The Great Pyramid of Gizeh

 

 

⚪ The Great Pyramid of Gizeh : God's Monument

[...] and showing, also, that the Great Pyramid of Egypt is one of God's Witnesses (Isa. 19:19-20), whose wonderful message is a full and complete corroboration of God's plan of the ages, together with its times and seasons. Source : 🇺🇸 1889 - Studies in the Scriptures, Vol2, The Time Is At Hand, page 366 + Cover

Viewed from whatever standpoint we please, the Great Pyramid is certainly the most remarkable building in the world; but in the light of an investigation which has been in progress for the past thirty-two years, it acquires new interest to every Christian advanced in the study of God's Word; for it seems in a remarkable manner to teach, in harmony with all the prophets, an outline of the plan of God, past, present and future. ...The Great Pyramid, however, proves to be a storehouse of important truth-scientific, historic and prophetic - and its testimony is found to be in perfect accord Bible,... Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 308 - [archive.org]

THE CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY OF GOD'S STONE WITNESS AND PROPHET THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 309 - [archive.org]

THE CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY OF GOD'S STONE WITNESS AND PROPHET THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT. [...] THE GREAT PYRAMID A STOREHOUSE OF TRUTH - SCIENTIFIC, HISTORIC AND PROPHETIC. - BIBLE ALUSSIONS TO IT. - WHY, WHEN AND BY WHOM BUILT. - IMPORTANCE OF ITS LOCATION. - ITS SCIENTIFIC LESSON. - ITS TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION - THE PLAN OF THE AGES. - THE DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST INDICATED. [...] DATE OF THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST. [...] "In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillnr at the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt." - Isa. 19:19, 20. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 313 - [archive.org]

Viewed from whatever standpoint we please, the Great Pyramid is certainly the most remarkable building in the world; but in the light of an investigation which has been in progress for the past thirty-two years, it acquires new interest to every Christian advanced in the study of God's Word; for it seems in a remarkable manner to teach, in harmony with all the prophets, an outline of the plan of God, past, present and future. ...The Great Pyramid, however, proves to be a storehouse of important truth - scientific, historic and prophetic - and its testimony is found to be in perfect accord with the Bible,... Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 314 - [archive.org]

[...] it is a strong corroborative witness to God's plan; and few students can carefully examine it, marking the harmony of its testimony with that of the written Word, without feeling impressed that its construction was planned and directed by the same divine wisdom, and that it is the pillar of witness referred to by the prophet in the above quotation. [...] If it was built under God's direction, to be one of his witnesses to men, we might reasonably expect some allusion to it in the written Word of God. [...] Isaiah, as above quoted, testifies of an altar and pillar in the land of Egypt, which "shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt." Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 315 - [archive.org]

It will be after all human plans and schemes have failed them, and when men shall have learned their own sinfulness and helplessness, that they will begin to cry unto the Lord for help. Then Jehovah will show himself a great Savior; and he has already prepared the Great Pyramid as a part of his instrumentality for convincing the world of his wisdom, foreknowledge and grace. "It shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts [a witness to his foreknowledge and to his gracious plan of salvation, as we shall presently see] in the land of Egypt: for they [the Egyptians-the poor world, during the great time of trouble conling] shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a Savior, and a great one ; and he shall deliver them. [...] While the additional, corroborative evidence given by the Great Pyramid to the written Word of God will be a fresh cause of rejoicing to the saints, it is manifest that its witnessing is chiefly intended for the world of mankind during the Millennial age. The testimony of this peculiar and remarkable witness will give to mankind fresh ground for faith and love and zeal, when in due time their hearts are prepared for the truth. It is remarkable, too, that (like the Plan of the Ages in the written Word) this stone "Witness" kept silence until now, when its testimony shall shortly be delivered to (Egypt) the world. But the saints, the friends of God from whom he will hide nothing, are privileged to hear the testimony of this witness now, before the worldly mind is ready to appreciate its testimonies. Only when ready to obey the Lord can any appreciate his witnesses. Jeremiah (32:20), when speaking of God's mighty works, declares that he hath "set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day."God showed signs and wonders in Egypt when he brought Israel out in triumph; but he also "set signs and wonders" there, which remain" even unto this [our] day." The Great Pyramid, we believe, is the principle one of these very signs and wonders; and it now begins to speak to scientists in their own language, and through them to all men. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 316, page 317 page 318, - [archive.org]

