The Burning Bush: Reverence Guards Against Presumption
A congregation resembles any human corporation in its laws and purposes, yet it is fundamentally unlike other gatherings. As the burning bush appeared ordinary yet...
This is historical examples on reverence as spiritual protection and limits of human inquiry, drawing on Exodus 1:58.
A congregation resembles any human corporation in its laws and purposes, yet it is fundamentally unlike other gatherings. As the burning bush appeared ordinary yet blazed with divine presence, so the Church contains the extraordinary glory of Elohim. The Lord promised: "In all places where I record My name, there will I come, and I will bless them." Christ Himself appears as a burning bush—in Bethlehem as an infant, in Nazareth as a boy, at Calvary as the crucified—always bearing the uncreated Godhead within human flesh.…
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