Wednesday's Word: Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh/ I Am That I Am

 

 

 

"And God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM: And He said,
Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you." 
(Exodus 3:14)

 
"Yeshua said to them: "Timeless truth I speak to you: Before Abraham would exist.
I AM THE LIVING GOD."
(John 8:58)

I Am That I Am
 Image courtesy/Esther Eunjoo Jun
Fine Art America

"Christ and all that are His, depend upon God for honour.  Men may be able to dispute
about God, yet may not know Him.  Such as know not God, and obey not
 the gospel of Christ, are put together: 

"At which time He will avenge, with flaming fire, those who know not God, and those
who do not acknowledge the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ". (2 Thessalonians 1:8).

All who rightly know anything of Christ, earnestly desire to know more of Him.

Those who discern the dawn of the light of the Sun of Righteousness, wish to see His rising.

Before Abraham was, I AM.  This speaks Abraham a creature, and our Lord, the Creator;
well, therefore, might He make Himself greater than Abraham.  I AM is the name of GOD;
it speaks His self-existence; He is the FIRST and the LAST, ever the same. 

"I AM The ALAP (ALPHA) and The TAU (OMEGA), says THE LORD JEHOVAH GOD,
HE WHO IS, HE WHO HAS BEEN, AND IS COMING, THE ALMIGHTY."
(Revelation 1:8)

Thus He was not only before Abraham, but before all worlds.

"I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, 
before there was ever an earth."
(Proverbs 8:23)

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
He was with God in the beginning.  Through Him all things were made, and with Him 
nothing was made that has been made."
(John 1:1-3)

As Mediator, He was the appointed Messiah, long before Abraham; the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world.  The Lord Jesus was made of God Wisdom, Righteousness, 
Sanctification, and Redemption, to Adam and Abel, and all that lived and died by
faith in Him, before Abraham.  The Jews were about to stone Jesus for blasphemy,
but He withdrew; by His miraculous power He passed through them unhurt. 

Let us steadfastly profess what we know and believe concerning God; and if heirs
of Abraham's faith, we shall rejoice in looking forward to that day when the Saviour
shall appear in glory, to the confusion of His enemies, and to the complete the
salvation of all who believe in Him."

-Matthew Henry's Commentary