03/11/2015 I AM
Exodus: 3: 13-14: Moses said to GOD, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, “The GOD of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, ‘What is his name? Then what shall I tell them?” GOD said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: “I AM has sent me to you.” [New International translation]
Summary
The Israelite people lived under Egyptian bondage for at least 400 years. GOD told Abraham that this would happen. (Genesis 14:4). Generation after generation of Israelites was born in Egypt and lived a subservient lifestyle to a people who worshipped idol gods and who thought themselves superior. The Egyptian gods were numerous. Each one had a name. There was Ra (the Egyptian sun god); Yah (the Egyptian moon god), Baal (the Egyptian god of thunder) and others. After 400 years of living in an idol worshipping society, not only had the Israelites forgotten who they were but they had also forgotten who GOD was.