Let's have another look at John 8:58 where Jesus was
speaking to the Jews in the Temple precincts at Jerusalem. "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
Jesus Christ here affirms His deity. As God the Son, He existed before Abraham
was born. He is God revealed in human flesh as the man Jesus of Nazareth.
John 1:1-5 informs us that, "(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were
made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (4) In Him
was life, and the life was the light of men. (5) And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
What is a word? What are words? They are the visible and audible expressions
of our thoughts. They are the means of us communicating our thoughts to one
another. So the Word is God
revealing Himself to you and me through the Son.
Hebrews 1:1-3 tells us, "(1) God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time
past to the fathers by the prophets, (2) has in these last days spoken to us by
His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made
the worlds; (3) who being the brightness of His glory and the express [exact] image of His person, and upholding all
things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat
down at the right hand of the Majesty on high."
Are we beginning to grasp the wonder and the glory of the
Son, the "I AM" who came to reveal the true and living God? This is
the One who became man in order to reconcile us back to God and redeem our
souls. The Triune God has chosen to reveal Himself to you and me in the person
of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah [Christ], the son of Man, the Son Of God, God
the Son.
The eternal Triune God has revealed Himself to us in the
person of Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews, KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS.
God in the person of the Son walked among mankind. God in the person of the Son
paid the penalty for our sins at Calvary.
In the last book in the Bible, the Book of Revelation, in chapter
22:13 we read concerning the Lord Jesus Christ these words; "I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning
and the End, the First and the Last."
In Colossians 1:15-18 we are informed concerning the Son
that, "(15) He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (16) For by Him all things were
created that are in heaven and that are on the earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were
created through Him and for Him. (17) And He is before all things, and in Him
all things consist. (18) And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the first born from the dead, that in all things He may have the pre-eminence."
Jon Peasey
Biblical Perspectives blog www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey
[All
Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted.
Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted
for clarity. Words in bold type
emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are
quoted with ... at the beginning,
ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse,
that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]
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