination where it counts, from the Messiah Jesus. Jesus is the head of the ekklesia - the called-out Assembly of God and as such it is he who puts men or women in places of leadership within his body, congregation, and the Israel of God of which he is the head. He alone has the authority to "ordain".
How are we to know those who have been "ordained" by the lord Jesus?
He states very plainly in Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
This is the only way we can know those who have been given positions of responsibility over the congregation - the called-out Assembly of the living God. I don't see any place in scripture where any authority was given to men to ordain anyone to the ministry of Jesus, that prerogative belongs to Jesus and to him alone as the head of his called-out Assembly. There are no apostles today who can appoint anyone to any office or responsibility in the Assembly of God.
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