webdog said:
Not the methodist "now theory", the biblical "I AM" fact.
Webdog..I have to say your defence in this one area has surprised me.
hayah -- haw-yaw…or YAHWAH as some would have it…
The personal name of our God. The tetragrammaton, what is its meaning?
It is used 75 times in the Bible
Hayah means "existed" or "was" in Hebrew... This is a statement of
Gods power. Most would give a literally translation as "I-shall-be who I-shall-be. The hebrew does not have a past, present, or future tense. It has indicators of time within the context, with no actual determined time. Even in creation when the tetragrammaton is used it is used as in the past. But it would be wrong for me to say this speaks
ONLY of the past..for it does not. The would does not set the tense..the context does. Each time it is used..it is to show
power and action...and even when the tense is shown in the english, it is only to indicate WHEN this power/action took place. I AM is not to be limited to NOW. It is not past. It is not futrue. It is....fact of being
ABLE to do. Thus we have God. This makes your "no
fore with God view" not only a stawman, but wrong. I hope you see this.
Gen 1:2 And the earth
was 01961 without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said,
Let there be 01961 light: and there was light.
Gen 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be 01961 for meat.
This crushes the "now theory" for I AM has always done work. His work is in the past we see Him at work today, and we have hope for His work tomorrow. I AM...is the POWER of God to DO!!!! You can look each use of the word up and find this true.
Gen 27:1 And it
came to pass 01961 , that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
Exd 3:1 Now Moses
kept 01961 the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, [even] to Horeb.
Gen 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began
to be 01961 a mighty one in the earth.
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan
shall be 01961 his servant.
hayah
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
a) (Qal)
1) -----
a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
b) to come about, come to pass
2) to come into being, become
a) to arise, appear, come
b) to become
1) to become
2) to become like
3) to be instituted, be established
3) to be
a) to exist, be in existence
b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
d) to accompany, be with
b) (Niphal)
1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
2) to be done, be finished, be gone
In Christ...James
