I Am Eternity
Jesus said: Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad), (John 8:56)
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (John 8:57)
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58)
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The Christ in Time
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  This is a complex Chapter. It begins with a woman caught in adultery, and ends with the Jews picking up stones to cast at the Prince of life. The Jews had been caught in their lies, the owner of the vineyard had come, He had stepped out of eternity into time to redeem men for eternity. God the Father had sent His Son who is the heir of all things. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2) The manifestation of God (Immanuel, God with us), was brought into time and space physically as the Man from heaven, sent by His Father to fulfill all righteousness as both Savior and Redeemer of man. He was Savior to fight the battle for a race that had no strength. He was the Redeemer, the offering of His blood, to cover the dreadful sin of Adam, and to remove sin as the blight upon sinful men. God was before them and they were constantly blind and deaf to the truth. Verse 57 is the side of the Jews of verse 56, (Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad), what do I mean? The Lord gave the Jews evidence of His purpose and plan, and His pre-existence that Abraham was and is a witness to this very fact. The Lord Jesus had walked with Abraham. He had ministered to Abraham. He had bonded to Abraham, and Abraham to Him as a friend. Abraham, through his many meetings with the Lord Jesus Christ, accepted and rejoiced in the plan and purpose of God. It was God’s will; Abraham approved and rejoiced in the fact that God was going to send a Redeemer. Although Abraham did not fully understand all the complexities of God’s determinant counsels (but who does?) he still rejoiced. However, the Jews constantly jumped to the negative side because of their inner hatred for the Son of God.
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The Enemies of Christ
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  What spawned this hatred? He was above them in all moral fiber. He was the righteousness of God to fulfill the righteousness of God toward men, so that God would be able to impute righteousness to man through the sacrificial death and shed blood of His beloved Son. The Jews were so engrossed with their inner hatred that they constantly made statements that made no sense. They constantly referred to the law of Moses, and yet did not obey the law. They constantly referred to their father Abraham, and yet, they did not the works of Abraham. They were so full of hate that they could not see, nor hear or believe the truth. They had cast all their hopes on a corrupt system of religious men, rather than to embrace the Son of God.
  Are we there yet? Yes. . . we have past the point of no return in this world. The societies of the world, and the religious men of this world have once again picked up stones to cast at the Son of God. The people of THIS world are entering into a new era. It will be an era of mind control and manipulation. The governments of the world have embraced this ideology. The leaders of this world have determined to dominate mankind and push mankind into their envelope of preference. THEY will determine liberty. THEY will determine life, as they have already accomplished with abortion. Along with the Communist news media, the governments of this world are poised on world domination, and world control of every facet of life. Believe it or not, the professing church has been a pawn of the governments of THIS world for a very long, long time, just as the Jews in the days of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The backdoor schemes of religious and political ideology are beyond number and reason. It is man (in Adam) wearing the cloak of religion who has splintered the Church with endless names, name upon name, all going in opposite directions away from Christ. Each one of the religions of men has a different mystical image of God’s Christ. However, this is NOT the image of the true God, Jesus Christ. The One who is beloved of His Father, and anointed by the words from heaven: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. This statement by God the Father has been rejected by the clergy, the priests, the soothsayers, and the charlatans. This includes ALL the false prophets, etc., etc., etc. THEY cry out, Hear ME.
  The Bible has become a second thought in the realm of our present religious idolatry. They love to take verses out of context building a fantasy world of false doctrines of men that Adam can hold onto in his imagination. If we go back through the millenniums of time, and stand at the tree of god and evil, we will hear the same line of Satan today, ye shall be as gods. And boy, oh boy, they sure act the part. But remember, that this did not go well for Adam. Religion and self desire, and self-centeredness is only the desire to rule over your brother. This is the Cain syndrome.
  Concerning the Church, when did the great sell out begin? It began instantly in the very first century of Church history. While the apostles were still alive, ungodly men crept in through the crack of faith. Denying the Lord Jesus and yet, with s m o o o o t h words overthrew the hearts of men. The apostles saw the very corruption of their day in their day. They saw the spoil of the Bride. The very corruption that was in the Church led to the writing and the epistles of Paul, John, Peter, James, and Jude. These were not penned by the Holy Spirit to congratulate the Church, but the instruction was to bring the Church BACK to the path of righteousness in Jesus Christ. The fact that the epistles exist today is proof of the Church’s ruin, not its devotion. These writings by the Spirit of God are a history of corruption, and the inability of mankind to uphold the things of God. And if this is not enough, to make sure these words were heard in the early years of the Church in the last epistle to the Church in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, through the seven letters, the Lord Jesus Himself (sent by His Angel) revealed a suffering Church that began in persecution, and ended with a world Church of prosperity crowned the Church of the world.
