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THERE is a current saying (not Bible, as some have supposed), that “order is heaven’s fi first law.” The Scriptures, however, do state that the starry heavens “declare the glory of God; and the fi firmament showeth his handiwork.” Ps.19:1. The handiwork of the Lord is especially manifest in the precise circuit of the celestial bodies in their orbits. “Lift up your eyes on high,” saith the Lord, “and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” Isa.40:26.
God’s order is not confi ned to the planets alone, for there is perfect order and system among the heavenly beings. We read of the angels that they “do his commandments, harkening unto the voice of his word.” Ps.103:20. And they are “all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.” Heb.1:14.
In the following pages, we have endeavored to show the position the Lord’s church should occupy; the order and discipline which he has taught in his Word should prevail in the church, and how, in the rise of the cause of third angel’s message, the order was established among this people; that order of which we are told the Lord “wrought in the organization that has been perfected.” – E. G. White “Christian Education,” page 136, edition of 1894.
