Friday, June 16, 2017

“I am” proof Jesus was God


And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Exodus 3:14)


John 8:48-59 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 
49 Jesus answered, “I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 
50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. 
51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.” 
52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?”
 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55 But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him and I keep his word. 
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” 
57 The Jews then said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”[a]
 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 
59 So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.



This is a claim from Jesus that consider by us as divinity: first, that He pre-existed His human birth and was actually alive and present before Abraham; second, that His title was “I am” -- which was the same title used for Jehovah God in Exodus 3:14 so for us it was matched and identical to proof Jesus divinity but there is another verses from the bible that shows the identical statement from another prophet of God to proof that this is our misunderstanding about the statement from Jesus.


Genesis 22:11
But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Genesis 31:11 
"Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.' 

So the statement “I am” is not confession of divinity but its refer to place or time. Jesus said "before Abraham was born.." to refer for his position of time so there is no the confession of divinity on that verse.

Just becaused Jesus said " i am" it doesnt necessarily means yhwh becaused we can found " i am" from another place in the bible..if "i am' really does refer to himself as God but why did Jesus chose  the moment before abraham was born? becaused God does not refer himself as yhwh before abraham was born but God revealed himself as yhwh before moses (after abraham) .... did God revealed himself as yhwh before noah? No! did God revealed himself as yhwh before adam as God's first man?? No! God revealed himself as yahweh before moses not before abraham was born..

John 4:25-42  New International Version (NIV)
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he (the Messiah).”

Yochanan  4:25-42  Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
25 The isha says to him, I have da’as that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is coming, the one being called the Messiah. When Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes, he will proclaim to us everything.

26 Yehoshua says to her, Ani Hu (I am He), the one speaking to you.

Jesus said 'I AM' so that means he is GOD



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