John 18:6 Jesus said "I am he" the Bible then says "they went backward and fell to the ground." I have never figured out why people are shocked during altar services when someone falls to the ground. People react differently to the exposure of God's power. Some weep, some laugh, some dance, some fall down. Be careful of judging someone else's reaction, worry about your own.
When Jesus said "I AM" I have always had a sense that at that moment of time when the great I AM spoke, all the power he carried in his humanity clothed divinity was for a brief second released into the atmosphere. Heaven impacting earth must have caused a reaction. I don't care who you are or how hard you are, when that happens you goin down Bang. Only by the grace of God does he hold back from all his Glory being released because if he revealed himself fully to man we'd all be dead. No man has seen God and.... But sometimes, just for a moment, we get to see a little and then....we fall like dead men. Life changes forever in that time. I know it's a little midrash, but those men who arrested Jesus. They went home that night. They ate with their family or colleges. What did they say happened? Why? Who was that naked once dead kid running around who was wearing a burial shroud? What did all that mean?
It's a wonderful thing when the Power of God is released for real. It's a horrid thing when it's taking the name of God in vain. Some is.
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