Investigating Scriptural References We find the Hebrew verb rûm, “to be high, or to be exalted” one hundred and ninety times in the Old Testament. Basically rûm represents the “state of being on a higher plane” or “upward movement”. The second emphasis represents what is done to the subject or what he does to himself. Like the stormy wind that raises the waves of the sea (Ps 27.5). God is the Most High, the great king over all the earth, and exalted far above all the gods (Psalm 47:2; 83:18); 97:9). He alone rules over mankind and grants dominion to whomever He wills (Dan. 4:17, 25, 32; 5:21). Therefore Israel in response must exalt him above all others as his people. It must result that all nations and all creation are called to praise God and exalt him (Psalm 148:13). Fanning concludes that all life is put into perspective only when God is exalted in this way. In the Old Testament “exaltation” is linked to the Kingdom of God, reflected in God's chosen people, Israel. We will see later in this point that these reflections have priestly, prophetic and regal tendencies. In the New Testament various Greek verbs are used to express “exalt”: hupsoō “to lift up” for God the Father's exaltation of Christ (Acts 2:33); huperupsoō “to exalt highly” with reference to Christ (Phil 2.9); epairō “to exalt oneself” for having exalted oneself with pride (2 Cor. 10:5); and huperairō “to exalt oneself exceedingly” in immeasurable self-exaltation (2 Cor. 12:7). In this regard we note that exaltation is an act of God alone (Lk 1:52). The exaltation also causes a social effect (2 Cor 11.7) and contains an eschatological element (1 Pt 5.6 and explicit Phil 2.5). In the following New Testament...... half of the sheet......0.Matt. 1:20-23.Jacob van Bruggen, New Testament Commentaries on Matthew (Kampen: Kok, 2004), 33.Mark 1:14-15.Jacob van Bruggen, New Testament Commentaries on Mark (Kampen: Kok, 1998), 50.Matt . 9:27-29.Donald A. Hagner, WBC Matthew1-13, vol 33a (Colombia: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 254.G. Van den Brink, Center for Biblical Research, Matthew (Utrecht: Van Wijk, 2003), 539.Mark 1:11.Jacob van Bruggen, Commentaries New Testament Mark (Kampen: Kok, 1988), 45.Matt. 4:3.Donald A. Hagner, WBC Matthew1-13, vol 33a (Colombia: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 69.Matt. 2.33pm Matt. 11:27.Donald A. Hagner, WBC Matthew1-13, vol 33a (Columbia: Thomas Nelson, 1993), 69.Stephen R. Holmes, God of Grace and God of Glory (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001), 142. Holmes, God of Grace and God of Glory, 149.Holmes, God of Grace and God of Glory, 252.