{"id":1213,"date":"2013-02-16T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?page_id=1213"},"modified":"2013-02-16T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T20:50:50","slug":"el-elyon-god-most-high","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/names-of-god\/el-elyon-god-most-high\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Elyon, God Most High"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>El-Elyon: Genesis 14:22-24<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cI have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Derivations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>El &#8211; strength, prominence, power<\/li>\n<li>Elyon \u2013 strongest, most high, most mighty, most prominent<\/li>\n<li>El-Elyon \u2013 the strongest strong One, the mightiest mighty One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>God Most High<\/h2>\n<h3>El-Elyon is over kings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Melchizedek and Abram <i>(Genesis 14:18-24)<\/i>\n<ul>\n<li>Melchizedek, king of Salem, and priest of God Most High <i>(14:18)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Abram (not yet Abraham), Blessed by God Most High <i>(14:19)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Abram relied on the Lord, God Most High, not on men, \u201clest you should say, \u2018I have made Abram rich.\u2019\u201d <i>(14:24)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nebuchadnezzar <i>(Daniel 3:26-4:2 and 4:32-36)<\/i>\n<ul>\n<li>Beware of pride <i>(4:30)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Which leads to a fall <i>(4:31)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Be thankful for grace <i>(4:34-37)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>El-Elyon is over nations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Power to set borders <i>(Deuteronomy 32:8-9)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>King over the earth <i>(Psalm 47:2)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>El-Elyon is over Satan and his minions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Day Star, son of Dawn <i>(Isaiah 14:12)<\/i>\n<ul>\n<li>Beware of pride <i>(14:13)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Which leads to a fall <i>(14:15)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>No grace here! <i>(14:16-20)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Legion <i>(Mark 5)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Macedonian slave girl <i>(Acts 16:16-18)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>El-Elyon is\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Our protector<\/li>\n<li>Our provision<\/li>\n<li>Over us<\/li>\n<li>Over Satan<\/li>\n<li>Over demonic world<\/li>\n<li>Over kingdoms of man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <b>Elohim<\/b> we see God as the Trinity, and Jesus as God. In <b>El-Elyon<\/b>, we see God Most High, with Jesus as a priest after the order of Melchizedek <i>(Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, 6:20, 7:1-15)<\/i> a priest of God Most High. Jesus is God, and He is a priest of God Most High. <b><i>What does that mean to you?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h1>Praying to God by Name<\/h1>\n<p>From \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Praying-Names-God-Daily-Guide\/dp\/0310253535\/ref=as_li_ss_mfw?&amp;linkCode=wey&amp;tag=promotionsnor-20\" target=\"_blank\">Praying the Names of God<\/a>\u201d <em>by Ann Spangler, published by Zondervan, \u00a9 2004 by Ann Spangler<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>El-Elyon<\/h2>\n<h3>Reflect On: Psalm 97<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Praise God: For He is exalted far above all gods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Offer Thanks: Because the God of all the earth has revealed Himself to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Confess: Any overemphasis on pleasure or comfort in your life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ask God: To sharpen His image in your soul.<\/p>\n<h3>Reflect On: Luke 6:27 &#8211; 36<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Praise God: For His all-surpassing goodness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Offer Thanks: For the ways God has shown you mercy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Confess: Any pride that would keep you from modeling God&#8217;s character.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ask God: For the grace to display God&#8217;s character to those who don&#8217;t deserve it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflect On: Acts 1:1-11 and Hebrews 1:3-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Praise God.\u00b7 Because He reigns above all<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Offer Thanks: That your life is hidden in Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Confess: Any tendency to live as though there&#8217;s no such place as heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ask God: To help you set your heart on the things that are above, where Christ is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next: <a title=\"El-Shaddai, God Almighty\" href=\"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/names-of-god\/el-shaddai-god-almighty\/\">El-Shaddai<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El-Elyon: Genesis 14:22-24 \u201cI have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth\u2026\u201d Derivations El &#8211; strength, prominence, power Elyon \u2013 strongest, most high, most mighty, most prominent El-Elyon \u2013 the strongest strong One, the mightiest mighty One God Most High El-Elyon is over kings Melchizedek and Abram (Genesis&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/names-of-god\/el-elyon-god-most-high\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1197,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1MnZf-jz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions\/1257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}