I Will Be With You: The Burning Bush in Torah and Israel’s Endurance Today
I Will Be With You: The Burning Bush in Torah, Israel’s Endurance, and Divine Mirrors
The most commonly misquoted verse in the entire Bible is Exodus 3:14. God reveals His name to Moses at the burning bush in Torah. He says, “I Am That I Am” (Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh). As Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of blessed memory emphasized, this translation misses the depth. In Hebrew, it means “I Will Be What I Will Be”—a relational promise of divine presence.
Moreover, Rabbi Sacks taught that Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh assures: “I will be with you” through trials. The bush burns yet remains unconsumed, just like that.
This name, YHVH, introduces a new era. The patriarchs knew God as El Shaddai. Still, they did not know Him in this redemptive way (Exodus 6:3). For the first time, Hashem shows Himself as the One who walks with His people in suffering. He even transcends natural laws.
The Burning Bush in Torah: Symbol of Israel
Rabbi David Fohrman offers profound insights in his Aleph Beta teachings. In the series The Origins of God’s Firstborn Nation, he explores the three signs at the burning bush in Torah.
A humble thornbush aflame yet unconsumed perfectly mirrors Israel. The Jewish people have endured fiery persecution for over 3,300 years since the Exodus. Yet, they stay indestructible.
Fohrman reveals textual “mirrors.” These include chiastic structure in the Torah, repetition of words, thematic pairs, and echoes. Such patterns show the Torah as its own best commentary.
Furthermore, vast chiasms span Exodus and connect to Genesis. These improbable designs prove Hashem’s authorship of both the text and history.
Links to Eden: Trees and Human Hubris
These mirrors connect directly to Eden. In the podcast A Book Like No Other, Fohrman views the Trees of Life and Knowledge as interconnected.
Accessing Knowledge without Life’s humility leads to hubris. People illusion themselves as divine. They seize control, fearing no higher authority.
Thus, this perspective drives assaults on the Jewish people. They carry Hashem’s eternal covenant.
The burning bush in Torah echoes Eden’s fiery Tree of Life. It reintroduces compassion amid exile.
Prophecy and Today’s Relevance
Yet, the Torah declares the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). Its structures foretell Israel’s role as the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52–53). Despised yet redemptive, Israel astonishes nations.
In our time, flames rage again. However, the pattern endures: the bush lives on.
The war against the Jewish people is truly a war against the God. This God promised Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh—”I will be with you.”
Hashem’s mirrors—from Eden to Exodus, prophecy to now—guarantee survival, exaltation, and recognition of the One True God.
This is the burning bush in Torah‘s message today. It weaves through Rabbi Fohrman’s chiastic designs, Eden’s trees, and Israel’s witness.
For deeper study:
- Rabbi Sacks on Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh: Faith in the Future
- Aleph Beta main site: alephbeta.org
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