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― Letter 2 of 22 ―

ב
𐤁
Modern Paleo

Bet

House · Dwelling · Inside

"The letter Bet means house — a dwelling, an inner space where someone takes up residence. Yahushua was not a symbol of where Yahuah lives. He was the actual dwelling place. All the fullness of Yahuah lived inside Him bodily."

Concept — The Dwelling Place of Yahuah

Every priest, every temple, every tabernacle in the Tanakh was pointing toward the same thing — the day Yahuah would dwell among His people in a body. Yahushua was that day. He was not a representative of the temple or a man who visited the temple — He was the temple itself. When the religious leaders sought to destroy Him, they were attempting to tear down the one structure Yahuah actually inhabited. He told them plainly: destroy this temple and He would raise it in three days. They did not understand what they were dealing with.

John 1:14 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt (tabernacled) among us, and we beheld His glory."
Colossians 2:9 "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
John 2:19–21 "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up... But He was speaking of the temple of His body."
Study Note — Colossians 2:9

The word "bodily" in this verse is doing significant work. Paul is not saying Yahuah's fullness was reflected in Yahushua or represented by Him — he is saying it dwelt in Him physically. This is the Bet made flesh. The entire concept of the dwelling place — from the Garden, to the tabernacle of Moses, to Solomon's temple — was always moving toward this one man and this one verse.