Day 23- Before Abraham was born I AM

After Jesus teaches to the crowds at the Feast of Booths, He immediately becomes a target for the religious leaders.  They want answers from Him.  "Who are you?" they ask.  He tells them, "Before Abraham was born I Am."  This was a clear "I am God" claim.  They pick up stones to kill Jesus, the penalty for claiming to be God is death, but He escapes.   His hour has not yet come; there is still much teaching, miracles and discipling to do.  Jesus doesn't stay in Jerusalem long, but he doesn't return to Galilee either.  He will now focus His ministry in Judea, the countryside and towns surrounding Jerusalem.