“I AM Who I AM” In New Testament Speak

“I AM from above … I AM He” (John 8:23-24) — words very harmonious to the “I AM who I AM” of Exodus 3:14. “I that speak unto thee AM he” (John 4:26) — words similar to how God identifies Himself to Moses. “I AM the bread of life” (John 6:35) — the God given manna without which man dies of spiritual famine. “I AM the Light of the World” (John 8:12, cf. 9:5, 12:35, 46) — words that point to Christ as the I AM who is the divine pillar of fire supplying guidance and illumination to the Gentiles (Is. 49:6) for their exodus. “I AM the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25, cf. 5:26, 17:2) — words that echo the work of the I AM of the Old Covenant promising to bring resurrected life to a valley of dry bones. “I AM the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6, cf. John 5:26, 17:2) — words that every God fearing Hebrew would have ascribed as coming from Yahweh-Elohim. “I AM the Good Shepherd” (John 10:7, 11) — words that Yahweh-Elohim ascribed to Himself in Ezekiel 34:11f. “I AM the true vine” (John 15:1, cf. 15:5) — in contradistinction to the false son of God that faithless Israel was supposed to be but never was.

How many ways does Jesus the Messiah have to proclaim His Deity and consubstantiality w/ the Father?

Author: jetbrane

I am a Pastor of a small Church in Mid-Michigan who delights in my family, my congregation and my calling. I am postmillennial in my eschatology. Paedo-Calvinist Covenantal in my Christianity Reformed in my Soteriology Presuppositional in my apologetics Familialist in my family theology Agrarian in my regional community social order belief Christianity creates culture and so Christendom in my national social order belief Mythic-Poetic / Grammatical Historical in my Hermeneutic Pre-modern, Medieval, & Feudal before Enlightenment, modernity, & postmodern Reconstructionist / Theonomic in my Worldview One part paleo-conservative / one part micro Libertarian in my politics Systematic and Biblical theology need one another but Systematics has pride of place Some of my favorite authors, Augustine, Turretin, Calvin, Tolkien, Chesterton, Nock, Tozer, Dabney, Bavinck, Wodehouse, Rushdoony, Bahnsen, Schaeffer, C. Van Til, H. Van Til, G. H. Clark, C. Dawson, H. Berman, R. Nash, C. G. Singer, R. Kipling, G. North, J. Edwards, S. Foote, F. Hayek, O. Guiness, J. Witte, M. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Mencken, Lasch, Postman, Gatto, T. Boston, Thomas Brooks, Terry Brooks, C. Hodge, J. Calhoun, Llyod-Jones, T. Sowell, A. McClaren, M. Muggeridge, C. F. H. Henry, F. Swarz, M. Henry, G. Marten, P. Schaff, T. S. Elliott, K. Van Hoozer, K. Gentry, etc. My passion is to write in such a way that the Lord Christ might be pleased. It is my hope that people will be challenged to reconsider what are considered the givens of the current culture. Your biggest help to me dear reader will be to often remind me that God is Sovereign and that all that is, is because it pleases him.

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