What purpose did God have in showing Moses the burning bush?

Answer 1

If you look in Exodus, the second book of The Bible, you will find the story of Moses. God talked to Moses through the bush, and told him to go to Egypt to free the Israelites and go to the Promise Land.

Answer 2

1.When God wanted Moses' attention, He set a bush afire that would not burn thereby creating a curiosity.

2.This impossible phenomenon was a clear message to Moses that something extraordinary was occurring - something powerful and beyond human experience.

3.The burning bush was also a revelation of the nature of God: Light in an otherwise dark world, having the power to consume, but NOT doing so. God's message to Moses and the world was going to be that He had compassion and was about to save this people, not destroy them.

4. Moses would be full of doubt and fear about his ability to do what God was asking of him. From the very moment God came to Moses, He was revealing His power in order to show Moses he need not fear - that God could and would accomplish what He was asking of Moses.

Answer 3

At the Burning Bush, God told Moses that the time had come to take the Israelites out of the Egyptian slavery (Exodus ch.3-4). According to tradition, the fact that the bush burned but was not consumed (Exodus ch.3) symbolized that the future sufferings of the Israelites (and their descendants, the Jews) would never completely wipe them out.