We can think of the cross – where Jesus, crowned with thorns, endured the fires of judgment and yet was not consumed by them – and be reminded of the cross when we consider the burning bush. The Hebrew word used to describe this bush is comes from the word “to stick or to prick,” this meaning a thorn-bush or bramble. Yet we can also say that the burning bush was a picture of the cross. Some think the burning bush to be a symbol of Israel, or the people of God more generally – afflicted but not destroyed, because God is in the midst of them. The bush burning but not being consumed was a magnetic sight to Moses – it drew him in for a closer examination. It burned, but was not consumed.” (Meyer) “Though the bush burned with fire, it did not crackle or diminish, no leaf curled and no branch charred. Though the bush burned, the bush was not consumed.The Angel of the LORD appeared… from the midst of the bush.Nevertheless, two things were distinctive about that bush: The bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed: It wasn’t just that Moses saw a bush burning apparently, it is not uncommon for a plant like this to spontaneously ignite out in that desert. Horeb probably means “desert” or “desolation,” and the name gives an idea of the terrain.Ĭ. The back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God: Moses brought the sheep to this mountain, also later called Mount Sinai. Tending the flock: “The Hebrew suggests that this was his habitual occupation.” (Cole)ī. At this point his life was so humble that he didn’t even have a flock of sheep to call his own – the sheep belonged to his father-in-law. Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law:For 40 years Moses lived as an obscure shepherd in the desert of Midian. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”Ī. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. (1-3) Moses and the burning bush on Mount Horeb. God’s call to Moses from the burning bush.
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