  This began under Constantine and has been continually growing its blasphemous doctrines throughout the entire spectrum of denominationalism. Constantine was truly a reflection of the king of Sodom. The Church fell for all his possessions and schemes to take their hearts away from the One and Only King: the Lord Jesus Christ. The thought and doctrine of church life took over the thoughts and doctrines of eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. The doctrines of men gradually cast out the truth of God’s dear Son. The usurpers came in and cast heaven and the most high God out of the professing Church. Once again, the Heir of the vineyard was not welcomed in His own vineyard. Satan cannot stamp out true faith, for it is God who holds all faith.
  As the Jews had a hatred for Christ, so the false Church had and has a hatred for those who will not comply with their doctrines of darkness, and the ruler of that darkness: Lucifer, known as Satan. In the early Church, the remnant of the children of faith, the sons of God, where hunted down and killed in all sorts of heinous methods. However, nothing is impossible with God. And through His Spirit, HE and HE ALONE has maintained faith on earth for the sons of man whom He has chosen out of this world. Satan cannot stamp out true faith, for it is God who holds all faith. It is God who ministers faith to man. ALL IS IN GOD’S HANDS, even your faith. Even today, in the church of complacency and abundance, the world of gullibility, and the hatred of the Jewish minds (in the day of Christ) is still with us today. It is hidden behind the smiles of Satan’s diabolical face as in the garden; the devil is the same unscrupulous slithering slimy deceiving serpent. Read Genesis Chapter 3, and notice that in the very first verse, we have a fallen angel of light (as that old serpent the devil) he is full of all guile, bitterness and hate against God because as that angel of light (Lucifer) God had cast him down to the ground. (Isaiah 14)
  In John Chapter 8, we see the same work of the serpent through the Jews against the Son of God. They understood what the Lord was telling them in verse 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. This infuriated them. Verse 57, was the Jewish reply and denial of what the Lord had just told them. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (John 8:57) Their argument was centered on His age because they could not accept His manifestation as the Son of God; therefore, they could not accept His previous meeting beyond the millenniums with Abraham.
  After the captivity of the Jews with Babylon behind them, they proceeded to build AGAIN the walls of Jerusalem. They reconstructed a NEW Temple that did not compare with the glorious Temple that Solomon had built. This tarnished replica NEVER received the Shekinah glory of God. The hearts of the populace who returned from Babylon had become hardened, as the hardness of a stone. Outside of a remnant, the Jews were spiritually dead. The only glory that they could see was the temple that they had built with their own hands. Babylon was still in them. And sadly to say, this was another effort of mankind to build a new tower of Babylon. The only voice that they could hear was their own in Adam. However, even in those frightful times, God sent them prophets to reverse their lack of spirituality and devotion to God; consequently, the Old Testament ends with the book of Malachi with self-employed door keepers wanting to be paid to open the doors of the house of God. Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (Malachi 1:10) During the silent years, which were only silent on the part of man, for God was still speaking and preparing to send His Son into a hateful and sinful world to redeem man. God is never silent!
  The progression to Herod’ s temple is another symbol of the lack of spirituality and fortitude in godly things in the Jews. The temple of man was then accepted by the Jews as the temple of God. No true Jew could look on the temple of Herod and accept it and behold it as a Temple of God. They had a heart of religion, and the temple had not the glory of God. As the religious Jews of that day were empty, so Herod’s temple reflected this spiritual emptiness. The temple was empty. There was no Ark of the Covenant. There were no stones of the covenant. There was no rod of the covenant. And there was no manna of the covenant. The absence of the Ark denoted no spiritual life. The absence of the stone was to show the absence of the obedience to the Law. The absence of Aaron’s rod revealed that the Jews had cast off resurrection, and a future glorious life in eternity with the Lord. They had no fruit for God. The absence of manna speaks of spiritual food, which they denied by not applying the Word of God to their hearts, souls and spirit as their manna of life. None of these things were found in Herod’s temple, so God the Father, sent His Son the True Ark of the Covenant, the TRUE MERCY SEAT to bring His glory and once again present it to the Jewish nation in the manifestation of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
  Notice also again, in John Chapter 8, that the Holy Spirit used the word ‘Jews’ (Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?) thus, bringing in the masses. The Holy Spirit was applying conviction unto the masses. This was no longer just to the Pharisees, or to the Sadducees, or even to the Herodians and the scribes, but to ALL the people. The Holy Spirit was encompassing the masses in their unbelief to show the extent of unbelief and hatred of the Jews; consequently, they picked up stones to stone the Prince of life. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. (John 8:59)
  We should remember that Jerusalem was a world of religious and political beliefs removed FAR from God. The religious leaders used the political leaders (whether Jew or Roman) to crucify the Prince of life. A good example for us today in OUR religious and political belief systems is that you can walk through a city and see a church on almost every corner, and people praising God with untrue hearts while they accept the heinous crimes of murder in abortion. The church of millions keeps their tongues, turns their backs, and has stood by while millions of babies are slaughtered in the womb, crying out in pain and in agony while the mothers from hell are eating their babies so that they return to engage in their immoralities and lives of lasciviousness.
