Why did God have Moses take his shoes off at the burning bush? I'm Richard Pratt, President of Third Mill. In the ancient world, having shoes or sandals of various sorts even boots at times was something of a symbol of how prosperous and how important you were. The more prosperous, the better shoes you had. At the burning bush, God said this to Moses, take off your shoes because you are on holy ground. And by this he met, I am here. This is a holy place where I am to be recognized as the one who is exalted, so Moses was to humble himself as a poor person by taking off his shoes. As the prophet Isaiah said, I am God. There is no other. I am God. There is none like me. At Third Mill, we're not just teaching the Bible. We're taking off our shoes in humble service to Christ. Now go and advance God's kingdom. Biblical education for the world for free. You can learn more at ThirdMill.org.