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Christ – The “I AM” and Modernist
Deletions
The “I AM”
references of Christ
For Cambron's
explanation of Christ's use of the name "I Am", some
additional insight is here added. God uses 196 "I AM THE"
references in the Holy Bible. Twenty
Four times "I
AM THE" is in Genesis and Exodus, as follows:
Ge 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that
brought thee
out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Ge 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Ge 26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I
am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant
Abraham’s
sake.
Ge 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am
the
LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the
land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Ge 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou
anointedst the
pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out
from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Ex 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God
of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid
his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Ex 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me
unto you.
Note the Hebrew in this instance: "I AM THAT I AM" = hyha
rva hyha
Ex 6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the
LORD:
Again Note the Hebrew "I am the LORD:" =
hwhy yNa
Ex 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the
LORD,
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and
I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a
stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Ex 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you
a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God,
which
bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Ex 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I
did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will
give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
Ex 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD:
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
Ex 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,
when
I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of
Israel from among them.
Ex 7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I
am
the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine
hand
upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to
blood.
Ex 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my
people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the
end
thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
Ex 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy
son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs
which
I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the
LORD.
Ex 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and
will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I
am the LORD.
Ex 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall
follow
after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD.
And they
did so.
Ex 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,
when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen.
Ex 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of
the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and
wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will
put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Ex 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel:
speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the
morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that
I am
the LORD your God.
Ex 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought
thee out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ex 29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God,
that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell
among them: I am the LORD their God.
Ex 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily
my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the
LORD
that doth sanctify you.
Forty five (45) times "I AM THE" is used in Leviticus.
Seven (7) times "I AM THE" is used in Numbers and
Deuteronomy, that is seventy-seven (77) times "I AM THE"
is used in The Pentateuch.
It is used eight (8) times in the history books, only two (2) times
in poetry; Ps 81:10 "I am the LORD
thy
God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth
wide, and I will fill it." and So 2:1 "I
am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the
valleys." It is used fifteen (15) times in Isaiah, only three
(3) times in
Jeremiah and a whopping sixty seven (67) times in Ezekiel. Another
five (5) times in Minor Prophets Hos, Joel, Joel, Zac, Mal. It is
important to see that the “I AM” title for God is
important in
the Bible. The New Testament usages demand a more complete
examination.
Thrice Matthew records the "I Am the" title:
Mt 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and
the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Mt 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have
him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Mr 12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read
in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I
am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?
Fourteen (14) times "I AM THE" is used in the Gospel
According to John. These are deserving of careful examination, but
first note that it is used once in Acts 7:32 and twice in
Revelation. The Revelation of Jesus Christ's usage of the "I Am
the" title is striking:
Re 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid
his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the
first
and the last:
Re 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David,
and the bright and morning star.
God is
the first and the last, and Christ is the first and the last. That
is significant. Note the verses:
Re 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid
his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the
first
and the last:
Contrasted with:
Isa 41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from
the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Re 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Re 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto
Laodicea.
Re 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These
things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Re 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely.
Re 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first
and the last.
Isa 41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from
the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Isa 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer
the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me
there is no God.
Isa 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I
am the first, I also am the last.
Two things come to bear on the identity of the Christ in this
context. First he uses the “I AM” title of God so
readily, and
secondly he is indeed “the first and the last.”
These
unequivocally make him part and parcel of the triune Godhead.
The fourteen (14) times that the "I AM THE" title is used
in the Gospel According to John are worthy of particular note:
Joh 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:
he
that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst.
Joh 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am
the
bread which came down from heaven.
Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from
heaven:
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread
that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the
light
of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the
world.
Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I
say
unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in,
he shall
be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Joh 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd
giveth
his life for the sheep.
Joh 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep,
and am
known of mine.
Joh 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent
into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the
Son of
God?
Joh 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the
life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall
he
live:
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and
the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye
can do nothing.
In the Gospel of John, the Son of God makes use of seven (7) "I
AM" likenesses. In that seven is the number of completeness,
and these likenesses portray perspective on the Son of God they are
extended some additional consideration. Examine the list below:
1) I am
the bread of life: 6:35
I
am the bread which came down from heaven 6:41
I
am the living bread 6:51
2) I am
the light of the world 8:12
I
am the light of the world. As long as I am in the world 9:5
3) I am
the door of the sheep.10:7
I
am the door: by me if any man enter in 10:9
4) I am
the good shepherd: 10:11
I
am the good shepherd, and know my sheep 10:14
5) I am
the resurrection, and the life 11:25
6) I am
the way, the truth, and the life: 14:6
7) I am
the true vine 15:1
I
am the vine, ye are the branches: 15:5
These
seven exemplify his profoundest claim, “I am the Son of
God” John
10:36 cf. Matthew 27:43. Christ's use of the “I AM”
title of God
may seem subtle to some, but it is a striking truth of his person to
those who have eyes to see.
