The Power of I AM!

"So when He said to them, 'I am,' they drew back and fell to the ground." John 18:6

I love this verse! What we see in here is that the soldiers have come to arrest Jesus, with Judas in the lead. What's fascinating is that Judas is leading a Roman cohort. When one looks up this verse, one finds that this word could denote as much as 600 soldiers! Can you imagine? How much of a threat the world finds Jesus! And how pitiful their attempts are!

This is just too amazing when you look at the verse. When Jesus says "I AM," the soldiers drop to the ground. Here are some definitions of the Greek word for fall:

• to be prostrated, fall prostrate
• of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief
• to prostrate one's self
• used of suppliants and persons rendering homage or worship to one.

Wow! When Jesus reveals who He is by simple words, 600 soldiers drop to their faces either in terror or in worship! What majesty our God has! Some have said, to explain it away, that one soldier tripped over a rock, and hit another, who hit another, in domino fashion! Apparently, the world still finds Jesus as much a threat as it did then, to make such a ludicrous claim. These soldiers were not idiots, they were trained, military men.

I pray that you would consider this verse, and consider the great power and majesty of our Jesus. Let it draw you into adoration today!