It was actually Christ, The Angel/Messenger (Word) of God, Who was in the burning bush.
Exodus 3:1-3
3:1 Now 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.
3:2 And
the angel of the "I AM" 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.
3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
God is a
SPIRITUAL-BEING (
Num. 23:19;
John 4:24), i.e. a
JINN, and so are
ALL of the angels, aka "the sons of God", e.g. Michael and Gabriel (
Sura 2:98) and Lucifer (
Isa. 14:12-17), the latter of which became the devil (liar) and Satan/Iblis (the Opposer) when he started the war against God and Prince Michael/Christ (
Rev. 12:7-9).
Fire is purifying (as gold in the crucible is purified), which is why we've all been given the choice between a
FIERY baptism (to purify the Soul/spiritual-Being) or facing
The Fire on Judgment Day.
Isaiah 47:13-15
47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee (
Rev. 17:14).
47:14 Behold,
they shall be as stubble; the fire SHALL burn them; they shall
not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it (
Rev. 18:8-10).
47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee (
Rev. 18:11).
Matthew 3:10-12
3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore
every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into The Fire.
3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and [with] fire:
3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner;
but he WILL burn up the chaff with unquenchable Fire.
Sura 2:24. But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then
fear The Fire whose fuel is men and stones (
Enoch 10:7),- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
Sura 14:48-52
14:48. One day the Earth will be changed to a different Earth, and so will be the Heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before "I AM", the One, the Irresistible;
14:49. And
thou wilt see the Sinners that day bound together in fetters;-
14:50. Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered
with Fire;
14:51.
That "I AM" may requite each soul according to its deserts (
Gal. 6:7); and verily "I AM" is swift in calling to account.
14:52.
Here is a Message for mankind: let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than) One God: let men of understanding take heed.