“On seven occasions in John’s Gospel, Jesus declares himself to be “I Am.” It’s taken out of
, where Moses is out shepherding his father-in-law Jethro’s flock. A bush is on fire, is not consumed, begins to speak to him, says, “Hey, I’m God. I have work for you to do.” Moses says, “Well, if I’m gonna go declare war on Pharaoh, I need more than ‘Well, the burning bush says …’ and so I need some sort of weightiness to come with me.” God says, “Here’s my name: I
