Before Abraham Was, I AM

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Many Trinitarian believers use Yeshua's "I AM" statement to justify that he pre-existed before he was physically born unto the world, meaning if one can prove that Yeshua pre-existed they can also support the claim that he was more than a man and prehaps deity himself.

When Yeshua said, "before Abraham was, I am" in John 8:58, he was merely emphazing his Messianic claim. In other words, Yeshua was simply stating the it was 'he' who was chosen by Father's plan to live out the Messianic atonement work. The point is not that Yeshua "pre-existed" before Abraham, but that Yeshua was more important than Abraham, who we know was regarded by the Jews to be their "father." In other words, YHVH's divine plan was far greater than Abraham's. When Yeshua told the Pharisees that "Abraham rejoiced to see my day" he was saying that he is the one that was to be greater than Abraham because he would fulfilled the covenant Abraham sought and rejoiced to see accomplished.