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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Is Jesus Christ ever referred to as "the Most High God"? 1 Nephi 11:6

Is Jesus Christ ever referred to as "the Most High God"? In 1 Nephi 11:6 it seems to be referring to Heavenly Father.

This question goes with all the other questions about "which God" is it.

So I used Wordcruncher and discovered that there are 22 instances of the exact phrase "most high God" in the standard works, and I'm also counting Luke 8:28 which has "Jesus, thou Son of God most high."

OT : 9 in Genesis, Psalms and Daniel
NT : 4 in Mark, Luke, Acts and Hebrews
BoM : 6 in 1 Nephi, Alma and 3 Nephi
D&C : 3 in sections 36, 39 and 45

I discovered it's really hard to know exactly which member(s) of the godhead are being referenced. I also was strict, in that I only allowed myself to assign them to one category. These are the categories:

Jesus Christ
Heavenly Father
Holy Ghost
All Three At The Same Time
Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father
Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost
Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost
AMBIGUOUS <-- I did not allow any of them to stay in this category, even though that is where I put a lot of them at first.

Here's a list of all the instances of "most high God":


Genesis 14:18
Genesis 14:19
Genesis 14:20
Genesis 14:22
Psalms 57:2
Psalms 78:56
Daniel 3:26
Daniel 5:18
Daniel 5:21
Mark 5:7
Luke 8:28
Acts 16:17
Hebrews 7:1
1 Nephi 11:6
1 Nephi 11:6
Doctrine and Covenants 36:3
Alma 26:14
3 Nephi 4:32
3 Nephi 4:32
Doctrine and Covenants 39:19
Doctrine and Covenants 45:66
3 Nephi 11:17

And here is my biased, opinionated judgment about how many times they refer to whom:

Jesus Christ: 11
Heavenly Father: 5
All Three At The Same Time: 6

ReferenceJesus ChristHeavenly FatherHoly GhostAll Three At The Same Timenoteswhy I think this
Genesis 14:181priest of the most High God
Melchizedek priesthood is after the "order of the son of God."
Genesis 14:191Abram of the most High God
reference to a man with the priesthood
Genesis 14:201delivered thine enemies into thine hand
could possibly be all three
Genesis 14:221
the LORD is the possessor of heaven and earth
Psalms 57:21who performeth all things for me is probably Jesus
who do we cry unto? We cry unto Heavenly Father.
Psalms 78:561they tempted and provoked the most high God
could be all three
Daniel 3:261who were Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego the servants of?
reference to men serving God with the priesthood; probably means they had the melchizedek priesthood.
Daniel 5:181
who gave Nebuchadnezzer a kingdom?
Daniel 5:211who ruled in the kingdom of men?
Mark 5:71
Jesus is the son of the Most High God
Luke 8:281
Jesus is the son of the Most High God
Acts 16:171servants of the most High God
Hebrews 7:11priest of the most high God
1 Nephi 11:61Jesus is his Son
1 Nephi 11:61Jesus is his Son
Doctrine and Covenants 36:31say blessed be the name of the most high God
refers to the name
Alma 26:141praise him foreverabout his name
3 Nephi 4:321blessed be the name of the Lord God Almightyabout his name
3 Nephi 4:321blessed be the name of the Lord God Almightyabout his name
Doctrine and Covenants 39:191blessed be the name of the Lord God Almightyabout his name
Doctrine and Covenants 45:661saints of the Most High God
who do we serve? Jesus Christ
3 Nephi 11:171blessed be the name of the Most High God!about his name


Answer: Yes. Here are the other eleven references to Jesus Christ as "the most high God":

Genesis 14:18
Genesis 14:22
Acts 16:17
Hebrews 7:1
Alma 26:14
3 Nephi 4:32 (twice)
3 Nephi 11:17
Doctrine and Covenants 36:3
Doctrine and Covenants 39:19
Doctrine and Covenants 45:66

The Holy Ghost is never referred to as "the most high God." 

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