Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

As the years rolled on, he prayed for Israel during the day and
night. Here, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, he wrote the
book of Genesis. The long years spent in the desert solitude have
richly blessed the world in all ages.
The Time for Freedom Comes!
"In the process of time ... the king of Egypt died. Then the
children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried
out; and their cry came up to God. ... And God looked upon the
children of Israel, and God acknowledged them." The time for
deliverance had come.
God would accomplish His plan in a way to pour contempt on
human pride. The deliverer was to go forward as a humble shepherd,
with only a rod in his hand, but God would make that rod the
symbol of His power.
Leading his flocks one day near Horeb, "the mountain of God,"
Moses saw a bush in flames, but not burning up. When he came
closer, a voice from out of the flame called him by name. With
trembling lips he answered, "'Here I am.'" He was warned not to
approach irreverently: "'Take your sandals off your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy ground. ... I am the God of your
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.' And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon
God."
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