The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Jehovah – The Lord – Exodus 6:2-3
•Jehovah-Adon Kal Ha’arets- Lord of Earth – Josh 3:13
•Jehovah-Bara – Lord Creator – Isaiah 40:28
•Jehovah-Chatsahi – Lord my Strength – Psalm 27:1
•Jehovah-Chereb – Lord the Sword – Deut. 33:29
•Jehovah-Eli – Lord my God – Psalm 18:2
•Jehovah-Elyon – Lord Most High – Psalm 38:2
•Jehovah-Gador Milchamah – Mighty in Battle – Ps 24:8
•Jehovah-Ganan – Lord Our Defense – Ps 89:18
•Jehovah-Go’el – Lord My Redeemer – Is. 49:26, 60:16
•Jehovah-Hamelech – Lord King – Psalm 98:6
•Jehovah-Hashopet – Lord My Judge – Judges 11:27
•Jehovah-Helech ‘Olam – Lord King Forever Ps10:16
•Jehovah-Hoshe’ah – Lord Saves – Psalm 20:9
•Jehovah-Jireh – Provider – Gen. 22:14, I John 4:9, Philip 4:19
•Jehovah-Kabodhi – Lord my Glory – Psalm 3:3
•Jehovah-Kanna – Lord Jealous – Ex 34:14
•Jehovah-Keren-Yish’i – Horn of Salvation – Ps 18:2
•Jehovah-M’Kaddesh – Sanctifier – I Corinthians 1:30
•Jehovah-Machsi – Lord my Refuge – Psalm 91:9
•Jehovah-Magen – Lord my Shield – Deut. 33:29
•Jehovah-Ma’oz – Lord my Fortress – Jer. 16:19
•Jehovah-Mephalti – Lord my Deliverer – Psalm 18:2
•Jehovah-Metshodhathi – Lord my Fortress – Psalm 18:2
•Jehovah-Misqabbi – Lord my High Tower – Psalm 18:2
•Jehovah-M’gaddishcem – Lord my Sanctifier – Ex 31:13
•Jehovah-Naheh – Lord who Smites – Ezekiel 7:9
•Jehovah-Nissi – Banner – I Chronicles 29:11-13
•Jehovah-Rohi – Shepherd – Psalm 23
•Jehovah-Rophe – Healer – Isaiah 53:4,5
•Jehovah-Sabaoth – Lord of Hosts – I Sam 1:3
•Jehovah-Sel’i – Lord my Rock – Psalm 18:2
•Jehovah-Shalom – Peace – Isaiah 9:6, Rom 8:31-35
•Jehovah-Shammah – Present – Hebrews 13:5
•Jehovah-Tsidkenu – Righteousness – I Cor 1:30
•Jehovah-Tsori – Lord my Strength – Psalm 19:14
•Jehovah-Yasha – Lord my Savior – Isaiah 49:26
•Jehovah-‘Ez-Lami – Lord my Strength – Ps 28:7
•Jehovah-‘Immeku – Lord Is With You – Judges 6:12
•Jehovah-‘Izoa Hakaboth – Lord Strong -Mighty – Ps 24:8
•Jehovah-‘Ori – Lord my Light – Psalm 27:1
•Jehovah-‘Uzam – Lord Strength in Trouble – Is 49:26
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM."
Funny how many times in speaking we say, "I am."
I am -- mother of
I am -- wife to
I am -- hungry
I am -- employed
I am -- athletic
I am -- religious
I am -- I am -- I am
yada yada yada---
Verse 15: God said,
"this is my name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations."
"this is my name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations."
I Am Eddie James
More on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am
Seven names of God
In medieval times, God was sometimes called The Seven.[The seven names for the God of Israel over which the scribes had to exercise particular care were:[
- Eloah (God)
- Elohim (God)
- Adonai (Lord)
- Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh (I am that I am)
- YHWH (I am that I am)
- El Shaddai (God Most High)
- YHWH Tzevaot (Lord of Hosts: Sabaoth in Latin transliteration)
Less common or esoteric names
- Adir—"Strong One"
- Adon Olam—"Master of the World"
- Aibishter—"The Most High" (Yiddish)
- Aleim—sometimes seen as an alternative transliteration of Elohim
- Avinu Malkeinu (help·info)—"Our Father, our King"
- Bore (help·info)—"the Creator"
- Ehiyeh sh'Ehiyeh—"I Am That I Am": a modern Hebrew version of "Ehyeh asher Ehyeh"
- Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak ve Elohei Ya`aqov—"God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob"
- Elohei Sara, Elohei Rivka, Elohei Leah ve Elohei Rakhel—"God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Leah, and God of Rachel"
- El ha-Gibbor—"God the hero" or "God the strong one" or "God the warrior"
- Emet—"Truth"
- E'in Sof—"endless, infinite", Kabbalistic name of God
- HaKadosh, Barukh Hu (Hebrew); Kudsha, Brikh Hu (Aramaic)—"The Holy One, Blessed be He"
- HaRachaman-"The Merciful One"
- Kadosh Israel—"Holy One of Israel"
- Melech HaMelachim—"The King of kings" or Melech Malchei HaMelachim "The King, King of kings", to express superiority to the earthly rulers title.
