And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." (Mark 14:62)
After His arrest, "the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none" . Then they got their sought-after witness from Jesus Himself when the high priest asked Him: "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" As a matter of fact, this was not the first time He had thus identified Himself as the self-existent, eternal God. On an earlier occasion in Jerusalem, He had told the Pharisees: "I am the light of the world," and then, "I am from above: . . . I am not of this world. . . .He made this especially clear a few minutes later when He asserted: "Before Abraham was, I am". But when He finally made this wonderfully truthful claim in the presence of the council, "they all condemned him to be guilty of death" . He had committed the capital crime of blasphemy in their opinion, by claiming to be God.
"I am" is, in fact, the very name of God. When Moses, at the burning bush, was called by God to deliver the Israelites from slavery, God said His name was "I AM THAT I AM"
After His arrest, "the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none" . Then they got their sought-after witness from Jesus Himself when the high priest asked Him: "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" As a matter of fact, this was not the first time He had thus identified Himself as the self-existent, eternal God. On an earlier occasion in Jerusalem, He had told the Pharisees: "I am the light of the world," and then, "I am from above: . . . I am not of this world. . . .He made this especially clear a few minutes later when He asserted: "Before Abraham was, I am". But when He finally made this wonderfully truthful claim in the presence of the council, "they all condemned him to be guilty of death" . He had committed the capital crime of blasphemy in their opinion, by claiming to be God.
"I am" is, in fact, the very name of God. When Moses, at the burning bush, was called by God to deliver the Israelites from slavery, God said His name was "I AM THAT I AM"
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