In the New Testament, Jesus declared a most profound statement. He told his disciples. He told the Pharisees. He told the crowd. He told the strangers.
He said – I AM
The living bread – Jn 6:51
From above - Jn 6:51
The light of the world – Jn 8:12
I Am – Jn 8:58
The door - Jn 10:9
The Son of God – Jn 10:36
The resurrection and the life – Jn 11:25
The way, the truth and the life – Jn 15:1
The King of the Jews – Jn 19:2
Jesus whom you are persecuting – Acts 9:5
Using the I AM to describe Himself was unheard of. To the Jews of that day this was blasphemous. Since the beginning, the Torah has taught the sacred and holy Name of God is I AM.
Moses was in the presence of God and asked Him a very personal question. Reading in Genesis 3:13 – 14:
“When I come to the children of Israel and say to them “the God of your fathers has sent me to you”, and they say to me “what is His Name, what shall I say to them”?
Hashem answered Moses, “ I Shall be as I Shall Be”. And He said, “so shall you say to the children of Israel, I Shall Be has sent me to you”.
Hashem literally means “The Name”. The Name above all names. When God answered Moses question he called Himself “I Shall Be as I Shall Be”. This Name is His Divine Nature and His Divine Description of Himself.
Jill Briscoe, a local pastor recently commented on a literal translation of the “I Shall Be as I Shall Be” to mean this …
“I Am all that you need me to be
When you need me to be
All that I Am”.
I like that. The Name above all names. The great I Am. Jesus is the I Am all that you need me to be when you need me to be all that I Am!
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