Eloistic Combinations

As there are the Jehovistic combinations, so are there the Eloistic combinations. El Elyon — "Most High God." "Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God [El Elyon]" (Gen. 14:18). Here in the King James Version the name is translated "most high God." Elyon means highest; with El it means the most high God. See also Deuteronomy 32:8; Daniel 4:34, 35. Jesus Christ is our El Elyon — "All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (Matt. 28:18b).

El Olam —"Everlasting God." "Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting [El Olam] God" (Gen. 21:33). Yes, God is the "Everlasting God" — "the God of All Ages."

El Shaddai — "Almighty God." This is first found in Genesis 17:1: "When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God [El Shaddai]; walk before me, and be thou perfect." "El" means the Strong One. Shaddai comes from the word shad, meaning a breast, a woman's breast. This is illustrated by that portion found in Isaiah 28:9. El Shaddai, therefore, means the Breast of God, the Nourisher, Strength-giver, the Satisfier.

One of the most cherished names of God held by Bible students everywhere is this one — the Breast of God, the Strength-giver, the All-Sufficient God, the All-Bountiful God, the God Who is Enough! the God Who is Able. "He is able also to save them to the uttermost" (Heb. 7:25). Why? Because Jesus Christ our Lord is our El Shaddai — "The God Who is Able."

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