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John describes the Father as the \u201cI am\u201d but gives that Hebrew name a twist (Revelation 1:3). God is not the timelessly present One, but the one who is now and always, but who also was and who will be. In John\u2019s rendering, \u201cYahweh\u201d encompasses and identifies Himself with present, past and future. <\/p>\n

But as the God of the future, He is not waiting quietly for us to catch up with Him. As John describes it, the God of the future is teh God who \u201ccomes.\u201d The God of the future is not out there passively waiting; He is coming, always, rushing toward us. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John describes the Father as the \u201cI am\u201d but gives that Hebrew name a twist (Revelation 1:3). God is not the timelessly present One, but the one who is now and always, but who also was and who will be. In John\u2019s rendering, \u201cYahweh\u201d encompasses and identifies Himself with present, past and future. But as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-nt-revelation"],"yoast_head":"\nGod of the future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John describes the Father as the “I am” but gives that Hebrew name a twist (Revelation 1:3). 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