Jesus is the YHWH, the "I am" of the Old and New Testaments

I Am who I Am:

In the Gospel of St. John Jesus the Messiah repeats eight times he is "I am", the same "I am" he told Moses in Exodus 3:14:

Exodus 3:13-15:

13 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?"

14 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.' " ... (YHWH)

15 ... This is my name for ever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation

YHWH, "I Am", "I Am who I Am", "I Am that I Am".

YHWH... I AM... The name of God (Ex.3:14):

"YHWH", the Tetragrammaton, "four letters", used 6800 times in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, are the 4 consonants we have in Hebrew of the name of God... we don't know the vowels in between, because the Jews had so much reverence to the name of God that they never pronounced it, they called Him Adonai (Lord, my supreme Lord) or Elohim (the Almighty One)... and they never wrote the vowels in between.

The sages of the Talmud forbade the Jews to pronounce the name of God and even said that he who pronounces His name will not have a portion in the world to come.

The 70 rabies of the Septuagint, in the third century before Christ, pronounced them in Greek as "YaHWeH", or Yahveh, or simply Yave, and it is the name left to us in the Catholic Bibles. The rabies of the Masoretic text, in the sixth century after Christ, have it as "JeHoWaH", or Jehovah, the name used in most Protestant Bibles.

"I am who I am... I am" is the translation of the Hebrew into English of the name of God... it is the essence of God, the one that always is, eternal, immutable... the Lord, the Almighty One, the Creator, the Savior... This is my name for ever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation (Ex.3:15).

Many have been the theological and philosophical interpretations of this glorious name, but Jesus Christ gave us the practical interpretation with the 8 "I am" in the Gospel of John:

1- I am the bread of life (Jn.6:35)
2- I am the light of the world (Jn.8:12)
3- I am the gate (Jn.10:9)
4- I am the good shepherd (Jn.10:11)
5- I am the resurrection (Jn.11:25)
6- I am the way and the truth and the life (Jn.14:6)
7- I am the true vine (Jn.15:1)
8- Before Abraham was, I am (Jn.8:58)... this last "I am" of Jesus the Messiah have the scent of eternity and power... not "I was", but "I am"... I am the immutable one, but the author of all change and movement... Jesus is always eternally the same I am... "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Heb.13:8).

I am the way and the truth and the life (Jn.14:6):

Jesus not only came to show us the way... He Himself is the Way!

Jesus not only came to teach us the truth... He himself is the only Truth!

Jesus nor only came to show us how to live... He himself is the only Life!

Jesus Himself is a our bread of life, and our light, and our creator, and our savior, and the resurrection...

Do you have needs or problems in your life?: I am with you always, trust in me! (Mt.28:20), I am your good Shepherd, says Jesus... I am the one who nourishes you, and heals you, and saves you, the one always with you to love you...

Do you need life or light or salvation?: I am the life and the light and the salvation, trust in me!, says Jesus the Messiah.

Do you need forgiveness of sins or the joy of the grace?: I am forgiveness and the grace, says Jesus... here I am, trust in me!.

Jesus is your health, he wants to be your physician and your lawyer, and your accountant, and your love, and he wants to fill you with joy and love and peace, now on earth and in Heaven, because he himself is the joy and the love and the peace for all eternity!… he is the "I am"!.

And he is not only "with" us, he is "inside" us, Abide in me, and I in you (Jn.15:4), we in Him, in his Mystical Body, in his Church, and He in us, as Paul claims, I no longer live, but Christ lives in me (Gal.2:20)... If a man remains in me, in my Church, and I in him, in grace, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing (Jn.15:5).

Jesus says: he that hath seen me hath seen the Father (Jn.14:9)... so, actually, the best picture of God the Father is Jesus on the crib at Bethlehem, or on the cross at Calvary, or as a carpenter... yes, whoever sees Jesus sees the Father!.

Yes, the name of Jesus Christ is the modern pronunciation of the YHWH mentioned 6800 times in the Old Testament.

The name Yahweh (YHWH) tells us what God is in Himself: "I AM THAT I AM" or "I AM" or "I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE". This sacred name of God represents what God is in His essential nature- “He is”-no argument; simply stating the fact that “God is!”.

For His people, He will be everything! Is He everything to you? Do you know what to call Him? His word says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13) Why not ask Him to be your Yahweh and Savior! If you have accepted Him as your Yahweh and Savior, think about what this means and thank Him continually for being your God.

And you have to remain in Him, in His Mystical Body, in His only One Church (Jn.15, 1Cor.12, Rom.12, Eph.4)... and He in you, by grace... if you are in sin, you are still in his Body, in his Church, but as a member with gangrene, as a death branch, Jesus is not anymore in you! (1Cor.12, Jn.15).

YHWH - Jesus Christ:

The Creator:

YHWH:

- Gen.1:1: In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth.

- Is.44:24: Thus says the YHWH, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb: I am the YHWH, who makes all

Jesus Christ:

- Jn.1:10: He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world didn't recognize Him.

- Col.1:16, 17: For by Him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through Him, and for

Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.

Saviour and Redeemer:

YHWH

- Is.43:3: For I am the YHWH your GOD, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior

- Is.44:6: Thus says the YHWH, the King of Yisra'el, and His Redeemer, the YHWH of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides Me there is no GOD.

Jesus Christ:

- Lk.2:10, 11: The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord.

- Gal.3:13: Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.

Shepherd:

- YHWH: Ps.23:1: The YHWH is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

- Jesus Christ: Jn.10:11: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The King:

- YHWH: Ps.47:3: For the YHWH most high is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

- Jesus Christ: Jn.18:37: Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world.

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Rev.19:16, 1Tim.6:15.

The First and he Last:

- YHWH: Is.44:6: Thus says the YHWH, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the YHWH of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides Me there is no GOD.

