Exodus 3:2-6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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Exodus 3:2-6

I. The vision. (1) The vision was miraculous. (2) Moses had this vision when he was in solitude. (3) It was symbolic (a) of Israel in Egypt; (b) of the Church in the world; (c) of the truth of the Gospel; (d) of ourselves who have the religious life within us.

II. The voice. (1) It revealed the majesty and grandeur of God. (2) The voice revealed the special providence of the great God the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (3) The voice proclaimed the faithfulness of God. (4) The voice demanded reverence.

T. Jones, Contemporary Pulpit,vol. v., p. 220.

Reference: Exodus 3:2-6. S. Leathes, Truth and Life,p. 70.

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Exodus 3:2-6

2 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.

3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.