I don't quite understand the statement "Before Abraham was, I AM"
Can you explain?
Discussion
In the burning bush, Moses asked God what his name was. God answered, "I AM that I AM." The name of God is Being itself.
By claiming the name "I AM," Jesus was declaring the divine title. He is God.
He was also affirming that he existed before Abraham, and indeed is eternally preexistent. He didn't say, "Before Abraham, I was." He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."
Jesus was teaching Jews on the Mt. of Olives. Jesus is referencing the Old Testament, which the Jews asking questions of him would have memorized. Jesus was calling himself Yahweh (God of the Bible in Hebrew). Jesus is show to be eternal and a part of the Trinity a number of times in the Bible.
Hebrews 11:27 reads, ““He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” Speaking about Moses, thousands of years before Christ birth, yet he knew Christ.
Jesus said in John 5:46, ““For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.”
There are many many examples.
Indeed, Jesus and Yahweh are one.