― Letter 2 of 22 ―
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."
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.
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.