The Wonder of the Burning Bush
This article provides an exegetical and theological reflection on the burning bush narrative in Exodus 3:1-6, examining God's preparation of Moses as deliverer while simultaneously fulfilling His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The author connects the historical context of Israel's bondage and cry for deliverance to God's sovereign providence in raising up Moses, emphasizing how divine covenantal faithfulness and gracious providence work together in redemptive history.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God...
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