- Makom or HaMakom—literally "the place", perhaps meaning "The Omnipresent"; see Tzimtzum
- Magen Avraham—"Shield of Abraham"
- Ribono shel `Olam—"Master of the World"
- Ro'eh Yisra'el—"Shepherd of Israel"
- Tzur Israel—"Rock of Israel"
- Uri Gol— "The new LORD for a new era" (Judges 5:14)
- YHWH-Yireh (Adonai-jireh)—"The LORD will provide" (Genesis 22:13–14)
- YHWH-Rapha—"The LORD that healeth" (Exodus 15:26)
- YHWH-Niss"i (Adonai-Nissi)—"The LORD our Banner" (Exodus 17:8–15)
- YHWH-Shalom—"The LORD our Peace" (Judges 6:24)
- YHWH-Ro'i—"The LORD my Shepherd"
- YHWH-Tsidkenu—"The LORD our Righteousness"[29] (Jeremiah 23:6)
- YHWH-Shammah (Adonai-shammah)—"The LORD is present" (Ezekiel 48:35)
- Rofeh Cholim-"Healer of the sick"
- Matir Asurim -"Freer of the Captives"
- Malbish Arumim -"Clother of the Naked"
- Pokeach Ivrim -"Opener of Blind Eyes"
- Somech Noflim -"Supporter of the Fallen"
- Zokef kefufim -"Straightener of the Bent"
- 'Yotsehr Or' -"Fashioner of Light"
- Oseh Shalom -"Maker of Peace"
- Mechayeh Metim -"Lifegiver to the Dead"
- Mechayeh HaKol -"Lifegiver to All (reform version of Mechayeh Metim)"
Who am I then-- now that I've found out He is "I AM" -- not me?
The age old question-- Then "WHO AM I" ?
I am accepted...
I am God's child ~ John 1:12
As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ ~ John 15:15
I have been justified ~ Romans 5:1
I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit ~ 1 Corin. 6:17
I have been bought with a price, and I belong to God ~ 1 Corin. 6:19-20
I am a member of Christ's body ~ 1 Corin. 12:27
I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child ~ Ephesians 1:3-8
I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins ~ Colossians 1:13-14
I am complete in Christ ~ Colossians 2:9-10
I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ ~ Hebrews 4:14-16
I am secure...I am free from condemnation ~ Romans 8:1-2
I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances ~ Romans 8:28
I am free from any condemnation brought against me, and I cannot be separated from the love of God ~ Romans 8:31-39
I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God ~ 2 Corin. 1:21-22
I am hidden with Christ in God ~ Colossians 3:1-4
I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me ~ Philippians 1:6
I am a citizen of Heaven ~ Philippians 3:20
I have not been given the spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind ~ 2 Timothy 1:7
I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me ~ 1 John 5:18
I am significant...I am the branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life ~ John 15:5
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit ~ John 15:16
I am God's temple
I am a minister of reconciliation for God ~ 2 Corin.5:17-21
I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm ~ Ephesians 2:6
I am God's workmanship ~ Ephesians 2:10
I may approach God with freedom and confidence
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me ~ Philippians 4:13
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The 7 'I AMs' of Jesus!
Those "Christians" who think of the Lord Jesus Christ as just a great man who never really claimed to be God need to confront His amazing statement to the scribes and Pharisees there in Jerusalem when they were berating Him in the temple. "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day," He said. Then, when they questioned that assertion, He went on to insist that "Before Abraham was, I am" (John 8:56,58).
This was such a bold claim to deity, that they immediately prepared to stone Him for what they thought was blasphemy. But He somehow "hid Himself," (v.59) and escaped.
Of course, if He was not God, what He said was blasphemous, which was a capital crime under the Mosaic law (Leviticus 24:16). He was actually claiming to be the God to whom Moses spoke at the burning bush, when he asked God what His name was. God had answered that His name was "I AM" (Exodus 3:14)—that is, He is the God who is eternally self-existent, transcendent to time as well as to space and matter. And that was who Jesus was claiming to be!
But what about His claim that He and Abraham had seen each other, and that Abraham rejoiced to see His day? Abraham's time was centuries before that of even Moses.
That claim probably was in reference to the very critical time when "the word of the Lord[that is, the pre-incarate Christ] came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward" (Genesis 15:1).
This was the very first of His great "I am" claims, as He promised to be both Protector and Provider to Abraham in a strange and hostile land.
It is fascinating to note the frequency of such "I am" claims in the Bible after this first one, and how they occur in multiples of seven, a fact which seems possibly designed—not by the human authors, of course, but by the Holy Spirit who inspired them (that is, of course, assuming my own somewhat arbitrary countings are correct).
For example, there are seven "I am"s in the Book of Genesis, the first being Genesis 15:1, as already noted. The second is in Genesis 15:7, where God, speaking to Abraham, said simply:"I am the Lord." The word, "Lord," of course, is the Hebrew Yahweh (or Jehovah), and carries essentially the same meaning as "I Am," or "The One Who Is."
