The Dividing Line Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly
joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1
Corinthians 1.10 (Spoke 2, Cycle 3) The name of the second
letter, Bet (בית), denotes a house. This arose from its ancient
form which looked like a house or tent. It is familiar to
Christians via the name Bethlehem, the House of Bread, where
Jesus, the Bread of Life, entered the world, becoming housed in
human flesh. Thus the Rabbis teach that "the house symbolizes
the ultimate purpose of all reality: to become a dwelling place
below for the manifestation of G-d's presence." Christians
recognise this divine House as Jesus Christ in whom "all the
fulness of the Godhead dwells." Bet is one of ten letters that
play a special role in the grammar of the Hebrew language. When
prefixed to a word, it signifies the preposition in, by, with or
within. The First Word of the Bib