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. (2nd Kings 6:26)
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (2nd Kings 6:27)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. (2nd Kings 6:28)
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. (2nd Kings 6:29)
  If you think eating a boiled child is gruesome and detestable then think what they are doing to children: sucking them out of the womb and dashing their heads upon the stones. The world is in such a state of spiritual bankruptcy that there is NO MORALITY found on planet Earth. ALL the societies of this world are self-destroying themselves through their immorality which will lead to their final destiny: the lake of fire, in which there will be no return, no second chance, and the church of millions of professors have no right to be excluded from the lake of fire. For through their lusts, their idolatrous lusts, for power and fame, they have aborted the truth of God in their midst.
 This is where we are TODAY: a church on every corner denying the Lord God and His Son Jesus Christ. A world of false believers playing at church in religious ceremonies, and a carnal mirage of truth, as the Jews were blind and deaf to the words of God in verse 57. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (John 8:57) In verse 57, they threw out an age of fifty years old. The Lord Jesus claimed Sonship BEFORE the world was, and today, in the professing church it is taboo for a born again Christian to claim their sonship in Jesus Christ our Lord. John, the apostle, made it perfectly clear that once anyone is born again, they enter into sonship through Jesus Christ as joint heirs with God which John revealed this in his first epistle.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1st John 3:1)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1st John 3:2)
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (1st John 3:3)
  We have come so far down the road of spiritual impurity that the dross of mankind claim that they are of God and deny those who are bought with the blood of Christ, who through faith have entered into God’s grace, and have obtained the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ. The enemies of Christ deny sonship as a reality in the child of God. One of the reasons that the majority of professors are NOT sons is that they act and speak as never having experienced the new birth. Everything is formality, ceremony, and church attendance as proof that they are righteous before God. They worship self and self determination to be righteous before God when they lack the very foundation of spiritual life which is salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Christ Before Time
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  As the Jews would not submit themselves to the belief that God was IN their midst in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, so also today, mankind questions how could God become man? To Adam, this is impossible. The Jew (of John Chapter 8) believed not Moses nor the prophets. How could they believe this MAN in their midst? Although He had performed miracles upon miracles, more than any other person, more than any could comprehend, and yet, they would not believe the Son of God, but condemn Him, and deny Him. The Lord even asked them for which of those works do ye stone me? Their answer was not about the miracles, they had accepted the miracles as being of God, but they rejected the fact of the Lord’s deity although the miracles proclaimed His deity loud and clear. The Lord had claimed that He was the Son of God. This still infuriates man (in Adam). I have seen this face to face, and from the religions of this world. The world denies that He is the Son of God. Many of the religions of this world deny that He is the Son of God. Many of the professing believers deny that He is the Son of God, for their hearts are empty, and their actions reveal their feebleness. They are ignorant of the Son of God. For God has not touched their hearts, souls or spirits. If you press a false believer hard enough with the truth, the smile that you once saw becomes a face of hatred. I marvel at how easy it is to identify them. This is exactly what the Lord was doing. The Jews never responded with one article of faith or of belief. It was always Moses and the prophets and unbelief, or our father Abraham without the works of Abraham. They were speaking in a voice of Adam under sin, and they refused to hear the voice of God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  After the Lord listened to the Jews in verse 57, He went deeper into the realm of eternity. He took them further back in time. In verse 58, He claimed His eternal existence as the God of eternity by proclaiming: Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58) This was too much for these Jews to comprehend. And they responded with more hatred to the Son of God. However, today, right now, in our time frame, we have what is called main line denominationalism claiming the Lord Jesus was just a man; one of these religious giants refused to take the Lord down from the cross. Even today, these religious giants could not withstand the test, Before Abraham was, I am. If the main line religions (including evangelicals and fundamentalists) cut out everything that they do not believe in the Bible, there would be nothing left for us simple folks. If the men of renown today, the Greek scholars, had their way, the Bible would be a jumble of incomprehensible words stacked from earth to the highest heavens. If the world, the flesh, and the devil had their way there would be no Bible at all. I refer to the Word of God (the King James Bible) not to The Machinist Bible.
  I would like you to realize that in John Chapter 8, verse 58, the Lord was taking us back BEFORE Abraham. A great distance of millenniums, yet they were afresh in His omniscient mind. He had been watching mankind for a very long time. Since the Jews were fixated on Abraham, the Lord stunned them with a time period that was BEFORE Abraham, and that the Lord was THERE.
  It was the Lord Jesus who gave the first gift of faith to Abel. (Hebrews 11) He called Enos, and they called on the name of the Lord, and He called them the sons of God. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. (Genesis 4:26) He preserved Methuselah for nearly one thousand years to show His mercy and grace to a world gone amuck in sin. He sent a preacher of righteousness to a world of lost sinners, and Noah ministered to them the righteousness of God, and they refused the message that would have saved them. They all perished in the torrential downpour, and from the upheaval of fountains hidden in the deep, to be seen no more. This is the same rebellious heart that the Lord Jesus saw in the hearts of the Jews before Him, in Chapter 8, and as the sinners perished in the flood these Jews would also perish without the knowledge of God in the hearts.
