I AM

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.
(KJV)

3:14 And God said unto Moses, I n AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(n) The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almighty, by whom all things have their being, and the God of mercy, mindful of my promise.
(Geneva Study Bible)

v. 13. 1. He supposes the children of Israel would ask him, What is his name? This they would ask either, (1.) To perplex Moses: he foresaw difficulty, not only in dealing with Pharaoh, to make him willing to part with them, but in dealing with them, to make them willing to remove. They would be scrupulous and apt to cavil, would bid him produce his commission, and probably this would be the trial: "Does he know the name of God? Has he the watch-word?’’ Once he was asked, Who made thee a judge? Then he had not his answer ready, and he would not be nonplussed so again, but would be able to tell in whose name he came. Or, (2.) For their own information. It is to be feared that they had grown very ignorant in Egypt, by reason of their hard bondage, want of teachers, and loss of the sabbath, so that they needed to be told the first principles of the oracles of God. Or this question, What is his name? amounted to an enquiry into the nature of the dispensation they were now to expect: "How will God in it be known to us, and what may we depend upon from him?’’ 2. He desires instructions what answer to give them: "What shall I say to them? What name shall I vouch to them for the proof of my authority? I must have something great and extraordinary to say to them; what must it be? If I must go, let me have full instructions, that I may not run in vain.’’ Note, (1.) It highly concerns those who speak to people in the name of God to be well prepared beforehand. (2.) Those who would know what to say must go to God, to the word of his grace and to the throne of his grace, for instructions, Eze. 2:7; 3:4, 10, 17. (3.) Whenever we have any thing to do with God, it is desirable to know, and our duty to consider, what is his name. IV. God readily gives him full instructions in this matter. Two names God would now be known by:— 1. A name that denotes what he is in himself (v. 14): I am that I am. This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies, (1.) That he is self-existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other: the greatest and best man in the world must say, By the grace of God I am what I am; but God says absolutely—and it is more than any creature, man or angel, can say— I am that I am. Being self-existent, he cannot but be self-sufficient, and therefore all-sufficient, and the inexhaustible fountain of being and bliss. (2.) That he is eternal and unchangeable, and always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever; he will be what he will be and what he is; see Rev. 1:8. (3.) That we cannot by searching find him out. This is such a name as checks all bold and curious enquiries concerning God, and in effect says, Ask not after my name, seeing it is secret, Jdg. 13:18; Prov. 30:4. Do we ask what is God? Let it suffice us to know that he is what he is, what he ever was, and ever will be. How little a portion is heard of him! Job 26:14. (4.) That he is faithful and true to all his promises, unchangeable in his word as well as in his nature, and not a man that he should lie.
(Matthew Henry Complete)

Two names God would now be known by. A name that denotes what he is in himself, I AM THAT I AM. This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies, 1. That he is self-existent: he has his being of himself. 2. That he is eternal and unchangeable, and always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. 3. That he is incomprehensible; we cannot by searching find him out: this name checks all bold and curious inquiries concerning God. 4. That he is faithful and true to all his promises, unchangeable in his word as well as in his nature; let Israel know this, I AM hath sent me unto you. I am, and there is none else besides me. All else have their being from God, and are wholly dependent upon him. Also, here is a name that denotes what God is to his people.
(Matthew Henry Concise)

3:14
And God said - Two names God would now be known by.
A name that speaks what he is in himself, I am that I am - This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies, 1st, That he is self - existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other. And being self - existent he cannot but be self - sufficient, and therefore all - sufficient, and the inexhaustible fountain of being and bliss. 2dly, That he is eternal and unchangeable, always the same, yesterday to - day, and for ever: he will be what he will be, and what he is. 3dly. That he is faithful and true to all his promises, unchangeable in his word as well as in his nature, and not a man that he should lie. Let Israel know this, I am hath sent me unto you.
A name that speaks what he is to his people. Lest that name I am should puzzle them, he is farther directed to make use of another name of God, more familiar.
(Wesley’s Explanatory Notes)

I am that i am
A name of deity Exodus 3:14; Revelation 1:4,11,17
(Nave’s Topical Bible)

Exodus 3:14 (King James Version)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.
I AM hath
6:3 Job 11:7; Psalms 68:4; 90:2 Isaiah 44:6; Matthew 18:20; 28:20 John 8:58
2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:4,8,17; 4:8
(Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)

I asked a nice person from mechon-mamre.org to translate a hebrew text for me, so that I could see it in hebrew and english. Here is their reply and thank you www.mechon-mamre.org!


