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El Elyon, The God Most High

Troy Cady is my pastor in Spain. He's a pretty smart guy and sometimes he says really profound things, I think sometimes without realizing it. During the last vision crafting meeting, Troy said something that I am still thinking about, and of which I have recently been reminded because of a new Bible study I'm doing about the names of God.
After I finished screaming the word discipleship over and over again at the top of my lungs, Troy suggested that our church's vision statement have phrases that have two contrasting parts. An example of this would be a focus on discipleship YET devotion to evangelism; teaching YET equipping believers to teach themselves, etc. These two phrases stand opposed to eachother but when contrasted against eachother make the meaning of the other a little richer and a little more meaningful. Keep this thought in mind...
I've been doing this bible study called "Lord, I Want to Know You" by Kay Arthur. I love Kay Arthur and if you don't like her, I will fight you. Kay Arthur presents an inductive approach to bible study- meaning that one looks at the scripture, the greek, the context and other corresponding verses in scripture to understand what a particular verse means. She doesn't use commentary or old theology book quotes. I like commentaries and I love old theology book quotes, but I think she's right in saying that they should be an extra suppliment to understanding scripture only after one has already waited for guidance from the Holy Spirit. That said, the point of the book is to explore the names of God in scripture to better understand His character; since names were used to demonstrate someone's character back in the day.
The newest name of God that we went over was El Elyon, or God the Most High. She writes, "El Elyon is the name that designates God as the sovereign ruler of all the universe. It was El Elyon... who delivered Abraham's enemies into his hand (Gen. 14:21). It was the Most High God who was and is the Redeemer of Israel (Psm. 78:35). And it is the Most High God who rules today over the affairs of men."
El Elyon rules over every affair of men imaginable. She quoted a LOT of verses talking about exactly what God has dominion over. I will type only a few out for you to see what I'm talking about. These are the ones that have had the biggest impact on me. (Italics are mine, pay attention to what's italicized and what God has control over.)

"... His kingdom endures from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, "What hast though done?"" (Daniel 4:35)

"Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me... My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure... Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it." (Isaiah 46:9-11)

"See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; it is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded, and it is I who heal; and there is no one who can deliver from My hand."
(Deuteronomy 32:39)

"But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb. Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb." (I Samuel 1:5-6)

"I am the LORD, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these."
(Isaiah 45:6-7)

Are you catching a trend? The Mormon church considers the God of the Old Testament to be a completely different God than that of the New Testament. I'm not Mormon, and I disagree with that presumption, but I do see where they could get that from. They describe the God of the Old Testament as an angry, vengeful, all powerfull, stay-out-of-my-way god. In just these four verses we catch a glimpse of the Most High causing death, illness, physical injury, barrenness, creating darkness and creating calamity. Calamity! This suggests that Hurricane Katrina was not caused by some butterfly flapping it's wings off the coast of Africa. This suggests that disease and death and barrenness are not only products of the fall, they are in fact sent by God to do his will and give Him glory! This suggests that in comparison to the importance of the Glory of God, the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing! Nothing!

Yet...

"Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."" (Matt. 19:13-14)

" See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power,
and his arm rules for him.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.

He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
he gently leads those that have young."
(Isaiah 40:10-11)

"Christ Jesus, who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross!"
(Phil. 2:6-8)