John 8:54-59
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Exodus 6:2-3
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
The LORD, who appeared unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was Jehovah. He is the God of the Old Testament. Now if we look at the words of the Apostle John we find out that it was not God the Father who appeared unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
In the below verse John, referring to the Father as God, says the following:
John 1:18
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
So if no man had seen God (the Father) at any time, then who was it that appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by the name of Jehovah? Who was it in Exodus 33 that Moses spoke with face to face as one man speaketh to another?
Exodus 33:11
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
It was the LORD, Jehovah, the great I AM. Before Abraham was, I AM was the God who created this earth and spoke to the prophets of old.
Exodus 3:14-15
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.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Hosea 13:4-5
4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for
there is no saviour beside me.
Isaiah 45:21-22
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a
Saviour;
there is none beside me.
Jesus is Jehovah, the great I AM, the creator of this earth.
