Spoke 2

Exodus, Jeremiah, I Corinthians

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 2

God's use of Beyt in the design of the chapter structure of Isaiah is striking, impossible to miss. Though Beyt is a common word that occurs over 1700 times in the Old Testament, its first occurrence in Isaiah is in the second chapter, as quoted above.

Exactly the same phenomena is seen in the chapter sequence of Matthew, where both the word house and the name of the second letter Beyt (in the form Bethlehem) first occur in Matthew 2.

The verses from from Isaiah 2 link a wide array of concepts naturally subsumed in the Category defined by the Number Two:

• House - Name of the Second Letter , thrice reiterated:
  • The Lord's House
  • House of the God of Jacob
  • House of Jacob
• Giving of the Law - Theme of Exodus, the Second Book
• The Word of the Lord
  • Name of the Second Divine Person
  • Fundamental significance of the Number 2
• Sword
  • Symbol of the Word - Hebrews 4:12
  • Symbol of War (Civil Division) - Second Seal