The
Modernist bibles vs Names of Christ
Little more needs to be
said to explain these names for Christ, however, it is important for
a systematic theology to disclose some alterations to this list. The
ecumenical Bible correctors brazenly attack this list of the names of
Christ. Three hundred and fifty seven (357) gross errors that are
incorporated into all modernist English Bibles, can be found in this
authors book "The 357 Magnum Errors of the Modernist's Critical
Texts"
These errors are finding root in all modern English Bible
translations. They are also present in every language which these
Bible correctors touch. In this wholesale attack on the Words of God,
they leave off 127 of the names of Christ we just considered! They
completely omitting them from their modernist bibles.
The Westcott and Hort critical
Greek text relies
extensively on the Alexandrian manuscripts, Vaticanus (B) and
Sinaiticus (Aleph). All modernist, protestant, ecumenical bibles from
all of the Bible societies, rely exclusively on the Westcott and Hort
critical Greek text, which was incorporated in the Nestles Greek
Text.
In concert, these modernist, calling themselves textual critics, and
feigning to repair God's botched up preservation of Scripture, have
stripped the name "Jesus" out of the Holy Bible 47
times.
They have stripped the name "Christ" out of the Holy
Bible 37 times.
They have stripped the name "Lord" out of the Holy
Bible 40 times.
Twice they had the audacity to strip out the whole compound name,
"Lord Jesus Christ"! (Col 1:2 & 1Thes 1:1).
Once
they eliminated the name "Son of man" from their
"corrected bibles" (Matt 25:13).
The attack on God's Words by
ecumenical textual critics
is brought to a most striking focus in the examination of these 127
listed atrocities. If, in examination of your Bible, you find one of
these gross departures from the received text, you can be certain
that ecumenical textual critics, modernists for certain, have had
their hand in its translation process. These lists may be edited
into most Bible search engines and a comparison can me made between
your Bible and the Greek Received Text or the King James Bible Text.
Since it causes such an awakening to the ecumenical textual critics
tactics, the verse lists of the errantly eliminated names are
repeated below.
The name "Jesus" has been
stripped from the
Holy Bible in modernist versions in these 47 verses: Matt 4:12, 4:18,
4:23, 8:29, 12:25, 13:36, 13:51, 14:14, 14:22, 14:25, 14:27, 15:16,
16:20, 17:20, Mark 5:19, 6:34, 7:27, 8:1, 8:17, 11:14, 11:15, 12:41,
14:22a, Luke 7:22, 9:43, 9:60, 10:21, 10:41,42, 13:2, 24:36a, 24:36b,
John 3:2, 5:17, 6:14, 13:3, Acts 3:26, 9:29, 19:10, Rom 15:8, 16:18,
1Cor 5:5, 16:22, 2Cor 5:18, Gal 6:15, Col 1:28, 2Tim 4:22, 1Pet 5:14.
The name "Christ" has been
stripped from the
Holy Bible in modernist versions in these 37 verses: Matt 23:8, Luke
4:41, John 4:42, 6:69, Acts 15:11, 16:31, 19:4, 20:21, Rom 1:16,
14:10, 16:20, 1Cor 5:4, 9:1, 9:18, 16:22, 16:23, 2Cor 11:31, Gal
3:17, 4:7, 6:15, Phil 4:13, 1Thes 2:19, 3:11, 3:13, 2Thes 1:8, 1:12,
1Tim 2:7, 2Tim 2:19, 4:22, Heb 3:1, 1John 1:7, 4:3, 2John 1:9b, Rev
1:9a, 1:9b, 12:17, 22:21
The name "Lord" has been
stripped from the
Holy Bible in modernist versions in these 40 verses: Matt 28:6, Mark
11:10, Luke 7:31, 9:57, 9:59, 13:25, 22:31, 23:42, Acts 7:37, 22:16,
1Cor 11:29, 15:47, 2Cor 4:10, Gal 6:17, 1Tim 1:1, 5:21, 2Tim 4:1,
Titus 1:4, Heb 10:30, Rev 16:5a
Twice they had the audacity to
stripped the whole
compound name, "Lord Jesus Christ", out of the Holy Bible:
Col 1:2, 1Thes 1:1.
Once they eliminated the name
"Son of man"
from their "corrected bibles": Matt 25:13.
An explanation of the reasoning
of the ecumenical
textual critic and a through documentation of all 357 gross errors is
available in this authors 2006 book.
The attacks against the names of
Christ are subtle in
the Roman Catholic religion and in the Reformers Protestant religion,
but they are brazen in the Ecumenical Bible correctors efforts to
deter from a sound Christology.
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