The perfection of the shape of the Great Pyramid, and its exactness in every respect, prove that its construction was guided by some master architect. [...] A pyramid has five corner-stones, but the reference here is to one particular corner-stone the top stone. The four sunk as socket-stones into the rock have already heen referred to, and the remaining one is the top corner-stone. This is thee most remarkable stone in the structure-itself a perfect pyramid, the lines in the entire strudure conform to it. The question, therefore, with reference to it is significant, and calls attention to its peculiar fitness, and the wisdom and skill which prepared and placed it as the top stone. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 318, page 319, - [archive.org]

This ancient structure being thus repeatedly referred to in the Scriptures, we cannot doubt that, if questioned, this "Witness" of the Lord in the land of Egypt will bear such testimony as will honor Jehovah, and fully correspond with his written Word. We thus introduce this "Witness" because the inspiration of its testimony will doubtless be as much disputed as that of the Scriptures, by the prince of darkness, the god of this world, and those whom he blinds to the truth. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 319, - [archive.org]

We have just read that the inspiration of the testimony of the great pyramid will doubtless be disputed by the Prince of Darkness. Now history tells us that it was the organization itself that placed itself in the same position as a protester.

The old theory that it was built as a vault or tomb for an Egyptian king is unworthy of credence; for, as we shall see, it required more than the wisdom of the present day, to say nothing of that of Egypt four thousand years ago, to design such a strucCture. Besides, it contains nothing in the way of casket, mummy or inscription. It was not until we had come into the time called in Daniel's prophecy "the Time of the End," when knowledge should be increased, and the wise should understand God's plan (Dan. 12:4, 9, 1O), that the secrets of the Great Pyramid began to be understood, and our questions began to have a reasonable answer. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 319, - [archive.org]

The first work of importance on the subjeCt, proving that the Great Pyramid possessed scientific features, was by Mr. John Taylor, of England, A. D. 1859, since which time the attention of many able minds has been given to the further study of the testimony of this wonderful "witness;" especially since Prof. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, visited it, for several months made its peculiarities a study and gave to the world the remarkable facts of its construction measurements, and his conclusions therefrom. To his scholarly and scientific work, "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid," we are mainly indebted for the data made use of in this chapter. Our illustrations are copies of a few of the twenty-five plates with which the latest edition of that work is embellished. A few year's after Prof. Smyth's return, came the suggestion that the Great Pyramid is Jehovah's "Witness," and that it is as important a witness to divine truth as to natural science. This was a new thought to Prof. Smyth, as well as to others. The suggestion came from a young Scotsman, Robert Menzies, who, when studying the scientific teachings of the Great Pyramid, discovered that prophetic and chronological teachings co-exist in it. Soon it became apparent that the object of its construction was to provide in it a record of the divine plan of salvation, no less than the record of divine wisdom relating to astronomical, chronological, geometrical, and other important truths. However, not having discerned the scope and completeness of the plan of salvation revealed in the Scriptures, these gentlemen have thus far failed to note the most wonderful and beautiful features of the Great Pyramid's testimony in this direction, which we now find to be a most full and complete corroboration of the plan of the ages and the times and seasons therewith associated, as taught in the Scriptures and presented in this and the preceding volumes of the MILLENNIAL DAWN series. And, further, we see that this store-house of knowledge: like the major part of the Bible store, was kept purposely sealed until its testimony should be needed and appreciated. Does this imply that its great Architect knew that a time would come when its testimony would be necessary? in other words, that a time would come when God's written Word would be lightly esteemed, and even his very existence questioned? when human philosophy, under the name of science, would be lauded, and every proposition subjected to its tests? Has God decided to prove himself and his wisdom by those very tests? So it would appear. This structure will yet confound the wisdom of the wise as a "Witness" for the Lord of hosts- "IN THAT DAY" - which is already begun. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 319, page 320, page 321 - [archive.org]