  The fact of sin in Adam leaves mankind without excuse. He is the slave and subject of sin. He is buried in muck and mire, and through his own strength he is not capable of redeeming himself. Anyone who denies salvation as a complete gift of God in Jesus Christ is not capable of understanding the wickedness of sin and the betrayal of Adam to all mankind. Sin left man in an ungodly state. The wall of sin barred mankind from God. Man could not cross over or go through that wall of sin. He was bound in chains to it and could not loose himself from it. God had to smash that wall and redeem man through God’s own strength and power. The undaunted power of God’s righteousness in His Son Jesus Christ brought forth the redemption of mankind at the cross of Calvary.
  In the proof that the old world perished, we see the inability of man to lay hold of God’s righteousness because of sin. Only Noah, the chosen of God, the preacher of righteousness and those of his family who were directly led by him, came through the flood. The old world perished, and its wickedness with it. There was a new world, and Noah took one of every clean beast and sacrificed them to God. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. (Genesis 8:20) This was the provision that was made before the flood in the number of animals and beasts, and fowls that Noah brought through the flood.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female. (Genesis 7:2) Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. (Genesis 7:3)
  The sacrifices that Noah offered were sweet savor unto the Lord. And thousands and thousands of years later, the Lord Jesus would be a sweet savor unto God the Father. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. (Ephesians 5:2) These sacrifices also brought forth the first covenant which God made with the world. The proof of this covenant still exists today, every time that you see the bow of God in the sky, it is evidence of His faithfulness.
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Â (Genesis 9:13)
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:Â (Genesis 9:14)
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. (Genesis 9:15)
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. (Genesis 9:16)
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. (Genesis 9:17)
  God established what is commonly called ‘the rainbow’ because of its relationship to rain, Why is this important? It was the rain and the fountains of the deep that were used to destroy all of mankind, except Noah and those under the mercy of God: both man and beast. God called it ‘his bow’ because it is His supernatural power that enables it to be displayed in the sky. In the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ we see that bow around the throne of God. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. (Revelation 4:2)
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Christ in Timelessness
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  This is all part of the Lord’s statement: Before Abraham was, I am. In John 17, the Lord Jesus takes us back BEFORE the world was when the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit laid out ALL the plans of creation and redemption in the determinate counsels of God. Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: (Acts 2:23) The unity of thought, wisdom, and power of the Godhead was surrounded with the purity of God’s own righteousness. God is not just a Being within eternity. God IS ETERNITY. Eternity exists because of God. ALL within eternity exists because of God, and truly, my mind and your mind cannot comprehend all the facets of the determinate counsels of God. I believe in the God of eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I also believe that the Living Word of God in Jesus Christ existed in eternity before the first word of creation, and the written Word of God was inscribed in heaven itself so that no man could ever destroy or remove the Word of God. As the bow around the throne of God was symbolized by God’s bow to Noah to confirm the covenant that God made with all flesh, so the written Word of God TODAY is our bow. It is the confirmation of the covenant that God made through His Son Jesus Christ. As Christ is the possessor of all things, He could declare, heaven and earth may pass away, but my word will never pass away. This is the confirmation that we have today, for it is the Holy Spirit of God who has kept the Word of God for us. In the Word of God, we find all the colors of God’s bow in Jesus Christ.
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Christ the I AM
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  Now we must approach, the title, and the name: I AM. 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) In the gospel according to John, the Holy Spirit continually used this title and name in describing the Lord Jesus Christ. The many applications of ‘I am’ are the many different facets of the glory of Christ. They are seen in the descriptions that He gives of Himself. The diamond shines brighter and brighter until that perfect day. This all comes to a peak in John 8:58, for the Lord plainly declared that He was before anyone and everyone. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58)
  This establishes a Center for our discernment and thought. It takes us back to Exodus 3:14, and He establishes a Center in His own Person. We have God as the ‘I AM.’ The Lord Jesus, who is the fullness of the Godhead bodily, revealed Himself through His own Word: as a flaming bush to Moses. This verse in Exodus was key to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. When Moses returned to his brethren in Egypt, he declared to them both the Person and power of the great I AM, the Eternal God, the possessor of heaven and earth.
  The sequence of Exodus Chapter 3 is very important to our text in John Chapter 8. For now, the Lord has climbed the mountain and He was standing on the mountain in His spiritual declaration that HE IS the great I AM, and as the Eternal God before Abraham was: I AM.
  The Lord Jesus is the bush that cannot be consumed. He is the flame of fire that will never go out. He is the very substance of eternal life, for IN Him is life, and that life is the light of men. Christ, as the burning bush, demands the center of our attention, for He is the CENTER of all God’s truth. When He declared that He IS the I AM of Exodus, the I AM of eternity, He was also declaring that within the circumference within Himself HE IS the very ETERNITY that He possesses IN Himself. The declaration that I AM that I AM encompassed everything that God is.
  When we consider ourselves, and use the term, ‘I am,’ it identifies one with their name, their position, their possessions, and if man can have attributes, it also identifies attributes as well whether they are good or evil attributes. When we apply the words ‘I am,’ it is to our entire being.
