12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."
13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
-Exodus 3:12-14
In this event in the Bible, the God of Abraham reveals his name to Moses. In Hebrew the words of God are transliterated as "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" which is commonly translated as "I AM THAT I AM." I've read that a more accurate translation would be "I will be what I will be." This of course could mean that God is constantly revealing himself to mankind in whatever way he chooses. I think this is very interesting because we know that God has no limit or end, and this name that he gives to Moses just reinforces that you can't predict what God is going to do, and in this life, we can never fully know or understand what God the Father is all about.
If you have any thoughts or questions,I encourage comments.
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