Prof. Smyth has concluded that the Great Pyramid was builded in the year 2170 B.c. [...] This conclusion of Prof. Smyth's as to the date of the Great Pyramid's building, was most abundantly corroborated, later, by certain measurements by which the Great Pyramid indicates its own date of construction. A realization of the fact that the Great Pyramid exhibits a wisdom of design which the Egyptians could not have possessed a divine wisdom which must have been worked out under the supervision of some inspired servant of God - has led to the conjecture that Melchizedek was its builder. He was "king of Salem [that is, king of peace] and priest of the Most High God," and as a person and type occupied so high a position as to be a blesser of Abraham, who also paid him tithes. Of this we can know little, except that Melchizedek was a great and peaceful king, and that he lived about that time, and not far distant from the site of the Great Pyramid. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 321, page 322 - [archive.org]

ITS TESTIMONY RELATING TO THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. While every feature of the Great Pyramid's teaching is important and of interest, our greatest interest centers in its silent but eloquent symbolism of the plan of God - the Plan of the Ages. It would be impossible, however, to understand God's plan as illustrated by it, had we not first discovered that plan in the Bible. But having seen it portrayed there, it is strengthening to faith to see it again so beautifull outlined here; and to notice, further, that both the truths of Nature and the truths of Revelation are owned and testified to by the same great Author in this wonderful stone " Witness." Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 328, - [archive.org]

If the Great Pyramid, as a whole, represents the plan of God complete, its top corner-stone should represent Christ, whom God hath highly exalted to be Head over all. And that it does represent Christ is indicated, not only by its exact fitness as a symbol of Christ, but also by numerous references to the symbol by prophets and apostles and by our Lord Jesus himself. Isaiah (28:16) refers to Christ as the "precious cornerstone." [...] Doubtless when the headstone of the Great Pyramid was laid there was great rejoicing among the builders and all interested in it, to see this crowning feature of the finished work. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 328, page 329 - [archive.org]

The pyramid figure represents perfection and completeness, and speaks to us in symbol of the plan of God, [...] Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 330, - [archive.org]

HOW THE INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT PYRAMID OUTLINES THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. While its outward form illustrates the completed results of God's Plan of Redemption, the inner construction marks and illustrates every prominent feature of that plan as it has developed from age to age, down to its glorious and complete consummation. Here the stones upon the various levels or planes represent the perfection of all who, under Christ Jesus our Head, shall become conformed to God's perfect will, [...] Thus from its base-line upward the Great Pyramid seems to stand as an emblem of God's plan of salvation, or lifting up out of sin and death, provided for all mankind. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 330, page 331 - [archive.org]

It has been speculated by some that there are yet other rooms and passages for future discovery; but we do not share this opinion : to us it seems that the passages and rooms already discovered fully serve the divinely-intended purpose, in witnessing to the entire plan of God. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 335, - [archive.org]

THE GREAT PYRAMID'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE PLAN OF THE AGES. In a letter to Prof. Smyth, Mr. Robert Menzies, the young Scotsman who first suggested the religious or Messianic feature of the Great Pyramid's teaching, said :- "From the north beginning of the Grand Gallery, in upward progression, begin the years of our Savior's life, expressed at the rate of an inch to a year. Three and thirty inch-years, therefore, bring us right over against the mouth of the Well." Yes, that "Well" is the key, so to speak, to the whole story. It represents not only our Lord's death and burial, but also his resurrection. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 337, - [archive.org]