  As a Christian, if I declare that ‘I am saved,’ I am referring to my whole being: body, heart, soul, and spirit. My entire condition before God is encompassed in my statement, ‘I am saved.’ I am referring to my condition before God in the completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ for my life is now under the blood of Christ, God’s dear Son. The truth of ‘I am’ is that God has made me what and who ‘I am.’ Do you see my methodology? How many times I have used the words ‘I am’ in this short paragraph, and yet, I am describing a very little part of who I am. Therefore, when the Almighty God (in Jesus Christ) used the term, ‘I AM,’ it is not only a name, but it is also a description of the infinite God who is the Creator of all things. ‘I AM’ encompasses all that He is: all the descriptive names throughout Scripture, all the titles of His glorious Person, and all the attributes of His determinate counsels in the circumference of His righteousness. When the apostle Paul told us through the Spirit, that Christ is ‘all in all,’ we return to Exodus 3, verse 14, I AM that I AM.
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:17)
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. (Colossians 3:11)
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (Ephesians 1:23) One of the hardest things for man to do is to read the Word of God with total acceptance.
  These verses are consistent with the Old Testament presentation of Christ in all His glorious names and titles. They are consistent with Christ being the fullness of the Godhead bodily. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9) Can we enter (in understanding) into this description? Is this not the fullness of the I AM? He is the absolute unity and fullness of the God of eternity? We are so controlled by the state of Adam both around us, and the effects that he has had within us due to sin that one of the hardest things for man to do is to read the Word of God with total acceptance. This is where the Jews failed? For if they had paid attention to the prophets, to Moses, and to David in the Psalms, then they would have realized that standing before them was the highest Himself, the great I AM, the fullness of all in all, the Lord Jesus Christ. I am going to ask a personal question, If your knowledge of the Word of God determined your life span, how long would you live? In most cases, man would have a short life. And yes, this is what God requires of all men, to have a knowledge of God, and a knowledge of His Word. Truly, by finding Christ within the pages of Scripture, and believing all that God has to say about the sinfulness of mankind, and God’s own plan of redemption, one will not only find life, but eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  The secret that Abraham had, the secret that Moses had, was to walk humbly with their God. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8) This is a requirement of every child of God, and our walk should be in complete agreement with the Almighty. Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3) We are to walk before God in God’s perfection. Just as it was required of Abraham in Genesis 17:1, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. In the book of Job, the perfection of God in a redeemed person is brought forth in the very first verse of this wonderful book. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. As we move into the New Testament, we find a statement for all those who live by faith for the just shall live by faith. These are the spirits of just men made perfect in Jesus Christ. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. (Hebrews 12:23) In Hebrews 11, verse 40, we find the Spirit’s voice describing the fullness of time in light of faith. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. To understand this verse in Hebrews we should understand the entire circumference of God’s grace; all the promises to the Old Testament saints were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Paul said, some better thing for us, is not elevating us to a different sphere, but joining us to the Old Testament saints for the just shall surely live by faith. Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4) This verse in the Old Testament joins us with the New Testament. God declared this very same statement three times in the New Testament according to His grace. In Romans Chapter 1, verse 17, the Judge of all men sets us free from the law of sin and death. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17) But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith. (Galatians 3:11) The Judge of all men has freed us from the schoolmaster: the very stones of the Law of Moses. In Hebrews 10:38, Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. We have the fulfillment of those who are just, those who are the children of faith freed from the Law of sin and death, free from the Law of Moses, and we are freed to look into the future of eternity for it is by faith that we walk before God in all His perfection in Jesus Christ. We are the spirits of just men made perfect.
  True faith is not an ignorant faith, faith is not centered in unbelief, faith is a tangible possession within the heart, soul, and spirit to KNOW and have the knowledge of God within your being. Faith is defined by God throughout the Scriptures. The reason that many people do not have the understanding of faith today is because of their ignorance of the Holy Word of God. To have a mere hope of faith is not the same as having faith IN God. Faith is NOT the object, but the means by which God moves our hearts, souls, and spirits in His direction to believe in Him.
  Whenever speaking to an individual about heaven, and they reply that they have a hope of heaven, yet they are ignorant of the Scriptures, and of the Son of God then God’s grace must come through faith, and with grace God bestows His righteousness. To not have a sound hope, a soundproof of heaven in Jesus Christ is a bad state to be in. This again shows the ignorance of the God of heaven and earth, the Lord Jesus Christ.
  In John 8:57, the Jews went after the Lord Jesus Christ with one of their daggers. They confronted Him with His age. Consider this: should the ageless One, the Ancient of Days, have to report or explain His age to any of His creatures? They completely were blind to the truth. He had proclaimed His presence with Abraham in the day of Abraham, but they refused this truth. Throughout this Chapter every time that the Lord revealed Himself in a supernatural way, the Jews rebelled against it. They were as Korah in the day of Moses. Korah and his company of rebels believed that they had more right to the kingdom of God and not God Himself.
