I AM
We are now going to look into a Name and attribute of the Divine Will and another type of creation. When Moses asked of the LORD who He was, He said: I AM THAT I AM. (Exo 3:14) but when we look at His complete reply in the Hebrew text something remarkable is revealed. And he-is-saying Elohim to Moses I-shall-become who I-am-becoming andhe-is-saying thus you-shall-say to sons of-Israel I-shall-become he-sentme toyou. ‘I shall become’ not only speaks of a name not yet given to men, but to redemption, restoration, and a new creation through faith.
Rendered in the King James Bible: I AM THAT I AM the Hebrew: אהיה אֲשֶׁר אהיה [aeie ashr aeie] also translates: ‘I am being which I shall be.’ It points directly to JESUS and declares the Christ, which is, and was, and is to come… (Rev 11:17) Now the LORD did not tell Moses what He shall be, nor did He give any detail as to what it would mean for the generations to come. But in calling Moses to bring Israel out of bondage, He was soon to show true liberty is in His Faith and the Blood…
THE WORD
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) The Greek word, ‘Logos’ has been the subject of much deliberation since Heraclitus first expressed a view on its meaning around 4ooBC. He was followed by Aristotle; Zeno of Citium c.300BC; and the Jewish scholar, Philo of Alexandria who saw the Logos as an intermediary living being between a creator God and the material world; a maintainer of created substance, and while believed divine, considered neither the source nor wellspring of creation.
Philo followed the Platonic distinction between imperfect matter and perfect idea, therefore requiring intermediary beings to bridge the vast gap between God and the material world. The Logos was the highest form of these intermediary beings and was called by Philo; the first born of God. (Copleston: A History of Philosophy, Volume 1: 2003)
In contrast, John sees a relationship between the Divine Will and its implementation, which earlier scholars had failed to grasp, his understanding revealing a Godhead of Spirit, its strength, power and effect. The LORD’S creation of matter and light was uttered into being by one voice requiring no external mediation. While Philo saw the Logos as the first born of God, John declares: In the beginning was the Word – the Word ‘was’ God. (John 1) Then, announcing a name only God knew (Rev 19:12-13) fully aware that creation, prophesy, name and law, was spoken into existence. The Word of God is His creating power; God’s Word is everything we live by for Salvation.
John shows Ho Logos-the Word as a creator transformer of no birth or beginning, and when we add this Name to Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God; The everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace (Isa 9:6) we begin to see the magnificence of the One that exists. John’s defining statement established that every attribute of God dwells in JESUS: the Word of God. (Rev 19:13) Which Paul, naturally affirms with in Him, dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. (Col 2:9)
JESUS is not only His Word, but the Godhead in us: Father, Son and Creator Spirit. John told us He has given us of His Spirit, not just any spirit but has gifted ‘His Spirit.’ By this we know we are mutually bound inside love and creation. A new creature in His image and likeness authored and finished by Him. We become God’s Word. We move on to perfection. And while our work is to believe on Him, His work is being which I shall be: the saver of our soul. So we rest in undying faith, eternally sealed in Jesus’ Name knowing and saying … I am that I am.
For my brethren in Jesus’ Name to whom is the glory:
Your loving brother,
James