Thus the date of its construction is doubly attested, while the floor-lines of its passages are shown to be scrolls of history and chronology, hich shall yet be generally heard as a witness unto the Lord in the land of Egypt." Here, thanks to the very accurate measurements of all the passages, furnished by Prof. Smyth, we are enabled to reach what to us are by far the most interesting features of the testimony of this "Witness" yet delivered. When we first came to appreciate what we have already mentioned of the testimony of the Great Pyramid, we said at once, If this, indeed, prove to be a Bible in stone; if it be a record of the secret plans of the Great Architect of the universe, displaying his foreknowledge and wisdom; it should and will be in full accord with his written Word. The fact that the Pyramid's secrets were kept until the close of six thousand years of the world's history, but that it now begins to give its testimony as the Millennial Dawn draws on, is in perfect harmony with the written Word, whose abundant testimony relative to the glorious plan of God has likewise been kept secret from the foundation of the world, and only now is beginning to shine forth in its completeness and glory. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 338, page 341 - [archive.org]

The Scriptural time-proofs which we have considered show that this trouble was due to date from the time of Christ's second advent (October, 1874), when the judging of the nations would commence, under the enlightening influences of the Day of the Lord. This is shown in the Great Pyramid thus :- The "Descending Passage," from the entrance of the Great Pyramid, leading to the "Pit" or "Subterranean Chamber," represents the course of the world in general (under the prince of this world), into the great time of trouble (the "Pit"), in which evil shall be brought to an end. [...] This calculation shows A. D. 1874 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years B. c. plus 1874 years A. D. equals 3416 years. Thus the Pyramid witnesses that the close of 1874 was the chronological beginning of the time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation-no, nor ever shall be afterward. And thus it will be noted that this "Witness" fully corroborates the Bible testimony on this subject, as shown by the "Parallel Dispensatidns" in MILLENNIAL DAWN, VOL.II., Chap. vii. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 341, page 342 - [archive.org]

[...] yet the Great Pyramid should, in some way, indicate the full length of Israel's favor. This we finally found to be most ingeniously shown. The granite "Plug" proved to be the exact length to fill out this period to the very limit. Then we knew why that "Plug" was so securely fixed that none had succeeded in displacing it. The great Master-Builder had placed it there to stay, that me might hear its testimony. to-day corroborating the Bible, as to both its plan and its chronology. [...] Thus, exactly, does the stone "Witness" corroborate the testimony of the Bible, and show that the period from the exodus of Israel from Egypt until the full end of their national favor, A. D. 36, was 1650 years. [...] And not only was this an ingenious way of hiding and yet furnishing the length of the period from the exodus to the birth of our Lord (to be, in due time, a corroboration of the Bible testimony), but the careful reader will readily see that it could have been done only in some such may, [...] Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 346, page 347 - [archive.org]

Thus the Great Pyranlid tells us, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus." [...] That which this stone Witness" thus points out in illustration, the written Word makes very plain, [...] This, the Scriptural teaching, and the experience of all running for the great prize, is thus forcibly illustrated by the Great Pyramid. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 349, page 350 - [archive.org]

Thus the Great Pyramid witnesses, not only the downward course of man in sin, but also the various steps in the divine plan by which preparation is made for his full recovery from the fall, through the way of life, opened up by the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 356, - [archive.org]

By reference to the Illustration, page 333, it will be noticed that an imaginary line drawn through the vertical axis of the Great Pyramid would leave the "Queen's Chamber" and its Horizontal Passage," the "Entrance Passage," the "First Ascending Passage" and the "Grand Gallery," all on the north side of that line or axis, and only the "AnteChamber" and the "King's Chamber" on the south side of it. By this arrangement the designer of the Great Pyramid (Jehovah) points out to us the distinction of natures, as noted in VOL. I., Chap. x. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 357, page 358 - [archive.org]

