The Most High God

There is a name for God in the Bible that is used some
surprising times. It is apparently used in the heavenly places before God
revealed His name Yahweh to Moses. The name is the Most High God.

Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, said to Mary, “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him
Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his
kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:31-33).

John the Baptist was called “a prophet of the
Most High” (Luke 1:76). 

In Mark 5, the demon-possessed man called
Jesus the Son of the Most High God. “When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran
and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at
the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High
God? In God’s name don’t torture me!’” (Mark 5:6-7). The Gerasenes demanded to
know who He was. Gabriel knew He was the Son of the Highest.

My favorite is in Psalm 91:1: “Whoever dwells
in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow
of the Almighty.”