Metaphysical meaning of El-bethel (mbd)
El-bethel, el'-beth'-el (Heb.)--unto the house of God; toward Bethel; strength of the house of God; the God of Bethel.
The name that Jacob called the place where he built an altar because God had been revealed to him there (Gen. 35: 7); it was at Luz, or Bethel, that God appeared to him in a dream when he had fled from Esau.
Meta. The revelation from within that the true origin of man is spiritual, that God dwells in man and reveals Himself when man comes to the place in consciousness where he is willing to give up the lower to the higher, the personal to the impersonal, the animal to the divine (builds an altar to Jehovah). Man is the house (temple) of God, and he is greatly strengthened when he perceives this part of Truth.
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Preceding Entry: El-berith
Following Entry: Eldaah
