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3)            What does “Before Abraham was, I am,” connote? The verbs, ‘was’ and ‘am’ differ as far as time is concerned. ‘Was’ is ginomai (ghin’-om-ahee): ‘to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be;’ having to do with time – of Abraham’s birth. But ‘am’, eimi (i-mee’), is: ‘to be, to exist.’ The existence of eimi is understood when you look at “I am”, ego eime in Greek, the name God told Moses He bears forever: I AM THAT I AM. The existence of “I AM” is the timelessness of eternality. Jesus says His days of existence is eternally before anything was created, therefore, He is God – uncreated. How can Jesus say, “I am come to give you life and life more abundantly,” if He is not the Author of creationism and of life?

The Second Member of the Godhead, the LORD God of Genesis, created Adam.

Outstanding in phenomenality is what Jesus said of Himself in Revelation 1:8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Not only the first and the last Greek alphabets are spiritually attributed to the Christ, all other letters in-between alpha and omega are attributive essence of Jesus, ergo, without Him none can bring thoughts of Divine association to the Father successfully. Jesus, just like the Father and the Holy Spirit, is the Author of beginning of the eternal past; He is, as well, in perfect, Lordship control of eternity to come. Jesus, in Revelation 1:8 called Himself, “Lord”, which is not different from Adonai, Adon or Yahweh of Hebraic, Old Testamentary couch. The epithetical ‘which is, and which was, and which is to come” does speak volumes. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the time of Adam – which is –; Christ has been before the creation of time – which was –; Jesus will continue to be LORD God in the eternality of the future – which is to come – and this is ponderous.

Jesus is the LORD of lords and at the same time, the King of kings: for the Kingdom of God is absolutely in His hand. And to cap the quiddity of His Deity, Jesus actually calls Himself, “The Almighty!” Do a Scriptural fact check and the amazing outcome will be that, throughout the Scriptures none other, save God, has the attributive ‘Almighty’ which is pantokratōr (pan-tok-rat’-ore) and means: ‘he who holds sway over all things; the all ruling, that is, God (as absolute and universal sovereign).’ From this definition, Jesus is the pantokratōr in the sense of Omniscience, Omnipotence and Omnipresence, ergo, very God of very God. Hallelujah!

“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist” (Col 1:17).

It does not occur to many Bible reading minds who the Jehovah Personage of the Old Testamentary Order is. The Elohîym Godhood does not have Ten, Twelve or Four Gods. The LORD God decided, before the creationism, to exist in Three distinct Persons constituting One worshipped God, called Jehovah. This Divine decision was taken so that plurality will not be a concept that natural creation will possess before the Most High God does. Secondly, it is for the actualization of the soteriological quiddity. The Omniscient God knew man would need salvation, ergo, One of Them must be seated on the throne. Two of Them will supervise the terms and conditions of the soteriology. In the accounts of the First Book of the Pentateuch, the first words of attribution go to none other than the First Member of the Elohîym: “And God said, ‘Let there be Light’.” This “Light” is the uncreated Entity of John Chapter One. He is the True Light, shining into the lives of all that come into the world simply because He is the Creator of all: for it says, “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). This is Jesus, the Second Member of the Elohîym. They are not more than Three, so, Who is the Third?

The answer dwells in the opening verses of the Pentateuch. Genesis 1:2 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” As the Co-Creator, the Holy Spirit was seated like mother hen – from the Hebraic definition of ‘moved’ [rachaph (raw-chaf’): ‘to brood’] – to actuate creationism intent. The Holy Spirit is the Third Member of the Elohîym. Of the Two Members of the Godhead, only One of Them makes physical manifestation of the Elohîym – Jesus Christ.

Get born again. Say this sinner’s prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”

(…to be continued…)

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