Study 10: The Testimony of God’s Stone Witness and Prophet, The Great Pyramid in Egypt.

(1) What favorable comment has been made by C. Piazzi Smyth, the noted expert on the Great Pyramid’s construction, etc., upon the symbolic teachings of this wonderful building, as set forth in the “Scripture Studies”? Pages 311, 312

(2) How many “wonders of the world” were recounted by the ancients? And what position in the list was accorded to the Great Pyramid of Egypt? What statement regarding the Pyramid’s great blocks of stone is made by a leading granite man of this country? What area is covered by the Great Pyramid? What is its height, and the breadth of its base? What is the estimated weight of the Great Pyramid, and what power would be required to remove it? Page 313, par. 1

(3) While the Great Pyramid is the most wonderful building in the world, why does it possess peculiar interest for the Lord’s people? Page 314, par. 1

(4) Are there other pyramids aside from the Great Pyramid? What is their general character, and for what purpose evidently designed and used? Page 314, par. 2

(5) In what prominent features does the Great Pyramid differ from the others? Is the testimony of the Great Pyramid an addition to the written Revelation? If not, in what manner does it witness to God’s plan? Where is it referred to in Scripture? Page 314, par. 3

(6) Are the Scripture references to the Pyramid plainly and clearly stated, or in what manner? At what time is it Scripturally indicated that this structure will be “for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of Hosts?” Page 315, par.  1, 2

(7) Quote Scriptures showing how the term Egypt is symbolically Page 316, par. 1, 2

(8) When will the antitypical Egyptians “cry unto the Lord for help”? And what part will the Great Pyramid play in the Divine Program, as foretold by Isaiah? Unto whom chiefly was it evidently intended to bear witness? Page par. 3; Page 317, par. 1

(9) How did Jeremiah refer to the Great Pyramid? (Jer. 32:20) Page 318, par. 1

(10) Show in detail how the Lord’s questions and statements to Job (Job 38:3-7) find a most striking illustration in the Great Pyramid. Is there any doubt that this great structure is referred to in Scripture, or that it will fully corroborate the written Word of God? Page 318, par. 2; Page 319, par. 1

Why When, and by Whom was the Great Pyramid Built?

(11) What was the ancient theory regarding the purpose for which the Great Pyramid was built, and why is this untenable? When did the secrets of the Great Pyramid begin to be understood? Page 319, par. 2

(12) When and by whom was the first work written, proving that the Great Pyramid possessed scientific features? To whose work are we mainly indebted for the data used in our present study? Page 319, par. 3

(13) Who first suggested that the Great Pyramid was an important witness to Divine Truth, as well as to natural Science? Page 320, par. 1

(14) What soon became apparent as to the object of the Great Pyramid’s construction? Why have former students failed to grasp the great scope of its teachings? Why has this wonderful “witness” kept silent until the present day? Page 320, par. 2

(15) In what year was the Great Pyramid built, as determined by Smyth, and by what method did he reach his conclusion? Page 321, par. 1

(16) How was this conclusion afterward corroborated? Page 322, par. 1

(17) To whom is ascribed the honor of having built the Great Pyramid, and what are the arguments for this theory? Page 322, par. 2, 3

Its Peculiar Location

(18) How and where is the Great Pyramid situated? What peculiarity in its location, as related to the delta of the Nile? Page 325, par. 1

(19) Who was the first to note this remarkable relationship of the Great Pyramid to the sea-coast, and what was his exclamation? Page 325, par. 2

(20) Explain just how the Great Pyramid is located “in the midst of the land of Egypt,” and at the same time “at the border ” What is the Great Pyramid’s location with respect to the land surface of the world? Page 325, par. 3

Its Scientific Lessons

(21) In what manner does the Great Pyramid speak to us? by hieroglyphics? What were the only original marks found in the structure? Briefly, what are some of the scientific teachings of this unequaled monument? Page 326, par. 1

(22) What sublime thought regarding the “summit corner” of the Great Pyramid has been suggested by Joseph Seiss? Page 327, par. 1, 2

Its Testimony Relating to the Relation to the Plan of Redemption

(23) In what feature of the Great Pyramid is centered our greatest interest? And how does it represent the Divine Plan of the Ages? To whom does the top-stone evidently refer? Page 323, par. 1, 2

(24) How is this prophetically portrayed by Isaiah, Zechariah, Job, and David, respectively? Page 329, par. 1

(25) How did the head-stone of the Great Pyramid beautifully illustrate the foregoing? Page 329, par. 2

(26) What does the Pyramid figure represent? Page 330, par. 1

How the Internal Construction Outlines the Plan of Redemption

(27) While the outward form of the Great Pyramid illustrates the completed results of the Divine Plan, what still more wonderful features are represented by its inner construction? Page 330, par. 2

(28) Referring to a diagram of the Great Pyramid, describe the “Entrance Passage.” Into what does this Passage lead? Describe this room. What do the “Entrance Passage” and the “Subterranean Chamber,” respectively, symbolize? Page 331, par. 1

(29) Describe the “First Ascending Passage” and the hallway into which it What do the low “Ascending Passage” and the “Grand Gallery,” respectively, represent? Page 331, par. 2

(30) Where does the “Horizontal Passage” begin, and to what does it lead? Into what does the low passage at the upper end of the “Grand Gallery” lead? Page 332, par. 1

(31) What is the chief room in the Great Pyramid called? Describe the location and object of the “Construction ” What is the only piece of furniture found in the Great Pyramid? How is ventilation provided for in the “King’s Chamber”? Page 332, par. 2