Exodus 3:14
Hebrew
ינבל רמאת הכ רמאיו היהא רשא היהא השמ-לא םיהלא רמאיו :םכילא ינחלש היהא לארשי

Translit
va.yo.mer e.lo.him el-mo.she eh.ye a.sher eh.ye va.yo.mer ko to.mar liv.nei yis.ra.el eh.ye she.la.kha.ni a.lei.khem:

English
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.'

taken from:
http://www.levsoftware.com/verses.htm
where you can get any verse and choose the rules of transliteration.

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recidivist (noun)
a confirmed criminal.

My new favourite word. ^_^

But yes, I used to, for fun only, describe my occupation as that of ‘a vagrant’.
However my nana’s brother’s wife, my great aunt, didn’t think it was funny.
We were at my nana’s funeral and she asked me what I did for a living.
‘I’m a vagrant.’ I replied, giggling somewhat attractively.
I guess it wasn’t an attractive enough giggle.
Perhaps laughing at a funeral isn’t ‘done’…
I have just realised what I said!
How could I have laughed at my nana’s funeral?????????
Arrrrrgh I’m heartless… Oh well, it’s done now…
No, it was at the family gathering afterwards.
That’s right. Not quite as awful…

Anyway here is a list of some of my favourite words.

Vagrant.
Twit.
Recalcitrant.
Vagabond.
Charlatan.
Disgruntled.
Maverick.
Recidivist.
Jelly.
Indulge.
Retort.
Savaged.
Brilliance.
Altruism.
Aesthete.
Excellence.

Now I shall make these words into a story.
‘Charlatan!’ cried the vagrant in a disgruntled manner. ‘That vagabond wouldn’t know a savaged twit if it hit him in his head!’ The maverick nodded glumly, but with brilliance. ‘I’m a recalcitrant recidivist, and even I feel he took things too far.’ He agreed. ‘Jelly!’ was the aesthete’s only jeering retort. ‘Oh fine then.’ He said, offended. ‘Indulge in your altruism with excellence by yourself from now on.’

But I waste time. Oh well, time means nothing online. Things seem to happen before you realize, and then they will eventually happen again so it’s not worth worrying about.

I dedicate this entry to my friend Reuben. You know who you are. >_<

Have a nice diurnal anomaly.

For my sick cousin

Hello! I'm sick too! Although you seem worse.
Cheer up! God will heal us. I hope!
I want to get out of the house, I'm getting that thing that people get when they're housebound. What's it called? Cabin fever! Thats it!
Yeah... so here we are...
Ok so um, erm... I'll tell you a story!
Once there was a carrot and a potato.
I get to be the potato!
So the carrot said to the potato, 'LETS GO TO THE
and the potato said 'HUYTFD,M;
AND THEn trhy all loved happily ever ater.
th ensd/.

My cat...

Well, it's been a while since I told you about my cat, Grayce. In fact, I can't remember if I ever told you about her at all.
She is a gray possibly-persian. With some tiny bits of white on her chest and tummy. Her tummy has all curly, crimpy fur on it! >_<
I love patting her, except she gets very testy and scratches me about 2 out of 10 times so I have to be careful. She is very moody like me.
I suppose we were meant for each other. The moment I saw her, I just loved her so much!
The ladies at the SPCA warned me, 'Be careful, she's very shy and scared.' But when she saw me, she just sat there and started to mew and mew so loudly that my heart went out to her. Her mewing seemed so piteous I couldn't leave her there. (They had shut her in the loo to keep her away from the other cats because she was scared of them.)
I took her home. She hated all of our other cats and they used to pick on her so she used to hide all day and only come out for meals. I had to stand by her to protect her while she ate so that the others wouldn't take her food.
Basically, I feel badly for her because she was so picked on by all the others.
It's kind of my fault, when we had like 7 other cats, to just take her home and leave her to it.
Anyway I moved out and took her with me to make a long story short, and she has blossomed a little at a time.

