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  1. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    You shout about childish talk, but your voice drips with accusation and contempt. Scripture calls that. “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be” ~James 3:10. That is not zeal for truth. It is venom. Now, to your verses. None of them...
  2. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    The issue is not that I’m turning God’s words into my own. The issue is that you are turning God’s words into what you want it to say. I haven’t brought in scholars, traditions, philosophies, or private systems like you have. I’ve quoted Scripture plainly and let Scripture interpret Scripture...
  3. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    You do not get to police when or how I engage. This is a public forum and I will address doctrinal error when it comes up. Scripture commands us to correct when God’s words are being redefined, not sit quietly for the sake of comfort ~Titus 1:9; ~2 Timothy 4:2. Calling others “rants” is a cheap...
  4. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    At this point the issue is not evidence. It is authority. You have been shown what the text actually says. From here there are only two paths. You either submit to what God has spoken, or you reshape His words to fit a framework you prefer. Scripture is clear that doing the latter is not...
  5. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Your argument is incorrect. You make Scripture fight against Scripture instead of allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture. The bible does not isolate verses. You read all of them together. Revelation 3:12 is not saying Christ is not God. It is saying He truly became man, a mediator, in real...
  6. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    The bottom line. Robert Alter is not God, and translators do not have veto power over what God says about Himself. In the bible, God declares His own name in His own book, not according to the preference of an academic community. In Exodus 3:14 God says, “I AM THAT I AM,” and then He does not...
  7. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Sola Scriptura does not say we should reject translations or not read them. It says that Scripture itself, not scholars, commentaries, or translation theories, is the highest authority. Translations are tools, not judges. We use them to read the text. But we do not let the text be “judged” by...
  8. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    You are trusting scholars instead of submitting to what God has said, and Scripture is clear that this is the broad path. Jesus warned that many choose that road because it lets them avoid truth and live as they please ~Matthew 7:13. God said, “I AM hath sent me unto you,” and called it His name...
  9. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    You search grammar and scholars to avoid what God plainly said, but Scripture already settled this. God said, “I AM hath sent me unto you,” and declared it His name forever ~Exodus 3:14–15. Jesus used the same contrast of being when He said, “Before Abraham was, I am” ~John 8:58, and the Jews...
  10. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Yes, I understand exactly what John 8:58 means, because Scripture defines it and Scripture does not change to fit anyone’s theory. Jesus contrasts Abraham coming into being with His own continuing existence when He says, “Before Abraham was, I am” ~John 8:58, and that language is already defined...
  11. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    You are trusting scholars and dictionaries over God’s own words, and Scripture says that is trusting man rather than the LORD ~Jeremiah 17:5. That is the core problem here. Under Sola Scriptura, Davidson’s opinion carries zero weight. Scripture interprets Scripture, not footnotes, margins, or...
  12. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Your argument sounds technical, but it collapses because it asks Scripture to bow to a linguistic framework instead of letting Scripture define its own theology. Jesus never grounded truth in grammar charts. He grounded truth in what God has revealed about Himself across the whole of Scripture...
  13. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Your response fails for one reason. It places selective language arguments over the authority of Scripture and then forces the text to submit to them. Jesus did not teach that way, and neither did the apostles. This is not about isolating two words. It is about letting the passage speak in its...
  14. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Scripture settles this, without citing scholars, translation notes, or later tradition. God is not naming a future role in Exodus 3, He is revealing His identity. God immediately tells Moses to tell Israel, “I AM hath sent me unto you” ~Exodus 3:14. God then tells Moses that this name is His...
  15. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    Your position doesn’t fail due to a language issue. It fails because it is contrary to the text and contrary to how Scripture interprets itself. John 8 is not a semantic debate over grammar minutiae. It is a conflict over identity. Jesus isn’t stating an obvious fact that He existed before...
  16. bdavidc

    When Heaven Goes Quiet and the Trumpets Ride

    Revelation 8:1-13 There are moments when even heaven stops talking. “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour” ~Revelation 8:1. No singing. No thunder. No shout of praise. Just silence. That ought to sober any man with dust on his boots...
  17. bdavidc

    "Before Abraham Was, I AM"

    John 8 is not Jesus discussing philosophy. He is responding to a challenge as to who He is. When they quote Abraham, Jesus takes it farther back, saying, “Before Abraham was, I AM” ~John 8:58. Abraham had a beginning. Jesus did not say “I was.” He uses the divine name. Why does that wording...
  18. bdavidc

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