[...] a test of this stone "Witness." Will it further prove its divine architecture by confirming the Scripture testimony? or will it show more or less of a discrepancy? Should it corroborate the Bible account particularly and minutely, it would indeed well merit the name given it by Dr. Seiss - "A Miracle in Stone." Well, we can say nothing less of it; for its testimony agrees fully and in every detail with the entire plan of God as we have learned that plan from the Scriptures. Its wonderful correspondencies with the Bible leave no room for doubt that the same divine inspirer of the prophets and apostles inspired this "Witness" also. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 361, page 362 - [archive.org]

but this date, 1910, indicated by the Pyramid, seems to harmonize well with the dates furnished by the Bible. [...] we may well accept as correct the testimony of the Great Pyramid, that the last members of the "body" or "bride" of Christ will have been tested and accepted and will have passed beyond the vail before the close of A.D. 1910. [...] Is not this a most remarkable agreement between this stone "Witness" and the Bible? Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 363, page 364 - [archive.org]

If we compare it with the 1911 edition, then we see that this sentence is no longer there : Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in-the Scriptures, Vol III (1911), page 364

Thus the Great Pyramid, in harmony with the Scriptures, declares that "Christ brought life [restitution to human life, represented in that called the "Queen's Chamber"] and immortality [the divine nature, represented in that called the "King's Chamber"] TO LIGHT, through the Gospel" - the good news of redemption. - 2 Tim. 1:1O. The only entrance to the "Queen's Chamber," or to the "Grand Gallery," was by way of the "Well," the "First Ascending Passage" having been originally impassable by reason orthe granite "Plug." Thus the stone "Witness" testifies that by the Law Call or Law Covenant none of the fallen race could reach either life (human life) or immortality (the divine nature). Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 368 - [archive.org]

Thus the Pyramid, in harmony with the Scriptures, declares that ample provision has been made, whereby the perfect human condition, represented by the "Queen's Chamber," may be an everlasting condition to each one who conforms to its regulations and laws. And now, having heard it speak, what shall we think of the stone "Witness" and its testimony? Such testimony would be peculiar and striking indeed, even if there were no Scriptures found to bear on the subject examined ; but when the Scriptures had already clearly and positively declared to us these same circumstances and dates, before the Pyramid testimony was heard, its wonderful agreement with and corroboration of the same become doubly significant and striking. Now, when the worldly-wise are repudiating God's Word as "obselete" and "unscientific," to have this stone "Witness" speak, and corroborate the testimony of the Bible, is truly astounding. To hear its testimony as to man's fall at the very time that the worldly-wise are claiming that man never was perfect, never was in God's image, and consequently never fell from it, is remarkable. To hear its testimony that none could enter either the Gospel high-calling to the divine nature or the state of human justification and life through the Law Covenant or passageway, at a time when so many are preaching that the Law of Moses is the only way to life, is certainly gratifying. Surely in the Great Pyramid "The invisible things [plans] of God from the creation of the norld are clearly seen ; being understood by the things that are made" - Rom. 1:20. Some way scoff at the testimony of this stone "witness," as they also scoff at God's written Word ; but to their scoffs we answer : Account for this peculiar fitness of things, or else venture to prophesy of the future, and see how your prohecies will result. Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 373, page 374 - [archive.org]

Not only does the Great Pyramid confound atheistical scientists, but it refutes utterly their modern and anti-Scriptural theory of "Evolution" - on which subjeEt we cannot do better than quote the following words of Dr. Joseph Seiss, from his excellent treatise on the Great Pyramid, entitled "A Miracle in Stone." Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 374 - [archive.org]

"Men may sneer, but they cannot laugh down this mighty structure, nor scoff out of it the angles, proportions, measures, nature references and sacred correspondencies which its Maker gave it. Here they are in all their speaking significance, stubborn and invincible beyond all power to suppress them." The voice of this wonderful "Witness" brings forcibly to mind the words of our Lord on tint notable occasion of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, [...] Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 375 - [archive.org]

