El Elyon - Jesus

…Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name. ---Philipians 2:9

In my last blog, I was discussing the fact that El Elyon is a plural name. When the world was being spoken into existence, it was not a singular God that created and formed the world, but the Trinity, God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. We know that was done “In the Beginning” and was recorded in the Old Testament.

Then Jesus came to the earth! Isaiah 9:6 tells us that a “Child will be born and a Son given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.” Jesus was sent to the earth to reestablish the government of heaven that Satan had dominated since the Fall in the Garden of Eden. With the government of heaven comes wholeness in mind and body, well-being in life and a stability in thinking. Jesus taught about the Kingdom of Heaven everywhere He went.

When Jesus left the Heavenly Kingdom, He left a place of perfect peace. The apostle Paul wrote to the church of Philippi the following: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:7-11) NKJV

This is a very important truth that we must understand. Jesus was God in the flesh. He gave up all His status and wealth that was held in heaven and became like a slave in man’s world. He did this to regain the dominion lost by Adam by allowing Himself to be crucified on the cross. When He did this, God Almighty lifted Him up to the highest position, above all others. Jesus was truly all human, but also all divine. As complex as it seems, the humanness of Jesus is what was exalted. By His act of selfless sacrifice. God honored Jesus’ obedience by a super-exalted position of honor and glory.

As a result, when we believe in Jesus and call on the Name of Jesus, every knee will bow which includes the angels of heaven, beings on the earth and the demonic hosts of hell. There is a great deal of power in the Name of Jesus. Jesus is El Elyon in this application. THE MOST HIGH GOD!!!!

Confession: Jesus destroyed the works of the devil when He sacrificed Himself. First He sacrificed all that He enjoyed in Heaven to come to this earth, then He sacrificed His physical body so that I could have a relationship with God the Father. As a result, I can use the Name of Jesus to utilize the angelic host, defeat the demons of hell and all their tactics and be confident that they will bow their knees.