BRAGADAYJAH 169

Moses was now a part of the family of the priest of Midian and was the keeper of his flocks. One day, Moses led the flock on the rear side of the desert and came to the mountain of Horeb, and was feeding the flock there. While attending the flock there appeared suddenly a flame of fire out of the midst of green brush, and as he looked on in awe, he noticed that the bush were all as it were glowing flames of fire; but the marvel was that the bushes were not being burnt. So Moses decided to draw nearer to investigate this mystery, how could green bush burn without being consumed by the fire? Of course Moses saw and observed; but he could not articulate what he saw; he could not translate the experience into language; for what he saw, but could not explain was the effect of the incandescent glory of God on the bushes all around him. Then as he began to get closer to the bush, God called unto him from within the midst of the bush and said to him, “Moses, Moses,” and Moses as startled as he was said, “Here am I.” And God spoke to Moses and said, “Draw not nigh hither; (don’t come any closer); but remove your shoes from off your feet; for the place upon which you stand is holy ground.” In addition, God said to him, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” During this encounter with God, Moses could not look at him; but threw himself face downward on the ground, because he was afraid to look at God; for the sight of God’s glory was too overwhelming for him to behold. But God continued to talk to him. “I have sure seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land unto a good land, a large land unto a land flowing with milk and honey. The land I speak about is the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites. So I have decided to send you to the Pharaoh that you may be able to bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. Moses’ immediate reaction was to blurt out, Me Lord, are you crazy?” More.