And when the Pharisees were urging him to rebuke them, he answered,"I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." (Luke 19:37-40.) [...] lo, the very stones of this Great Pyramid of Testimony are crying out in no uncertain tones. Every inch of this massive structure is eloquently proclaiming the wisdom and power and grace of our God. Firmly incased in this solid rocky structure, beyond the power of nature's storms or of the ruthless hand of the destroyer, the outline drawings of God's great plan have stood for four thousand years, prepared to give their testimony at the time appointed, in corroboration of the similarly revealed, but for ages hidden, testimony of the sore Word of Prophecy. The testimony of this "Witness to the Lord in the land of Egypt," like that of the written Word, points I with solemn and unerring precision to the final wreck of the old order of things [...] Source : 🇺🇸 1891 (first ed.) - Thy Kingdom Come, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. III, 1891, Chapter X, page 376 - [archive.org]

In volume 3 of Studies in the Scriptures, Charles Taze Russell attributes to each element of the pyramid (exterior and interior) a symbolic meaning. This man goes so far as to teach that the plan of God is expressed by it, in a silent and symbolic way. The pyramid is therefore in his eyes a witness of God. As for the role of Charles Russell, you will have understood it is to decode the plan of God, and to expose it to his followers. Here are a few pages of this volume 3, which claim precisely to bring in detail the different testimonies of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Cheops) : See details HERE

Leaving India the Gommittee journeyed via Suez, stopping two days at Cairo. A visit was made to the Great Pyramid, whose wonderful Passages tell by their construction so much of the divine plan that it has been called the Stone Bible. We need not here give space to an explanation of the meaning of the passages and their wonderful lessons, so in harmony with the prophecies of the Bible, because the majority of our readers already have this as one of the Chapters in the Third Volume of the STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES. We do, however, urge all to a fresh reading of this testimony, so helpful to faith. Source : 🇺🇸 - The Watchtower, April 15 1912, page 137

16:7. And I heard [another out of] the altar. — The "Altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt" (Isa. 19:19) at the time these plagues are being poured out upon the antitypical Egyptians, is the Great Pyramid, discussed in a separate section of Volume III. [Say] Saying Even so, Lord God Almighty, — The Lord Jesus. — Rev. 1:8; John 5:22; Matt 28:18 True and righteous are Thy Judgments — The teaching of the Great Pyramid is In full accord with the rest of the book. See Rev. 14:15. "It Is by no means an addition to the written revelation: that revelation is complete and perfect, and needs no addition. But it is a strong corroborative witness to God's Plan. Isaiah testifies of an altar and pillar In the land of Egypt, which 'shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts In the land of Egypt' And the context shows that it shall be a witness in the day when the great Savior and Deliverer shall come to set at liberty Sin's captives." — C315. Source : 🇺🇸 1917 - Studies in the Scriptures, Vol 7, The finished mystery, page 240, page 241 + Cover

 

Charles Taze Russell, a square and a pyramid...

 

Charles Russell is not alone in teaching this. For example, Nelson Barbour : The HERALD OF THE MORNING

Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, has published a remarkable book of over 500 pages, with 17 explanatory plates, entitled "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid," which appears to have a remarkable bearing on science, and some of the leading prophetic events of the world. The Great Pyramid stands in latitude 30, at the center of an area which sweeps the Delta of lower Egypt. Isaiah appears to allude to this massive monument in the following language; "In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign, and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt" (Isa 19:19, 20). This witness testimony of the Great Pyramid was only to be made manifest in the latter days. Source : 🇺🇸 1876 - Herald of the Morning, 01 January 1876, page 7 + Cover + PDF

Another example : http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78917522

 

