God’s Designated Hierarchy of Command
1. The Godhead or Trinity:
This talks about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
“The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalms chapter 24 verses 1)
2. Recreated Man:
This talks about every authentic born again Christian believer.
10 – “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 – He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 – But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 – Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John chapter 1 verses 10 to 13)
3. The Holy Angels:
13 – “But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14 – Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Hebrews chapter 1 verses 13 to 14)
4. The devil himself.
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:” (Genesis chapter 3 verses 14)
5. The fallen angels and demons.
“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;” (2Peter chapter 2 verses 4)
3 – “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 – And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.” (Revelation chapter 12 verses 3 to 4)
6. Fallen unrecreated man.
8 – “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 – And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 – And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 – And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” (Genesis chapter 3 verses 8 to 11)
7. Animals:
This talks about aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial animals.
20 – “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 – And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
24 – And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 – And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis chapter 1 verses 20,21,24 to 25)
8. Insects and bugs.
“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” (Genesis chapter 1 verses 20)
9. Plants:
This talks about living organisms lacking locomotion.
11 – “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 – And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis chapter 1 verses 11 to 12)
10. Inanimate objects.
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.” (Psalms chapter 24 verses 7)