The Story of Moses before God at the Burning Bush

Moses was about to be commissioned by God to carry out a most onerous task; that of leading the captive Israelites out of the land of Egypt and from the cruel bondage of Pharaoh. For many years they had been slaves, daily experiencing the cruel torment of the taskmasters ' whip and they had cried constantly to their God for deliverance and liberty. Moses was meant to be the individual thru whom God would effect this deliverance.

As a result of an situation which had took place earlier, when Moses was a young man in Egypt, having been brought up by Pharaoh's girl in the palace, he was frightened to return lest he ought to be recognized, his crime recollected and he should receive the punishment he had evaded for a long while.

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While inclining the flocks of his father-in-law Jethro he came upon the strangest sight which immediately arrested his attention and caused him to stand and view the bizarre sight. A bush was ablaze but wasn't being consumed. Said Moses, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt." Then he heard the voice of God from the bush: God introduced Himself as "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" and Moses, in apprehension, hid his face, recognising that he was in the presence of Deity. God proceeded to outline the mission on which He was going to send Moses and referred to the pleadings of His people in bondage in Egypt to deliver them from the grinding bondage.

Initially Moses was obviously disinclined to go and made excuses as to his incapacity to speak effectively but God addressed his every concern and assured him of His abiding presence and help to execute all that He expected Moses to do. When Moses asked God as to His name, when the slaves would enquire as to who had authorized him to cause their deliverance, God told Moses to inform them that His name was "I am that I am."

God further inspired the hesitant Moses by telling him to cast his rod on the ground, whereupon it became a serpent. God then instructed him to take the serpent by the tail and it right away turned back into his rod. Eventually Moses agreed to be God's instrument of deliverance and began his journey to Egypt. There he was due to experience in a unprecedented way the mighty power of The Lord God and after ten harsh plagues, terminating in the death of the firstborn, the youngsters of Israel left Egypt after the institution of the Passover.