“Huperupso” – a Greek word meaning “to exalt supremely.”
This morning we had another time of ministry with Pastor Sarah and her teachings from Philippians. I thought I would give you a little lesson in Greek (which is all from Sarah, as I am far from a Greek scholar), as well as a little bit of my own spin on Philippians 2:9-11.
The Greek word “Huper” is where we get our English word “Hyper,” which means heightened or above. “Hypo” means below or under; hyperactive means above normal activity, while hypoactive means below normal activity.
In Phillipians 2:9, where Paul says that God exalted Jesus to the highest place, the word “huperupso” is used, meaning that Jesus was exalted above-above, double high, not only to the highest place, but above the highest place. That’s why He always does “exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ask or think,” because He is above it all already! 
When you or I think of “to the highest place,” what do we think of? A mountain? A treetop? A skyscraper? Maybe even an airplane cruising through the highest place you can go. That’s our perspective, our point-of-view. Think for a moment if you were God and you lived in a place that is high above what we could ever see – above the clouds, above the atmosphere, above even outer space – what would your idea of the “highest place” be then? It would be above where you are; it would be higher than the highest.
So Jesus was literally lifted high above not only our world and problems, but high above everything there is, even heaven. Lucifer or Satan was thrown out of heaven because he wanted to be exalted above the throne of God; he even said that he would be exalted above God, so he got kicked out and sent to the lowest place. Jesus is above the highest place and the devil is below the lowest place. That’s why he’s under our feet and we have authority over him, because Jesus, the one who is above the highest place, is in us and with Him we rise above everything that comes against us.
Jesus was also given the name that is above every name, so that means that whatever you’re struggling with can never be higher than Jesus if you keep Him first in your life and lifted up. Jesus said if we lift Him up, He’ll draw all men unto Himself. Through these hardcore times of economic stress and panic in our nation, if we keep Jesus lifted up, people will see that difference and see the peace that we have and He, through us, will literally draw all men unto himself. The attacks of the enemy can not exalt themselves above the name of Jesus because HIS name is ABOVE every name. The Bible says that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow, in heaven, on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord – BECAUSE – no one can deny the power in the name of Jesus.
