Neville Goddard on Exodus 3:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

2And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Exodus 3:1-2

Biblical Context

Moses tends his flock and comes to Horeb, the mountain of God. There a bush burns with fire and is not consumed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the bush is a figure of consciousness, alive with presence yet unconsumed. The angel of the LORD is the I AM within you stepping into your awareness, inviting you to know that Horeb—the inner mountain—is not a distant place but the steadiness of consciousness you are already. The search outward ends when you realize the flame is within you, a fiery quality of attention that can illuminate instinct, duty, and truth without burning you. Moses' path to the backside of the desert signals a withdrawal from noisy thought toward a quiet, listening state where imagination can attend to a single fact: God is present as I AM. The command to 'go' is not an external assignment but a decision to align outer action with inner truth. Your vocation arises from recognizing that you are the witness and the instrument of the same divine energy. In this light, witnessing becomes action, and action becomes worship, as you move from fear to radiant conviction that you are never separate from the flame.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state: I AM within me now. See a bush burning with bright flame that does not consume it; allow that presence to guide your next action.