Has anyone ever noticed that the same word translated as "I AM" (H1961) in Exodus 3:14 is translated as:
"was" in Genesis 1:2
"Let there be" and "and there was" in Genesis 1:3
"were" in Genesis 1:5
"let there be" and "and let" in Genesis 1:6
"and it was" in Genesis 1:7
"were" in Genesis 1:8
"and it was" in Genesis 1:9
AND MORE
A total of 21 times in just the first chapter of Genesis with a total of 3095 verses in the OT used 3502 times
Amazing.... Seriously! I just noticed this same thing several weeks ago. My girls and I were discussing the Name by which God chose to identify Himself, when questioned by Moses. I like to think our Daddy chose to identify Himself by an Undefinable Name... :laugh:
I have just started to meditate on this relationship between the declaration God made to Moses concerning His Name and His relationship to, with, and thru His creative action... The Garden's soil is so rich and fertile...
Merks
That is not all it means though!
H1961
הָיָה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is,be or become , come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
Total KJV occurrences: 3502
H834
אֲשֶׁר
'ăsher
ash-er'
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.: - X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how (-soever), X if, (so) that ([thing] which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither (-soever), who (-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Total KJV occurrences: 5448
Exo_3:14 And GodH430 saidH559 untoH413 Moses,H4872 I AMH1961 THATH834 I AM:H1961 and he said,H559 ThusH3541 shalt thou sayH559 unto the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 I AMH1961 hath sentH7971 me untoH413 you.
With that particular word in mind, let's read it this way:
Exo_3:14 And GodH430 saidH559 untoH413 Moses,H4872 I BECOME-H1961 WHAT-H834 I BECOME-H1961 and he said,H559 ThusH3541 shalt thou sayH559 unto the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 I AMH1961 hath sentH7971 me untoH413 you.
Isa 9:7 Of the increaseH4766 of his governmentH4951 and peaceH7965 there shall be noH369 end,H7093 uponH5921 the throneH3678 of David,H1732 and uponH5921 his kingdom,H4467 to orderH3559 it, and to establishH5582 it with judgmentH4941 and with justiceH6666 from henceforthH4480 H6258 even for ever.H5704 H5769 The zealH7068 of the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 will performH6213 this.H2063
1Co 15:28 AndG1161 whenG3752 all thingsG3956 shall be subdued untoG5293 him,G846 thenG5119 shall theG3588 SonG5207 alsoG2532 himselfG848 be subjectG5293 unto him that put all things underG5293 G3956 him,G846 thatG2443 GodG2316 may beG5600 allG3956 inG1722 all.G3956
I do not see this part as the ending, but only the beginning. What it will be the beginning OF though, I do not know but am really curious what follows.
Quote from: Merks on May 27, 2018, 06:19:29 AM
Amazing.... Seriously! I just noticed this same thing several weeks ago. My girls and I were discussing the Name by which God chose to identify Himself, when questioned by Moses. I like to think our Daddy chose to identify Himself by an Undefinable Name... :laugh:
I have just started to meditate on this relationship between the declaration God made to Moses concerning His Name and His relationship to, with, and thru His creative action... The Garden's soil is so rich and fertile...
Merks
Amen
and to return or turn from the world to the paradise of GODS pleasure
The meek shall inherit the earth , good soil :HeartThrob:
the beautiful land , the Body of Christ , BEARING the fruitful OFFSPRING of Gods new creation /creatures , the 7 churches/women in His right hand [Rev 1,2, 3] correcting and chastening and comforting .
Isaiah 4 (AMPC)
4 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and provide our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach [of being unmarried].
2
In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped.3 And he who is left in Zion and remains in
Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life,4 After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting.
5 And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy (a defense of divine love and protection).
6 And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain.