DISCOVER EL ELYON

If you did not get to it yesterday, please take the time now for these Scripture Readings:

Genesis Chapter 14
Genesis Chapter 39
Genesis Chapter 45

They will help us to know El Elyon better. El Elyon is your Sovereign. He rules over all things. He is in control.
He is really the only one you can ALWAYS count on.
Yes, He is in control of your life, you can trust Him,
and His name is El Elyon, your Sovereign.
Abram discovered God as El Elyon through Melchizedek in Genesis 14:19-20.
But who is Melchizedek? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Melchizedek Priest, King of Salem Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek — by Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1464–67 Melchizedek or Malki Tzedek (Hebrew מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק malḵ-i ṣédeq) translated as "my king (is) righteous(ness)") is a king and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis. He is introduced as the king of Salem, and priest of El Elyon ("The highest God"). He brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram and El Elyon.

If you remember, this is our KEY VERSE for El Elyon

Genesis 14:19-20
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
"He blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
And blessed be [c]God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
He gave him a tenth of all."

NOW LET'S TAKE TIME TO DISCOVER EL ELYON!

According to our study book, Trusting In The Names Of God by Catherine Martin, on page 116,

"The Hebrew words translated "God Most High" are El Elyon and mean elevated, high, exalted ~ the Supreme Being (the true God)
Henry Morris, founder of the Institute for Creation Research, says the revelation of El Elyon stressed "the absolute superiority of God to the multitude of gods and goddesses worshiped in Canaan." El Elyon is introduced into the life experience of Abram, who later was renamed Abraham by God Himself. The name El Elyon occurs 4 times in Genesis 14:18-22 and approximately 40 times throughout the Old Testament, including 20 times in Psalms and 12 times in Daniel."

We are on a really exciting journey!
Tomorrow we will learn how to
DRAW NEAR TO EL ELYON!
^{Genesis 14:22-24} But Abram told the king of Sodom, "I swear to God, The High God, (EL ELYON)Creator of Heaven and Earth, (ELOHIM) this solemn oath, that I'll take nothing from you, not so much as a thread or a shoestring. I'm not going to have you go around saying, 'I made Abram rich.' Nothing for me other than what the young men ate and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; they're to get their share of the plunder."