Peachtree City Christian Church's Podcast

In Exodus 3 – God is sending Moses to inform the Pharaoh that He is about to free Israel from bondage.I realize that it is often presented as God is sending Moses to request when in actuality God is simply offering Pharaoh a chance to do the right thing……So Moses asks God who should I say sent me? (Paraphrased)God tells Moses say “I AM that I AM.”I am that I am is a common English translation of the Hebrew phrase אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh – also “I am who am”, “I am what I am” or “I will be what I will be” or even “I create what(ever) I create.”Look at the text of Exodus 3- God is making a declaration-I AM the:Self existentEternalRelationalAlready with youUnchangingCovenant keeperRedeemerI don’t believe it is a coincidence that Jesus employs the phrase- “I Am”Mark 8:27-29 “Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way He asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the pro