Moses and the Burning Bush

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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WHAT'S MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH ABOUT?

One of the church's biggest problems is that we don't understand who God is. But in that one revelation—the theophany in which God appeared to Moses—the transcendent majesty of God was partially unveiled. What had been invisible became visible through the theophany.

* I've learned to appreciate Scott Oliphant's point that calling it a “burning bush” misses the point, it's only supernatural to call it an “unburning bush.”

MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH

... in the burning bush we see the revelation of the person of God, of the power of God, and of the eternality of God. We see the revelation of the compassion of God, the redemption of God, and now, finally, the truth of God.