The heirarchy was You > Jesus > God.
Everything else is manmade
I think you’ve got that reversed, LOL!
Christ chose the apostles — so they are a part of it too. Then they ordained priests, deacons, but the power came from the Holy Spirit and Christ.
“Everything else is manmade”
Yes, religion is manmade. All religion is manmade. Jesus did not come to start a religion. He came to draw us to the Father. He died, was buried, rose and ascended into heaven (the Father’s presence) so that we too might live in the Father’s presence.
We have invented religion. It is the pagan thing to do. We have to make gods to worship - so much easier than worshipping the one true God. It was not just a Greek or Roman thing to do. The Children of Israel themselves were sidetracked by god-creations of their own making.
Religion with its manmade rules, do’s and dont’s, is also about control. It is about controlling people. God’s plan includes getting all the systems of men out of His way - those systems are Political, Economic, Religious. All will crumble and make way for the coming of the King and His Kingdom.