God was summoning the man who would deliver them. As Moses led his father-in-law’s sheep to the far side of the desert, he saw a strange sight: a burning bush that did not burn up. When Moses drew closer, God spoke to him from within the bush, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob” (Ex 3:5–6). Jesus used this very passage to teach the Sadducees that there is, in fact, life
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