  The unbelieving Jews of the Old Testament had cast out God’s prophets, and His servants, and then those in Chapter 8 of John were about to cast out God’s Son. After the Jews spoke, the Lord Jesus went deeper into history. His statement, Before Abraham was, I am, took the Jews back into time, through millenniums, and they couldn’t handle the truth that the Person standing before them was the Eternal God. Remember when the Lord Jesus asked His disciples, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? Then, He directly asked them, But whom say ye that I am? There is only one answer for all mankind, however, this answer must be revealed from heaven.
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? (Matthew 16:13)
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. (Matthew 16:14)
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? (Matthew 16:15)
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. (Matthew 16:16)
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 16:17)
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
  Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. This truth was revealed to Peter from God the Father. It was sent down to Peter by the Spirit of God, and Peter was awakened to the truth that the One before him was God’s Christ, the Son of the living God. This was BEFORE the Lord’s transfiguration in Matthew Chapter 17. For heaven revealed the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ to Peter, James and John in ALL the radiant glory that the Lord Jesus possessed in heaven BEFORE He was manifested to men upon the earth. No man can know the Son except the Spirit reveals the Son of God to the hearts, souls and spirits of men. The I AM of eternity becomes fuller in the heart and we behold the great revelation of, I AM that I AM. This encompasses all that God is, and it encompasses the complete manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. Christ fulfills ALL the outward revelation of God to mankind in His manifestation. The manifestation of God throughout Scripture has always been the image of the invisible God, and the image of the invisible God is Jesus Christ. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Colossians 1:15)
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The Invisible and Visible
I AM
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  Let us consider the invisible God. The invisible I AM. The invisible God spoke through the bush and the fire to Moses. The invisible God was the bush that could not be consumed, and the manifestation of the invisible God can neither be consumed, nor replaced. The bush was never consumed, and the fire never went out. There are two great lessons here: the Lord Jesus could never be consumed, nor extinguished by sin, or by the wickedness of the devil. His fire of judgment will never go out, and it will burn in the lake of fire throughout all eternity.
  We see the complete definition and description of I AM that I AM throughout the gospel of John. John the Baptist stated of himself that I am not the Christ. However, the Lord Jesus proclaimed Himself in every way that He WAS the Christ, the Son of the living God. We have a revelation in John Chapter 5:43, the Lord Jesus stated that He had come in His Father’s name. I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
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I AM
the Bread of Life
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  In John 6:35, the Lord stated that He was the bread of life, I AM the bread of life. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. In Chapter 6 of the gospel of John, the Lord Jesus addressed Himself as I am four times as the bread of life. He took them back to the days of Moses, and the manna from above, and the bread of heaven, and then stated that He was the True Bread from heaven, and in Him was eternal life, and the Jews again murmured against Him. This was their rebellion as the rebellion in the days of Moses. They murmured to Moses concerning this bread from heaven, and now these Jews murmured against the true bread in Jesus Christ. He was the bread of life which He would give for the life of the world.
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I AM
of Heaven
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  In Chapter 7, He is the I AM of heaven. A place, the Jews knew not of, and not only did they not know of heaven, but in their unbelief, they could not enter in.
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (John 7:28)
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. (John 7:29)
 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come. (John 7:34)
What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come? (John 7:36)
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I AM
the Light of the World
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  In John Chapter 8, He proclaimed that He was the light of the world, I AM the light of the world. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12) This is the light that separates men from the realm of darkness. This is the light that the darkness cannot comprehend. This is the light that God revealed in Genesis, and it was good. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (John 8:24)
  In John Chapter 9, verse 5, once again, the Lord proclaimed that He is the light of the world. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Here we see the personal and ever presence of His own light within Himself to be displayed in the world of sinful men to quicken their hearts and to remove them from the darkness. Only this light can remove the Law of sin and death. Even today, that light shines in the darkness and the darkness will not comprehend the light.
  When the Jews rebelled against the light, the Lord Jesus brought the oneness of Father and Son together through John 8:16, And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
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I AM
From Above
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  The Lord Jesus proclaimed that He was from above, that He was not of the world. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (John 8:23)
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I AM
All in All
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  In John Chapter 8, the Lord referred to Himself as I AM, eight times. Why is this so interesting? It is more than interesting because of His conclusion in verse 58.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. (John 8:16)
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. (John 8:18)
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (John 8:23)
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins. (John 8:24)
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. (John 8:28)
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58)
  In this Chapter 8 the Lord Jesus used I AM more than any other chapter in the gospel of John, and then concluded with the great I AM of the burning bush, and draws out the fullness of the Godhead in Himself, Before Abraham was, I am.
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The Door and
The Good Shepherd
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  Chapter 10, of the gospel of John, brings us a door of hope in the Valley of Achor. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. (Hosea 2:15) This door of hope is revealed in John Chapter 10 in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the great I AM when He proclaimed that He was/is not only the door of the sheep, but He was and is the good shepherd.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9)
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:11)
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10:14)
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The Son of God
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Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? (John 10:36)
  In John Chapter 10:36, we have one of the most profound statements that the Lord Jesus made through the gospel of John. The Jews were beside themselves with their hatred. Therefore, the Lord Jesus used these words documented in verse 36 to reveal their wickedness against Him, the (reason for this wickedness was that prior to this proclamation, He had told the Jews, I AM the Son of God).
