Glory! Enter into the Rock

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

Exodus 33.21

The essential meaning of the Second Letter is found in its grammatical function (cf. Bet Alphabetic Verses). When prefixed to a word, Bet signifies the preposition in. This also coheres with its name - בית - since a House is the most natural symbol of a place to go in. This then forms a major theme of Spoke 2, which manifests throughout the Second Book, from the division of the waters of the Red Sea to God's great revelation of His Glory to Moses:

And he [Moses] said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.

Exodus 33:18ff (Spoke 2, Cycle 1)

This meeting between God and Moses forms a profound link between Isaiah 2 and the Second Book. Searching all seven versions for all verses containing the words "glory" and "rock" reveals the thematic correlation between Exodus and Isaiah 2. We read:

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:10

	Inner Cycle KeyLink: God's Glory and the Rock
	Isaiah 2Exodus

We have therefore this Spoke 2 KeyLink - based on the meaning of the Second Letter - between Isaiah 2 and Exodus. This is discussed in context in Inner Wheels > Isaiah 2. Note how it integrates the meaning of the Letter, the order of the Canon, and the sequence of chapters of Isaiah! This theme pervades Spoke 2: cf. Glory in the Lord and Inner Cycles > Psalm 2 - Psalm 46 Keylink The Heathen Rage, etc., etc., etc.!

The theme of God's Glory links particularly with the Second Book and Spoke 2. It forms a very strong KeyLink between Jeremiah and 1 Corinthians, and appears links Inner Cycles > Psalm 24 to 1 Corinthians through the idea of the King of Glory. The King of Glory then links through gematria to the Second Commandment (cf. Gematria Reference . gt; 127. The phrase "the glory of the Lord" appears in three contexts within Exodus. First, it is found in chapter 16 when God first gave Manna, the Bread of Heaven that is truly a great symbol of Christ, the Bread of God. The second appearance are associated with the Glory of God that appeared on Mount Sinai ,.first is found in Exodus 24 when God descened upon Mount Sinai to commune with Moses. The third occurrence is found in Exodus , The first first reference to "my glory" from the mouth of the Lord appears in Exodus, when God says He will sancti

And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

There are two fundamental Throughout Scripture, the Tabernacle of the Lord is also called the House (Bet) of the Lord.

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