⚫ The Great Pyramid of Gizeh : a Monument of Demonism

It is more reasonable to conclude that the great pyramid of Gizeh, as well other pyramids thereabout, also the sphinx, were built by the rulers of Egypt and under the direction of Satan the Devil. ...Then Satan put his knowledge in dead stone, which may be called Satan’s Bible, and not God’s stone witness Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, 15 November 1928, page 344

From his coming to his temple until Armageddon only a “short period of time” is allowed and hence, to save his spiritual Israel [...] He has also exposed the great Pyramid of Giza as being, not “God’s stone witness” or “the Bible in stone,” but a monument of demonism to glorify belief in immortality of the soul or “survival after death.” Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, November 15 1955, page 697 + Cover

NOT OF DIVINE ORIGIN [...] Jehovah God used some forty writers over a period of sixteen centuries to provide us with his Word. Is it reasonable to conclude that even before Moses began to write the Pentateuch God caused a massive structure to be built that was to corroborate his Word? Rather, is it not an insult to God to hold that he felt it necessary to corroborate his inspired Word by some mute edifice? And that its meaning should be hidden from man for several thousand years and revealed only at a time when the structure had been robbed of all its external beauty? Further, is it reasonable to hold that God would direct the construction of a building covering thirteen acres of ground, consisting of 90 million cubic feet of quarried stone, with stones as much as thirty feet long and estimated to weigh as much as 880 tons each, when all such work had to be done by slave labor? The very fact that the memory of the invading Shepherd kings who constructed these pyramids was so detested by the Egyptians for generations afterward would certainly put the building of the pyramids in the class of Pharaoh's building program rather than that of King Solomon. Besides, if the Great Pyramid were built at God's command should we not expect to find some reference to its construction in God's Word, the Bible? The Bible tells us of the building of Solomon's temple and that built under the direction of Governor Zerubbabel; also of the building of a water aqueduct by King Hezekiah, yes and also of the building of the tower of Babel, but not a word about any of the pyramids. Relevant to this argument also is the fact that none of the structures described in God's Word employ the design of a pyramid. The fact also cannot be gainsaid that none of the measurements given in the Great Pyramid throw light on the all-important issue of universal sovereignty or why God has permitted evil. Remarkable as some of its measurements seem to appear, it also cannot be denied that these have led to false hopes resulting in disappointments and none of them serve any purpose in magnifying the name of Jehovah and preaching "this good news of the kingdom," nor are those who put so much store by the Great Pyramid sharing in such preaching work. If there are facts about the Great Pyramid that cannot be explained solely on the basis of human wisdom, then in view of all the foregoing we have no alternative but to conclude that it must have been accomplished by means of demon power rather than by the active force of Jehovah God. Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, May 15 1956, page 297, page 298, page 299 + Cover

Since all the evidence points to the fact that the Great Pyramid was not constructed at God's direction, for Christians to take it seriously would be tantamount to going down to Egypt for help. (Isa. 31:1) Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, May 15 1956, page 299 + Cover

[...] we can find a justification for the building of the Great Pyramid, as a monument erected to astrology with the hope of discovering the fundamental secrets of life and all matter.—The Great Pyramid, R. A. Proctor. Thus, this most logical explanation of all as to the reasons underlying the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza would indicate that it certainly was not built by those engaging in the true worship of Jehovah God but by those devoted to astrology, a manifestation of Devil religion, and was built in furtherance of such religion. Source : 🇺🇸 The Watchtower, May 15 1956, page 300 + Cover

The prophet of God wrote : “In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to theLord. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.“-Isa. 19:19,20. For some time students conscientiously applied this prophecy to the “great pyramid” of Egypt; but since the coming of the Lord to his temple and the flashes of God’s lightning upon his Word the temple class see that this prophecy has no reference whatsoever to a pile of stone in Egypt. Source : 🇺🇸 1929 - Prophecy, page 213 + Cover

Who has applied this prophecy to the great pyramid? students or the watchtower?

 

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