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (John 9:35)
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? (John 9:36)
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.(John 9:37)
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18)
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. (John 19:7)
  These verses refute all those who declare that the Lord Jesus never proclaimed His Sonship, for He not only stated His Sonship, but put it in combination with His great title: I AM. You have the unity of I AM and the Son of God together who is the image of the invisible God.
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The Resurrection and the Life
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  In John Chapter 11, the Holy Spirit reveals the doctrine of resurrection which many of the Jews repudiated in unbelief. Not only did the Lord Jesus declare that I AM the resurrection, and the life, but in the perfection of truth He called Lazarus from the tomb and loosed him from death. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. (John 11:25) We should always consider the deeper truth by His demonstrations of resurrection; the Lord Jesus was casting all the unbelieving Jews into their own darkness. Truly, this was known throughout all Judea, so much so that the Jews even desired to kill Lazarus, who was the heavenly witness of resurrection.
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Unity
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In Chapter 12 of the gospel of John, we have the intimacy of the Son of God with His servants that He will dwell with them, and His Father will honor those servants for their faithfulness. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. (John 12:26) It is very important for each and every servant of God to embrace their Master as the great I AM. For there is a unity of Spirit with the Spirit of Christ, and although one labors on earth, he can rest his head at night on the heavenly bosom of the Savior.
  In John 12:46, once again, the Lord refers to the light that He has brought into the world, I am come a light unto the world, and his own will not walk in darkness. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  In Chapter 13 we have the I AM of unity. He is my Master, He is my Lord, where He goes, I will go, yet, not now, for as a servant I MUST serve before I enter into God’s rest. And we will all answer to our final call, Come up hither, and the Lord’s voice as the great I AM will declare, Well done, good and faithful servant.
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for [so] I am. (John 13:13)
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he]. (John 13:19)
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. (John 13:33)
  In Chapter 14 of the gospel of John, the burning bush becomes the door to heaven. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) I always break this verse down this way: I AM the way, I AM the truth, I AM the life, and no man comes unto the Father, but by me. It just seems to magnify this wonderful verse, and the Savior that is proclaimed therein. Can we find another I AM? There is no other. No man comes to the Father BUT by the manifestation of the invisible God: The Lord Jesus Christ.
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  The only letter in our alphabet that speaks of complete self-identification is used over and over by the Lord Jesus Christ in this 14th Chapter. Every time that He described Himself in word and deed, the letter ‘I’ becomes the Center. Thirty-eight times the Lord used the noun ‘I’ as self-identification, and this will amaze you: the only Chapter in the gospel of John that uses the noun, ‘I’ more is Chapter 8, our study Chapter. Forty-eight times the letter ‘I’ is used for self-identification, and again, I remind you that the letter ‘I’ is the only self-identifier in the entire alphabet.
  Now in Scripture, the Lord Jesus referred to Himself as the Alpha, and the Omega. This spans the complete history of mankind; however, if you insert the ‘I’ between them, you will have the wonder of the manifestation of Jesus Christ in the fullness of time. He is not only the first and the last, but He encompasses the whole. All things were made by Him, and for Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. (John 1)
  In John’s gospel the letter ‘I’ in self-identification is used in two hundred and ninety-one verses, eclipsing the other gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. And the I AM in John 8:58 encompasses eternity and the Eternal God in Jesus Christ.
  In John Chapter 15, the Lord said that He is the true vine. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (John 15:1) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5)
  The Lord also used the phrase, I command you, twice in Chapter 15, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (John 15:14) These things I command you, that ye love one another. (John 15:17) Why should we notice this? Because these two times are the ONLY time in the entire gospel that the Lord used this particular phrase, and it is connected with friendship to the Son of God, and love or friendship to each other. The link of being IN Christ is to have the same love that Christ had for us.
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  By the way, the gospel of John is an unusual gospel because this gospel is not based on the memory of John or any man. The words of this gospel were written BY the Spirit of God. The proof of this is brought before us in John Chapter 17. The Lord Jesus was apart from His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, in the presence of His Father, and He spoke directly to His Father with no human ear listening. This entire Chapter was recorded by the Spirit of God concerning the unity of God, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This erases the doctrine or theory of verbal inspiration, just as John received the revelation of Jesus Christ by DIRECT revelation in word and power of the Holy Spirit of God, John also penned the EXACT words of John 17 spoken by the Son of God to His Father by DIRECT revelation from the Spirit of God. It is no coincidence that the gospel of John begins with the infallible Word both Living and written. John Chapter 1 presents us with a foundation and title of the Word of God that cannot be shaken.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:2) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3)　
  We not only see a Living Word, but we see the power of the Word, and the Word of His power. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Hebrews 1:3) The Spirit of God has given mankind a collection of books compiled by the Spirit of Christ. All the words that we have are the supernatural commands of the Son of God, and not one jot or tittle will fall to the ground. The Word of God has been sent out of heaven in its entirety, and it has been preserved on earth by the Holy Spirit of God sent from heaven. The Word of God amongst us is here to lead all to the truth, whether man will believe the truth or not. For their conscience bearing witness will witness to the truth to the Word of God and will witness against their unbelief.
