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33 Chilean Miners
On August 5, 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped 2300 feet underground in a copper and gold mine just outside of a small town called Copiapó.
A cave-in confined the men in a dark place with no way out.
They were imprisoned in a seemingly impenetrable fortress of rock.
For more than two weeks, rescuers heard nothing at all from the trapped miners.
It’s bad enough to be in a pit, but it’s even worse when you can’t get out and you don’t see anyone who can help you.
The men couldn’t help each other out of this pit.
They were stuck together, sitting, sleeping, hungry, cold… and sometimes without hope.
They were helpless and desperate.
If they were going to be saved, help would have to come from above.
Finally, after 17 days, reswacuers found a note taped to one of their drill bits— the miners were alive.
The rescuers drilled a larger hole down through the earth, inserted a small tube, and provided the miners with food, water, light, medicine, and communication equipment.
The hole did not deliver them, but it gave them hope.
Perhaps today you find yourself in a similar circumstance.
Life has caved in on you spiritually, financially, relationally, or emotionally.
You see no way out.
Like the trapped miners, you aren’t even sure anyone up above even knows where you are.
Of course, knowing God’s names doesn’t automatically or immediately change all of life’s negative realities.
Christians still face the same troubles everyone else does ().
But knowing God intimately through His names does provide a sustaining hope in the darkest of times.
Hope comes through the knowledge that God is true to His name and aware of our plight, working on our behalf for good.
No matter how dark the situation, we don’t have to throw in the towel because He is faithful to His name.
He will sustain us until He either changes our situation in history or delivers us in eternity.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
176).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
176).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Great Transition Sentence from 33 Chilean Miner Illustration
The miners were finally freed when a two-foot-wide capsule called the Phoenix lifted them one by one from their prison.
All 33 were saved.
After they had been set free, one of the trapped miners said they had gathered as a group in the pit and called on God to rescue them.
They appealed to His name and the character attached to it.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
176).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Abram's Bravery
Abram made it clear that no one was to mess with his people.
Rounding up the best men he could find, he took on the responsibility to fight the battle and quickly recover what had been stolen in war.
With 318 trained men, he chased down the enemy a full 240 miles— without a vehicle.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
177).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Meet El Elyon
The story of this battle, defeat, and rescue serves as the backdrop for the name of God introduced to us in this chapter of Genesis.
After the king of Sodom had been released from the consortium of armies that had attacked, he came to Abram in a place called the King’s Valley.
He brought with him another king named Melchizedek (verse 18).
Melchizedek was the king of Salem.
Transliterated, the name Salem aligns with the Hebrew word shalem, which means “peace.”
A derivative of shalem is shalowm, which means “complete,” “sound,” “content,” and also “peace.”
In fact, most Jewish commentators concur that Salem is Jerusalem, “the city of peace.”
This king of peace brought bread and wine to Abram.
He came as the priest of El Elyon, God Most High (verse 18), and blessed Abram.
Blessed be Abram of God Most High [El Elyon], Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High [El Elyon], Who has delivered your enemies into your hand ().
To this, Abram replied and acknowledged El Elyon by saying, “I have sworn to the LORD God Most High (El Elyon), possessor of heaven and earth…” (verse 22).
When we look at the meaning of the name El Elyon, we need to remember that El is the abbreviated form of Elohim.
Elohim is the name given to God in creation, referring to His power.
“In the beginning, [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth.”
When El is combined with Elyon, the compound connection refers to God as the highest or as the most.
It’s literally translated as the Most Exalted High God (see also ).
So what exactly causes the introduction of this name of God as one who is higher than anyone else?
A battle of nine human kings— four against five.
The kings most likely thought they were each rather high up.
And in the world’s definitions of significance, power, and might, they actually were.
But when God got into the fight— when El Elyon stepped in the ring— 318 men who had traveled 240 miles by foot were able to take back what the oppressors had stolen.
This is because when God enters the fight, He truly is the Most High, not only of heaven but also of earth.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
178).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Why Should This Matter Today? - We all have "High People" but He is Higher
Why is this truth so important to us today?
What is the significance of the character of this name?
Well, most likely there are people in your life who are sitting pretty high.
Perhaps they’re high up in worldly position.
Maybe they have a higher rank than you do.
It could be that they’re higher in the amount of money or possessions they own.
Or they could have higher recognition, power, or perceived influence than you have.
Yet what I want you to remember is that no matter how high they are, El Elyon is higher still.
El Elyon is the maker of heaven and earth.
People who appear to be higher than you are users of heaven and earth.
They don’t call the shots.
They don’t have the final say.
No one is higher than El Elyon.
He puts everyone in their place.
When people or powers seek to intimidate you, your recourse is to call on the name of El Elyon.
Know that there is always someone higher, stronger, and more influential than them.
No circumstance intimidates Him— not the tar pits of , and not the mines of Copiapó.
Evans, Tony.
The Power of God's Names (p.
178).
Harvest House Publishers.
Kindle Edition.
Only Elevate El Elyon
Knowing the name El Elyon and what it means helps you to understand that you’re never to elevate people, places, or circumstances above their appropriate level.
No one but God is to be your final court of appeals.
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