6826. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-3 And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. And the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire from the middle of a bramble bush; and he saw, and behold, the bramble bush was burning with fire, and the bramble bush was not at all being consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside therefore, and see this great sight, why the bramble bush is not burnt.

'And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian' means that the law from God instructed those who were guided by the truth that went with simple good, 'the priest of Midian' being the good of the Church where those people were. 'And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness' means after the temptations they had undergone. 'And came to the mountain of God' means that after them the good of God's love appeared. 'To Horeb' means the essential nature of it. 'And the angel of Jehovah appeared to him' means the Lord's Divine Human. 'In a flame of fire from the middle of a bramble bush' means God's love present in true factual knowledge. 'And he saw, and behold, the bramble bush was burning with fire' means a recognition that true factual knowledge was full of the good of God's love. 'And the bramble bush was not at all being consumed' means Divine Truth united to Divine Good in the natural. 'And Moses said' means a perception coming from the law from God. 'I will turn aside therefore, and see this great sight' means reflection on this revelation. 'Why the bramble bush is not burnt' means that such a union exists.