Bible Dictionary: Fire: A Symbol in the Burning Bush

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Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
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The Bush that Burned, and did not Burn Out
... as an emblem of Israel"which unquestionably it is, though the fire be the symbol
of God ... shrine, and flamed in it, and preserved it by its burning, there is ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the bush that burned and.htm

Each Person of the Trinity is Said in the Sacred Writings to be ...
... For the bush was burning but was not consumed, because in that mystery the Lord
was showing that He would come to ... [978] So in the symbol of fire God keeps ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiv each person of.htm

The Signs of Pentecost.
... apt symbol strengthens the supposition; for a symbol must speak. ... The same applies
to the tongues of fire. ... with Abraham, or the occurrences at the burning bush. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxvii the signs of pentecost.htm

The Baptism in Fire
... and heat; it is fire, not so much as burning up what ... gross of visible things;"in
a word, it is fire as life, and not as death, that is the symbol of God. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the baptism in fire.htm

The Consuming Fire.
... until we worship thus; yea, will go on burning within us ... sees farther into the meaning
of the fire, and knows ... It is a symbol which needed not to be superseded ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the consuming fire.htm

The Call of Moses
... We may note that the bush burning but not consumed expressed in symbol the same ... the
many tribes (v.17) might discourage, but it is intended to fire by the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the call of moses.htm

The Preacher as a Man of God.
... were represented on canvas, without showing the burning materials, by ... the ore, for
example, into the fire, if you ... There is a third symbol, which appears in the ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/lecture ii the preacher as.htm

How to Dwell in the Fire of God
... the everlasting fire?'"the perpetual fire, burning and unconsumed ... The symbol of fire
does not mean destructive ... among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/how to dwell in the.htm

"God with Us"
... The burning bush, in which Christ appeared to Moses, revealed God. The symbol chosen
for the representation of the Deity ... by day and the pillar of fire by night ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 1 god with us.htm

On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... It is a symbol, too, of the Lord's successful work ... a shape was shown him in the burning
bush (the bush ... The Scripture therefore says, "Water, and fire, and iron ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii on the use of.htm