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Exodus 3:13-14[[Yhwh]] <p> Jesus' “I am” response in several New [[Testament]] passages suggests more than the simple identifying “I am he.” The “I am” of Mark 6:50 means | I Am <ref name="term_41071" /> | ||
==References == | Exodus 3:13-14[[Yhwh]] <p> Jesus' [[“I]] am” response in several New [[Testament]] passages suggests more than the simple identifying [[“I]] am he.” The [[“I]] am” of Mark 6:50 means [[“I]] am Jesus and not a ghost,” but suggests the divine [[“I]] am” who alone “tramples down the waves of the sea” ( Job 9:8; Mark 6:48-49 ) and made the waves hush ( Psalm 107:28-29; compare Mark 4:39 ). John 8:24 makes recognition that Jesus is the [[“I]] am” a matter of eternal life and death: “You will die in your sins unless you believe that [[I]] am.” The [[Jews]] misunderstood, thinking it was a matter of identity (“Who are you?” John 8:25 ). Recognition that Jesus is the [[“I]] am” who is one in word and action with His Father is possible only when Jesus has been lifted up on the cross/raised from the dead ( John 8:28 ). That the Jews rightly understood Jesus' claim “before [[Abraham]] was, [[I]] am” ( John 8:58 ) as a divine claim is evident from their picking up stones to throw at Him. The [[“I]] am” of John 18:5 again suggests more than [[“I]] am the man you are looking for.” Rather, Jesus is the [[“I]] am” whose awesome presence forced the guard back and into a posture of reverence. Here Jesus was not the object of betrayal but the subject who won the release of His disciples ( John 18:8 ). Though differing in form from the [[“I]] am” sayings, the references to the one “who is and who was and who is to come” ( Revelation 1:4 ,Revelation 1:4, 1:8; Revelation 4:8; compare Revelation 11:17; Revelation 16:5 ) are similar in thought. In a context of intense hardship that called into question God's sovereignty, the writer of Revelation reaffirmed Israel's faith in the [[“I]] am” who is the subject of history and not its victim. </p> <p> Chris Church </p> | ||
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