God showed himself as God Almighty to Abraham yet as I AM to Moses. Abraham knew God as a the mighty supreme Being while Moses discovered God as personal Adonai.
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Abraham was one of the first Bible characters recorded to hear from God. He was brought up as a polytheist pagan. He had no relationship or understanding of the Lord God until God appeared to him. God had a plan to raise Abraham up as the father of the Hebrews. The Hebrews came to believe in only one true God, the Lord Almighty. And that is how God revealed himself to Abraham. God challenged Abraham’s polytheistic worldview by revealing that he is the One and only Almighty God – El Shaddai. The name El Shaddai describes God as universal creator, highly exalted and supreme to all other gods and creatures. Abraham knew God as an omnipotent impersonal yet benevolent deity.
Moses came along many centuries later. He was also raised in a polytheistic environment yet, because his parents were Hebrews, he understood who El Shaddai was. One day, while he was exiled to the wilderness because of a crime against Egyptian law, Moses had an encounter with El Shaddai. However, when Moses enquires of God what his name is (remember, he was raised polytheistic) the Lord answers, “I AM WHO I AM.” Directly translated, this name refers to YHWH or Yahweh. This is the most sovereign and personal name for God, yet, as implied by the expression, I AM WHO I AM, the name Yahweh reveals God as a personal, caring deity
John 6:35
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”
God showed himself as God Almighty to Abraham yet as I AM to Moses. Abraham knew God as the mighty supreme Being while Moses discovered God as personal Adonai. (The name Adonia is related to the name Yahweh. Adonia means Lord, my lord, like captain my captain.) Jesus used the name I AM when referring to himself. For instance, he said, “I am the bread of life.” The Lord El Shaddai revealed himself to Moses as a deity he could personally call his God.
El Shaddai reveals himself to you and me as a deity we could personally call our Lord and God through Jesus – Captain, my captain. Today you can call him your personal Lord and Saviour. Today, you can come to him and never go hungry; if you believe in him, you shall never thirst.
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Exodus 3:13-15
Exodus 6:2-3
John 6:32-35
John 14:6
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You can track God’s plans for your life with Dudley Anderson, the author of Tracking the Will of God This post is part of Dudley’s weekly GodTracker devotional series. You can also listen to his GodTracker podcast.
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