God appeared to Moses in the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-15) and sent him to help the Hebrews escape from Egypt. Moses asked, "Who shall I tell them sent me?" Robert Alter in his 2004 translation has God answer "'Ehyeh-'Asher-'Ehyeh, I-Will-Be-Who-I-Will-Be." It has always struck me that God is refusing to be pinned down by a name. Like fire, Ehyeh, is impossible to grasp. God invites us to spend a lifetime in search of the Living God, growing deeper and deeper in our relationship with the Divine.
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