The 12 Days of ChristmasSample

"I AM" 

A bush burned, and God revealed His name to Moses: “'I AM WHO I AM.' That is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM’ has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14). 

Centuries later a baby penetrated time and space to “be.” And they called Him Immanuel—God with us.

After Jesus began His earthly ministry, He started many sentences with the same declaration: “I am the bread of life;” “I am—the one speaking to you;” “I am the light of the world;” “I am the good shepherd;” “I am the way, the truth, and the life;” “I am the true vine….” But one saying shocked His listeners more than any other: “Before Abraham was born, I AM” (John 8:58). In contrast with Abraham’s mortality, Jesus claimed His “being” was before and after Abraham’s. Jesus’ audacity in saying this stunned His listeners so much that they reached down and picked up stones to throw at Him.

The resurrected Christ identifies Himself again as the Eternal One in the book of Revelation: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty” (Rev. 1:8). 

The one who told Moses, “I AM” and who, according to the order of Melchizedek, received offerings from Abraham, dwelled among humans in the flesh.

He came, He was, He is—Hallelujah! He is coming again soon—Maranatha!

Give thanks that Christ is alive and returning. 

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