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[446.50 --> 448.92] As we continue through this story, |
[449.00 --> 449.78] remember that nugget, |
[449.86 --> 450.86] because that's very important. |
[451.90 --> 453.22] The other interesting note |
[453.22 --> 454.84] before we really dig into this text |
[454.84 --> 458.38] is the location that this story takes place. |
[459.26 --> 460.88] Verse 12 of our text tells us this. |
[461.54 --> 463.66] But the mountain where Moses was, |
[463.74 --> 465.32] where this burning bush story takes place, |
[465.38 --> 466.24] is the same mountain |
[466.24 --> 467.92] that Moses will later receive |
[467.92 --> 470.00] the Ten Commandments from God, |
[470.18 --> 471.08] and the same mountain |
[471.08 --> 472.74] that the Israelites will worship God. |
[473.56 --> 475.38] Some details like that slip through sometimes |
[475.38 --> 476.14] when we hear these stories, |
[476.20 --> 477.04] but I found that fascinating |
[477.04 --> 478.50] that God uses this place |
[478.50 --> 480.44] as sort of a central hub |
[480.44 --> 482.06] for a lot of the different things that he does. |
[483.08 --> 484.26] Now to the text at hand. |
[484.32 --> 486.56] There's two characteristics of God |
[486.56 --> 488.50] that come out of this encounter |
[488.50 --> 491.66] that deserve our attention today. |
[492.42 --> 493.12] And so we're going to look |
[493.12 --> 494.68] at these two characteristics now. |
[495.12 --> 499.30] The first characteristic of God |
[499.30 --> 500.66] that comes from this passage |
[500.66 --> 503.36] is the power of God. |
[504.68 --> 506.12] It's God's power. |
[507.08 --> 508.18] God appears to Moses |
[508.18 --> 509.50] in the form of a burning bush. |
[509.86 --> 510.70] Now throughout the Bible, |
[511.10 --> 512.38] God uses fire and smoke |
[512.38 --> 513.90] to symbolize his presence. |
[514.36 --> 515.48] Even nowadays, of course, |
[515.58 --> 517.08] we will light candles |
[517.08 --> 518.70] to symbolize Christ's presence |
[518.70 --> 520.16] or the Holy Spirit's presence |
[520.16 --> 520.86] in our service. |
[521.46 --> 522.70] But here in this story, |
[522.78 --> 524.88] this is much, much more |
[524.88 --> 526.12] than a symbol. |
[526.12 --> 529.80] This was God present |
[529.80 --> 531.54] in the burning bush. |
[532.70 --> 533.86] Now if you read your text, |
[533.94 --> 535.48] it might seem a bit confusing at first |
[535.48 --> 536.58] because verse 2 says |
[536.58 --> 537.62] that an angel of the Lord |
[537.62 --> 538.84] appeared to Moses in the bush. |
[539.10 --> 540.20] But then right after that, |
[540.28 --> 540.80] in verse 4, |
[540.86 --> 542.32] it says that God called out |
[542.32 --> 543.14] from the bush. |
[543.88 --> 545.42] Now it's important to note this too, |
[545.50 --> 546.96] just to clarify that a little bit. |
[547.18 --> 548.46] In the early Old Testament, |
[548.86 --> 549.52] in the early, |
[549.62 --> 550.54] the Pentateuch especially, |
[550.98 --> 552.52] angels were not simply |
[552.52 --> 554.14] just messengers. |
[554.14 --> 556.38] They weren't just messengers |
[556.38 --> 558.06] delivering a message from God. |
[558.52 --> 559.28] But in fact, |
[559.36 --> 560.16] they were entities |
[560.16 --> 562.00] that embodied the living God. |
[562.86 --> 565.06] God came down to his people |
[565.06 --> 567.02] in the presence of an angel |
[567.02 --> 568.30] elsewhere in the Old Testament too, |
[568.34 --> 569.22] like when God called down |
[569.22 --> 570.74] to Hagar in Genesis 21, |
[570.96 --> 572.34] or when God wrestled Jacob |
[572.34 --> 573.40] in Genesis 32, |
[573.70 --> 575.32] or when God spoke to Gideon |
[575.32 --> 576.50] in Judges 6. |
[576.64 --> 578.08] So this is the same thing here. |
[578.28 --> 580.80] This is God present in the bush. |
[581.06 --> 581.74] Nothing else. |
[582.02 --> 583.10] Nothing less than that. |
[585.14 --> 586.50] So we've got God in the bush. |
[586.58 --> 587.56] He calls Moses over, |
[587.64 --> 588.64] and then they've got this dialogue. |
[588.82 --> 589.98] And read this with me right now. |
[590.26 --> 591.56] Look at verses 4 to 6. |
[591.98 --> 592.58] God calls out. |
[592.62 --> 592.82] He says, |
[592.92 --> 593.90] Moses, Moses. |
[594.40 --> 595.34] Then Moses replies, |
[595.42 --> 595.94] Here I am. |
[596.82 --> 597.34] And God says, |
[597.40 --> 598.24] Don't come any closer. |
[600.08 --> 601.30] Take off your sandals, |
[601.52 --> 602.86] for the place where you're standing |
[602.86 --> 603.84] is holy ground. |
[605.22 --> 605.94] That's interesting. |
[606.72 --> 607.60] God then goes on, |
[607.64 --> 608.00] and he says, |
[608.08 --> 609.48] I am the God of your father, |
[609.48 --> 610.78] the God of Abraham, |
[611.02 --> 611.70] the God of Isaac, |
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