The Great "I AM"
Was that Jesus with Moses at the Burning Bush?
Who, or What, Is Incarnate In Jesus Christ?
By Ken Raggio
"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
Jesus claimed to be the ancient I AM.
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM," John 8:58.
When God spoke to Moses from the burning bush, He called Himself
"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.
I am NOT saying that Jesus is an eternal son. I am saying that Jesus is the physical, bodily incarnation of the lone invisible spirit that spoke to Moses.
"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.
Jesus is the PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT of that invisible voice in the burning bush.
If He is not, then He is the world's biggest liar, imposter and deceiver, because He claimed to be the ancient "I AM."
No condemnation of him could be strong enough if Jesus is not the great "I AM."
If Jesus is not "I AM", then the entire global "Christian" society should be obliterated and annihilated. (Of course, that IS the goal of many non-believers.)
However, if Jesus IS the voice from the burning bush, then He is the Almighty God and Creator of the universe.
Did Jesus adequately demonstrate, with irrefutable evidence, that He really is God? Here are the facts.
The theological jargon for this subject is "Incarnation."
Another similar term that expresses this concept is "infleshment." Jesus is the infleshment of God. Jesus is the physical manifestation of the eternal spirit Who never had a body.
Most importantly, from a doctrinal standpoint, is the fact that Jesus is NOT the infleshment of an eternal son.
Jesus is the infleshment of the Father God!
If Jesus is only the infleshment of a second person of a trinity (and NOT the infleshment of the so-called "first person of the trinity" or of the "third person of the trinity") then Jesus is NOT "the fullness of the Godhead bodily," as the scripture claims.
"For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily," Colossians 2:9.
ALL of God is in Christ. Not merely one-third of God.
Some will argue that God had a body in the Old Testament. It is true that God visited men occasionally, either embodied as an angel or as a man. These manifestations were positively temporary, however, and theologically are referred to as "theophanies."
The quickest and simplest way I know to prove my point is to ask you to imagine erasing everything in the universe that God created.
Imagine eliminating EVERYTHING that God created. Then, you will then see exactly in what form God exists. Will you find three men walking through the blackness of eternal void? I think not!! You will find a single, solitary, invisible Spirit. That is God. There is no eternal trinity in eternity past. There is only a single Spirit that inhabits all in all.