- Jesus Christ: Rev.1:17, 18: When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of She'ol (hell).

The Rock:

- YHWH: Ps.18:2: The YHWH is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My GOD, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

- Jesus Christ: 1Cor.10:4: and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ, Messiah.

Messenger Before Him:

- YHWH: Is.40:3,5: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the YHWH, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD. And the glory of the YHWH shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the YHWH hath spoken it.

- Jesus Christ: Mat.3:1-3: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the YHWH, make his paths straight.

The Name:

- YHWH: Jol.2:32: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the YHWH shall be delivered

- Jesus Christ: Act.4:12: There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved.

The Judge:

- YHWH: Jer.17:10: I the YHWH search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

- Jesus Christ: Rev 2:23: ...and all the churches shall know that I am He which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.(Mat.25:31-46).

In the Bibles:

- Elohim is translated as God and stands primarily for God the Father, the Almighty one.

- Yahweh (Jehovah) is translated as Lord. This is the pre-incarnate Jesus.

- Adonai is translated as Lord, My Supreme Lord. The context determines Which of the Trinity is being addressed, applied to YHWH 134 times in the Hebrew text

- The Holy Spirit is always referred to as the Spirit. About 500 times in the OT.

The term Yahweh is used with reference to God's personal relationship, and the term Elohim is used with reference to God's sovereignty over all: Jehoshaphat cried out and Yahweh helped him; and Elohim moved them to depart from him" (2 Chronicles 18:31)

Hear O Israel, YHWH is our Elohiym, YHWH is One. And we shall love YHWH our Elohiym with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our might. (Deut.6:4-5, the Shema)

I, even I, am YHWH; and beside Me there is no savior.(Is.43:11).

Tell and bring them near; yes let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I YHWH? and there is no Elohiym else beside Me; a just Elohiym and a Savior; there is none beside Me. (Is.45:21-25).

YHWH...

Yahweh and Jehovah, Yahshua:

The Tetragrammaton, YHWH, is the transliteration of four Hebrew consonants which signify the name of the Israelite God. The symbols are not believed to be the name itself, but only a substitute for the secret name. The real name was supposedly too sacred to be uttered by the common Israelite in public. It is believed, by some, that the letters of this Tetragrammaton may have been an abbreviation, perhaps like the first letters of our R.S.V.P. or U.S.A. A most remarkable thing has occurred here, though. Surprisingly, the meaning and thus significance of the symbols, YHWH, have been lost, though numerous suggestions have been advanced. Not the name of a lowly priest or prophet, but the name of the cornerstone of the Israelite religion has lost its meaning. What word would be more important to understand in the Old Testament?.

The Sacred Name appears in the Hebrew Scriptures as four Hebrew letters YHWH. According to Jewish tradition it is regarded as 'not to be uttered' in order never to profane it in any way. In Judaism it is therefore pronounced as 'Adonai', meaning 'Lord'

The Tetragrammaton "YHWH":

The Hebrew word YHWH comes from the Hebrew verb ‘to be’.

According to the Talmudic Scholar Nahmanides (Commentary on Exodus 3:13). The spelling in Hebrew includes the letters of the verb "to be" in the three tenses: (Past, Present and Future):

"I was, I am, I will be."

Or more completely (First Person version): "I, (always) was, am (now) and (always) will be (with you*)"

Or In the name of the Creator (Third Person version): "who (always) was, is (now) and (always) will be (with us*)"

(* Inferred by the name itself)

Yahweh:

Since Hebrew has no vowels and most of our English sounds and words include vowels, the name was been modified to “Yahweh” the most often pronunciation which is close to a simple pronunciation of the letters YHWH.

The 70 rabies of the Septuagint, in the third century before Christ, pronounced them in Greek as "YaHWeH", or Yahveh, or simply Yave, and it is the name left to us in the Catholic Bibles.

This Septuagint is the Greek Translation of the Bible at the time of Jesus, the one used by the Apostles to write the New Testament in Greek... the next Masoretic Bible, in Hebrew, using the name Jehovah, was done six centuries after Christ.

Jehovah:

The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, replaced the vowels of the name YHWH with the vowel signs of the Hebrew word Adonai or Elohim. Thus the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) came into being. Jehovah, the name used in most Protestant Bibles.

Yahshua: The prefix Yah is an abbreviation of Yahweh. The Bible makes great use of this short form. "Shua" means "salvation", "savior". The whole name signifies "Yah is salvation" or the "salvation of Yah". Miryam and Yoceph (Mary and Joseph) spoke Hebrew, not English or French. They gave Him a Hebrew name, Yahshua, not Jesus. There is no J in Hebrew.

Elohim:

Elohim is God in plural, as a family:

"And God (Elohim - plural of deities) said, Let US (plural) make man in OUR (plural) image, after OUR (plural) likeness: and let them (plural) have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." (Ge.1:26 NIV).

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (plural). (Ge.1:27)

The first factor in understanding the proper definition of God from the Hebrew perspective is that the word is the plural of deity. It is similar to the word family. A family is one entity comprised of more than one member. For example, my family was comprised of four members, we were the James family and my individual title was Dallas. The word "Elohim" is a specific class of beings whose individual members are further defined by the first names they carry. This class of beings is first set forth in the first chapter of Genesis. " And God created great whales, and EVERY LIVING CREATURE that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, AFTER THEIR KIND, and every winged foul after HIS KIND: and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:21 (KJV)

All the various kinds of living creatures found in the book of Genesis, including mankind, were made in the image and likeness of the GOD-KIND.

The Bible specifies later that the Family of God are three persons but only one God: The Father... the Son, the Word, Jesus Christ... and the Holy Spirit. The most glorious mystery of the Holy Trinity