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Spoke 2 - Bet

Exodus, Jeremiah, 1 Corinthians


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