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God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you."
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A Revelation of God's Being
Commentators unanimously explain that "I AM THAT I AM" is a profound revelation of God's essential nature. It declares that He is self-existent (His being comes from Himself), eternal (existing outside of time), and unchangeable. Scholars like Calvin and Ellicott note that this name establishes God as the one true Being from whom all creation derives its existence and on whom it depends.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am that I am - That is, “I am what I am.” The words express absolute, and therefore unchanging and eternal Being. The na…
19th Century
Anglican
I AM THAT I AM. —It is generally assumed that this is given to Moses as the full name of God. But perhaps it is rather a …
Baptist
And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
Oh, what a glorious commission – to receive it …
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16th Century
Protestant
I am that I am. The verb in the Hebrew is in the future tense, “I will be what I will be;” but it has the same force as the present, excep…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God said to Moses, I am that I am. This signifies the real being of God, his self-existence, and that he is the Being…
Previously, Moses thought he was able to deliver Israel and set about the work too hastily. Now, though he is the fittest person on earth for it, h…
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