And that’s when the Creator speaks his name. For the first time. Ever. I imagine a tremor in the ground under Moses’ feet . . . “I AM WHO I AM.” In Hebrew, it’s ehyeh-asher-ehyeh. One of the ways to translate this Hebrew phrase is “whatever I am, I will be.” Meaning, whatever this God is like, he’s that way consistently. He’s unshifting, stable, 24/7. So, for example, if God is compassionate, then he’s compassionate all the time. If God is gracious, then he’s gracious all the time.