Or did... until we got the kitten. She hates my flatmate's kitten, Honey. She likes the presence of another cat but hates the fact that Honey always wants to play. She hits her and stuff. They'll get over it when Honey learns to be respectful I hope...
Ah well, that's life, right? If its not one thing, its another.

God bless.
:D

Wow, it's been like, 2 whole months!

I read in the paper today that a paedophile had just finished his jail term and was settling down in a town called Blackball (good grief what a name) with his wife. Certain ‘public spirited citizens’ found out who he was and allegedly chased him out. They demonstrated in front of his house until he was forced to leave. That makes me sick. Who do these people think they are?
I can’t stand the fact that people set themselves up to do something nasty and vicious and then justify it by saying, ‘Well, he doesn’t belong here.’ Or ‘I don’t want someone like that living near me.’ How dare they? I bet they feel smug and self-satisfied and everyone pats them on the back about it.
But what did they do? They harassed a man who committed a crime, a reprehensible, sickening crime, but he paid for it. By law. He is supposed to be rehabilitated. He did his time, he deserves to live the rest of his life. Give him a break! What if that was YOU? All they did was bully someone when they had a chance. And everyone congratulated them too. Makes me feel ill.
I’ve been a bully. I realised it and tried not to do it again. I still feel shame about it. It is one of the basest forms of human nature. It’s human nature to pick on someone else, so that you don’t have to think about what a low-down person you are. Bullies pick on others because then they feel better about themselves, yes? Everyone spouts that stuff all the time. I’ve been a bully and I’ve been bullied. It’s just a vicious form of social hierarchy. You assert yourself aggressively and try to justify it any way you can, so that you are ‘in the right’. But really, you aren’t. There is nothing that can justify treating someone who is in every way your equal, as lower than you. That is very cruel. And everyone on this earth is your equal. Sorry, all you people out there who think of yourselves as ‘good’ or better than others. You aren’t.
The justice system is often unfair because if you have enough money or connections, you can get out of doing your full deserved term. However, the justice system is what we are supposed to go by, to obey and believe in. It’s not perfect, not by far, but it is all we have.
Those people judged him. They decided that the law wasn’t good enough, basically. They stuck their noses in and interfered. I don’t have every fact of this scenario at hand but really! How long is he going to have to pay for this? What if he is cured or rehabilitated?
How can you judge others if you are not perfect? I mean it!
You, the person reading this, you have some ‘secrets’. Oh yes you do. You’ve done or said some things you hope nobody ever knows about. You’ve got some skeletons in your closet, no matter how small or big you think of them as. To God, you are the same as this paedophile. So am I. So is the Pope, Ben Affleck, Condoleeza Rice, (did I spell her name right? I hope so…) anyone else on this earth.
I know it’s easy for me to sit here, unaffected by this paedophile’s crimes. I don’t know him, or a victim, I don’t live near his town. If he was my neighbour, I would feel weird. I would worry if I had children. But – I would also take steps. I would make sure I knew where my kids were, I’d make sure I had people to support me, I’d probably even try to meet the man’s wife and sound them out a little to see what they were like. He’s not invincible and he can’t be everywhere. The police know where he is, for goodness sake.
He’s not going to creep into my house and ‘get’ my kids. He’s just one man!
People are people. Why would he commit another crime and get hauled off to jail again? I believe he is 65 years old, as far as I can remember. He’s not exactly got much time left. If he went back to jail he probably wouldn’t see the light of the outside again in his lifetime.
The paper states with seeming carelessness that the man moved to Christchurch. Thank you, press. Could we have his forwarding address please? You might as well! I just love the way the press ruin lives on a daily basis. They’re also bullies of a sort. Basically, this guy will probably be hounded again by more ‘public spirited citizens’.
I do NOT condone this person’s crimes, ok? I am not namby-pamby. I would not like to be near this guy, I mean, paedophiles are sick creepy people.
However they are still human. God loves them the same amount that he loves you. So suck on that! You’re no better!
You have no right to think that you are.
So, now that I’ve given you some sunny thoughts for the day, see you!

God bless you all!
:)