El Elyon - the strong strong one- the most high God 2/16

El Elyon – the strong strong one – the most high God. God is the strongest strong one…there is none that equal him.




Names of God are like an advent calendar – as you open more tabs, the image that lies underneath becomes more and more clear.



El Elyon used in scripture

Through scripture, we find that El Elyon is ruler of/defeats the following and they recognize God as El Elyon - God Most High

• Nations

• Spirits

• Kings of Earth



NATIONS

God is revealed as El Elyon as nations recognize Him as God Most High



In the Pentateuch (1st 5 books of the Bible), we find that this name of God (El Elyon) is used only 3 times.



• Genesis 14:19-20

- Abraham meets Melichizedek

- Lot is taken away. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

- Abram defeats county that others were not able to defeat

Vs. 19 You were able to defeat foreign nations with foreign gods because you have God Most High on your side.

- Abram tithes to Melichizedek, preist of El Elyon. King of Sodom tries to

give him stuff as well, but Abram will not take it because he has El Elyon

on his side.

• Numbers 24:16

- Has knowledge that God is God Most High

- Rejects all other authorities and what other people told him to do. Oracle became twisted and turns into Davidic prophecy – only happened because of his fear of God as El Elyon.

- Interesting Point: El Elyon used in contrast to heathen nations – when others are worshipping or praying to heathens. This was to signify God as God Most High – high above other gods.

• Deuteronomy 32:8-9

“When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.”



- In this verse, “sons of God” refers to fact that God had appointed angles

to rule/watch of specific, non-believing nations, but the Lord is ruler of

Israel – his nations/his children.







SPIRITS



God recognized as El Elyon by the spirits – even the demons recognize that there is no other…he’s the Most High God.



• Acts 16:16-17

- In these passages, a fortune telling girl, who had these abilities because

she was possessed by a demonic sprit, refers to God as God Most High.

• Mark 5:7

- Again, we see in this passage that a demon possessed man refers to

Jesus as Most High God.



The only one who can break through all barriers and authorities and is not limited to the physical world is God Most High.

The nations and demons are renewed in their image and perception of him. Taking this into account, where does God fall in your ladder of decision making?

Only when God is our first and final authority are we set free. We are in an unsafe place when we are in control because we don’t have the ability to see all that God sees. We cannot let our spirit be dismayed or put in despair as it is allowing the enemy to have a foothold on us – we are not letting God be sovereign…even is we say it, if we are not living it out, the God is not El Elyon of our hearts too.



KINGS OF EARTH



• Daniel 2:37, 47 (Nebuchadnezzar’s first dream)

- Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. This dream sets the picture of

Nebuchadnezzar as high king.

- He is given a warning to obey…but we see that in the next part below

that he does not obey this warning.

• Daniel 4: 24-26(Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream)

- Daniel delivering the decree of El Elyon

- Again we see that the name of El Elyon is being used in the presence of heathens

- Saying that even Nebuchadnezzar has a God given purpose…God has

given everything to Nebuchadnezzar – if he doesn’t obey God, he will

become like the beasts of the field.

• Daniel 4:34-37

- The Kingdom of Babylon is a strong nation. Just by the walls surrounding

the kingdom we get a glimpse of this nation’s immensity and strength.

The walls were 312 feet tall (like a skyscraper)…at the top most part of

the wall, it was wide enough for 4 chariots to pass…and it had 250 watch

towers along the perimeter of the wall…it was an impregnable,

impenetrable tower. Compared to the name of the Lord as a strong

tower (Proverbs 18:10) – if the walls of the kingdom of Babylon were this

immense, how much stronger and confident can we be in the name of

our Lord who is a stongtower.

- In these verses, Nebuchadnezzar, who is not a Christian and not a God-

fearing man, acknowledging God as El Elyon



Through these series of verses, were able to see that God, El Elyon is ruler of nations, sprits, and kings of the earth. Everyone is under God’s authority and are only in control because God put them there…at any moment, God has complete authority and can take there power from them at any moment.