Then, there are 21 (i.e., 3x7) "I am"s in the Book of Exodus, including the divine answer to Moses, already mentioned, "I AM THAT I AM" (Exodus 3:14).
The wonderful Book of Psalms contains seven "I am"s that speak prophetically and sadly of the future sufferings of the incarnate Christ. These are:
- "I am a worm, and no man" (Psalm 22:6).
- "I am poor and needy" (Psalm 40:17).
- "I am . . . a stranger unto my brethren" (Psalm 69:8).
- "I am full of heaviness" (Psalm 69:20).
- "I am poor and sorrowful" (Psalm 69:29).
- "I . . . am as a sparrow alone upon the house top" (Psalm 102:7).
- "I am withered like grass" (Psalm 102:11).
These all occur in psalms that are specifically known to be Messianic psalms (thus referring to Christ) because they are quoted as such in the New Testament.
The prophetical books abound in "I am" statements by the Lord. The second division of Isaiah, for example, (Isaiah 40-66) contains 35 such claims (7x5). The first is Isaiah 41:4. "I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am He." The last is Isaiah 60:16. ". . . I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob." However, the first division of Isaiah, which has a different theme than the second division, has no such "I am" statements.
The Book of Ezekiel contains 70 of these great assertions (more than any other single book). Jeremiah contains 21 of these statements. Then, all the smaller prophetical books of the prophets have a total of 21 "I am"s. All told, the 17 prophetical books contain a total of 154 (22x7) of God's great "I am" claims.
The final such claim in the Old Testament is found in Malachi 3:6, in which God appropriately reminds everyone that "I am the Lord, I change not." He is the great "I AM," the self-existent God. We must remember always that our own personal Savior and Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to us that He Himself is that same great I AM.
It is in the Gospel of John, however, that the most beautiful and personally meaningful "I am"s are found. There are seven of these, as follows:
- "I am the bread of life" (John 6:35,48,51).
- "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12).
- "I am the door of the sheep"(John 10:7,9).
- "I am the good shepherd" (John 10:11,14).
- "I am the resurrection, and the life" (John 11:25).
- "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6).
- "I am the true vine" (John 15:1,5).
How anyone could hear or see these claims and then still deny that they were claims to deity is a great mystery. For example, how could anyone except God Himself claim to be the way, the truth, and the life?
Well, maybe a madman might make such a claim, or maybe a gross scam artist of some kind. But no honest, sane person could ever do so—unless the claim were true!
That is the choice. Either Jesus Christ was mad or wicked—or else He truly is the way, the truth, and the life. He is the one way to reach God, the incarnate truth about God, and the only real giver of eternal life with God. One will come to the same conclusion as he examines each of these seven great "I Am" claims.
The Lord Jesus Christ is "very God of very God," as the old creeds expressed it. God "created all things by Jesus Christ" (Ephesians 3:9) and it is "in Him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28). Furthermore, it is He who has "made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself" (Colossians 1:20).
Look also at the remarkable claim in John 11:25-26: "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
Death has always been man's great enemy. It always seems a great tragedy and sorrow when a loved one dies, and people generally try to stay alive as long as possible. But Jesus claims to be able to restore one's life even after he dies, and then to keep him alive forever! What a preposterous claim for any mortal man to make!
Yet He demonstrated His ability to do just that when He Himself defeated death, rising bodily from the grave on the third day. After all, He is the I AM, the self-existent One! Therefore He is fully able to make good on His promise to those who come to Him for forgiveness and salvation, "Because I live," He says, "ye shall live also" (John 14:19).
There are also seven great "I am" statements in the Book of Revelation, and one of the key verses of this set has to do with His resurrection. "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Revelation 1:18).
"Believest thou this?" He would ask today, just as He asked Martha long ago as she was grieving over the death of her brother, Lazarus (John 11:26). How could anyone doubt the overwhelming evidence of Christ's victory over death (the evidence of the empty tomb, the many post-resurrection appearances, the transformation of the disciples, the testimony of 2000 years of hosts of lives also transformed through faith in Him)? Many have believed, of course, but there are multitudes who have not, and for them there is the dread prospect awaiting them of an eternity without God. "If ye believe not that I am He [but "He" is not in the original; Jesus just said, `I am'], ye shall die in your sins" (John 8:24).
It is significant that the other six "I am"s in Revelation also stress His eternal existence, from eternity to eternity.
Note the list below: (the first one with the remaining six)
- "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Revelation 1:18)
- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending" (Revelation 1:8).
- "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last" (Revelation 1:11).
- "Fear not; I am the first and the last" (Revelation 1:17).
- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end" (Revelation 21:6).
- "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last" (Revelation 22:13).
- "I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star"(Revelation 22:16).
Our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom we have trusted our eternal souls, is more than just a great religious teacher who was martyred for His faith long ago. He is alive on His throne in heaven, having defeated death forever. He was our great Creator, our sin-bearing Savior and will be our eternal Lord and King.
I AM - MARK SCHULTZ
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John 17 truly is a prayer that shows the heart of Jesus and his love for each of us!
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