  In verse 58 of John Chapter 8, we have a revealing God, as He proclaimed that Before Abraham was, I am. We have been musing and contemplating on this revealed Man from heaven who is the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. For God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2nd Corinthians 5:19)
  This God of eternity encompasses the whole world. He could make the declaration I AM ETERNITY. He is not only the God of eternity, but eternity does not exist without Him. The whole creation is WITHIN God’s infinite power, for the Lord of glory upholds His very creation BY the Word of His Power. Man cannot absorb this thought, that the stars travel their courses by the Word of His power. The planets revolve and continue in their set course by the Word of His power. The very creation upon earth is upheld by the Word of His power. So, what is man that he can deny God? For man is a created being under the power and the will of God. You can deny it all you want, but if God stops your breath, you would have no words to speak. The thoughts of man are hindered by sin because man is under the bondage of sin and death. In fact, Scripture proves that there is a Law of sin and death in Romans 8:1-2.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)
  Man has made himself subject to this Law at the tree of good and evil. Mankind’s greatest enemies are sin and death. Sin has brought forth the death of others, not only does man deny his brother, but kills him as well. Whole societies disappear because of sin and death. The world murders unborn children while in the womb because of the Law of sin and death. Our being was created in three parts: Adam was one part spirit, one part soul, and one part body or flesh. Before sin, the spirit was the dominant factor and ruler of both soul and body, and Adam was ruled by his spirit. It was his spirit that communed with his Creator and God. Adam’s spirit was his life, his soul was in complete unity with his spirit, and God was the Center of Adam’s existence. Body or flesh was in subjection to both spirit and soul. Then that dreadful moment came when sin entered into Adam at the tree of good and evil. Now Adam would be under the rule of sin and death, and his spiritual death would be the result of sin, and now the lust of the flesh would rule the soul and spirit. The body of flesh and blood now ruled and controlled Adam in a world of sin and death. Sin brought forth enmity, the enmity of mankind against his Creator. Adam’s Creator was the image of the invisible God in Jesus Christ. Let us make man in our image. This was the image and glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.　
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27)
  No one can deny that Christ is the image of the invisible God for the Spirit of God has revealed this in Colossians 1:15. Adam did not walk out of the garden under his own power, he did not desire the consequences of sin, he did not want to live in a land of thorns and thistles, he did not want to labor by the sweat of his face. Adam rebelled against God and did not want to leave the garden. God DROVE him out, never to return, for Adam would suffer the penalty of the Law of sin and death and would return to dust in the land of thorns and thistles.
  Sin has caused mankind to be a murderer from the beginning. God was no longer his Father. The devil was then Adam’s father, and the devil has been magnifying sin in man since man introduced sin into the world. The devil ruled Adam, and he ruled and rules all of Adam’s descendants using the Law of sin and death to magnify the devil’s own works. Now as I have said, the sinful body had dominion over the soul and spirit, and to make sure that you understand the state of man BEFORE the fall, the spirit ruled the soul and the body. After sin entered into Adam, the roles of the body, the soul, and the spirit were reversed, and the body ruled over the soul and spirit. This reversed the order of God, in fact, turning the entire world upside down. Now, mankind was without hope. He would be a slave to sin and death. Sin would drive mankind and all the societies that man built, and man would become a warrior and a murderer of men without any conscience of the blood of his brother on the ground. Entire nations would be in upheaval because of sin, the old world would be destroyed because of sin and the enmity of man against his God. However, God in His mercy called one man to save mankind out of the darkness, and out of the darkness came the voice of God calling Noah to be a preacher of righteousness. I AM that I AM used Noah to declare His righteousness to a world buried in sin. The voice of Noah shattered the darkness, yet the darkness comprehended it not. The I AM that I AM gave all of them a chance to repent and they would not. Body and flesh drove them, it was ruled by sin and sin would destroy them all.
  When the Lord Jesus proclaimed that Before Abraham was, I am, this led the minds of the Jews not only back to the burning bush, but back to the creation of man. In essence Christ had revealed Himself as I AM ETERNITY, and before Him nothing existed. In a sense our thought life is in a world of the flesh. Our thoughts are under the rule of sin and death around us, and because man is a descendant of Adam, he has sin within. Can the mind and heart of men conceive or understand a God of eternity? Can man understand that all of creation must be within the God of eternity? God encompasses ALL with His omnipotent power and upholds ALL with the Word of His power. His complete power of thought and wisdom is IN His omniscience, and His impenetrable power is His omnipresence through which His eternal righteousness flows out to man by the force of His own will. The Almighty God is without measure. He is The Center and The Circumference of all this is. CHRIST IS THE ETERNAL GOD. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58)
I AM ETERNITY.
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