(32) Describe the irregular passage known as the “Well.” What was apparently the original condition of the passage to the “Queen’s Chamber” and the mouth of the “Well”? What does the appearance of the mouth of the “Well” suggest? Page 335, par. 1

(33) What barrier is found at the upper or south end of the “Grand Gallery”? What peculiarity marks the south end wall of this passage? Page 335, par. 2

(34) Of what material are the passage-ways and floors of the Pyramid composed? Where is the “Granite Plug” located, and how was it originally concealed by the builders? Page 336, par. 1

(35) Who was A1 Mammoun, and what was his object in forcing a passage into the Pyramid, and what secret did the labor of his Arabs unwittingly reveal? When did this occur? Page 336, par. 2

The Great Pyramid’s testimony Concerning the Plan of the Ages

(36) What suggestions were made by Robert Menzies respecting the religious teachings of the Great Pyramid? Page 337, par. 1, 2

(37) Why is the “Well” regarded as the Key to the whole matter? Page 337, par. 3

(38) By what measurements in the Great Pyramid was the date of its building, fixed by Smyth through astronomical observations, corroborated? Page 338, par. 1

(39) If the Great Pyramid be indeed “a Bible in Stone,” what should reasonably be expected of it? Page 338, par. 2, 3

(40) How are the Scriptural time-proofs of the Lord’s second advent shown in the Great Pyramid? What is the starting point? And to what point should we measure to find the beginning of the Great Time of Trouble? Page 341, par. 1, 2

(41) Does the fact that conditions in the world are still endurable disprove that we are living in the “Harvest” period”? Page 342, par. 1, 2

(42) Describe and interpret the peculiarities in the shape and finish of the “Pit.” Furthermore, what two features of the Divine purpose are represented in the “Pit”? Page 343, par. 1, 2

(43) What peculiarity marks the “Entrance Passage” at the point where it nears the “Pit”? What does this symbolize? Page 344, 1, to Page 345, par. 1

(44) While this horizontal section of the “Descending Passage” suggests the social improvement of the world, to what prominent and erroneous theory has this upward movement given rise? Page 345, par. 2, 3

(45) While the testimonies of the foregoing measurements were harmonious, which measurement of the Great Pyramid seemed to be out of harmony? What was the difficulty? Page 345, par. 4

(46) How was this difficulty ingeniously bridged by the “Granite Plug”? Page 346, par. 1

(47) What was the length of the period from the exodus of Israel from Egypt until the full end of their national favor, as shown by the Pyramid? Does this period contradict the teaching shown in the Parallels of the Jewish and Christian Dispensations, that each was 1845 years in length? Page 347, par. 1, 2

(48) Describe in detail the “Grand ” Page 347, par. 3, to Page 348, par. 2

(49) What does the “Grand Gallery” symbolize, in general? Page 348, par. 3

(50) What does the lofty height of the “Grand Gallery” symbolize? Briefly, what does the “King’s Chamber” represent? What is symbolized by the “Well”? Page 349, par. 1

(51) What significance in the apparently interminable length of the “Grand Gallery,” its narrowness and steepness? Page 349, par. 2

(52) Looking up along the “Grand Gallery” to its end, what thought does it suggest? Page 350, par. 1

(53) Since the “Grand Gallery” represents the High Calling, how is the way by which the Church may enter into heavenly glory symbolized at the upper end of the “Grand Gallery”? Page 350. par. 2

(54) What does the low passage leading into the “Antechamber” represent? Of what material is the floor in the “Ante-Chamber,” and what does this signify? Describe the “Granite Leaf” with its symbolic teaching. Page 351, par. 1

(55) Describe the “Ante-Chamber.” What does its peculiar appearance suggest? Page 351, par. 2

(56) How is the actual death of the Church shown in the Great Pyramid? What does the “King’s Chamber” symbolize? To whom did the call to the “divine nature” first come? And what was Christ’s two-fold mission on the earth? Why does the “Grand Gallery” not symbolize the Gospel Age? Page 352, par. 1

(57) Describe the “King’s Chamber.” What is the capacity of the “Coffer”? Page 355, par. 1, 2

(58) What is the correspondences between the granite in the Great Pyramid and the gold in Israel’s Tabernacle and Temple? With what parts of the Tabernacle do the two low passages leading into the “Ante-Chamber” and “King’s Chamber” correspond? With what does the “Coffer” correspond? Page 355, par. 3

(59) How are the “Holy” and “Most Holy” of the Tabernacle represented in the Great Pyramid? What does the “Ante-Chamber” represent? How is the “first veil” represented in the Pyramid? Page 356, par. 1

(60) How is the further progressive character of the New Creature’s experience symbolized in the Great Pyramid? Where is the actual death of the consecrated followers of Christ represented? How are the divine nature and everlasting glory of the Church represented in the Pyramid? Page 356, par. 2; Page 357, par. 1

(61) What lesson is taught by the fact that the granite floor does not extend quite to the front of the “Antechamber,” while the granite ceiling reaches the entire length of this room? What does the “Granite Leaf” represent? How are the steps by which the called ones of this Gospel Age are to enter into glory marked in the Great Pyramid? Page 357, par. 2

The Natural and Spiritual Natures Shown

(62) By reference to the illustration of the Pyramid, show how the natural and spiritual natures are Page 358, par. 1

(63) What does the “Queen’s Chamber” represent? What significance in the fact that the farthest wall of this room is on a line with the Pyramid’s axis? What do all the upward passages leading in the direction of this axis teach? Page 358, par. 2

(64) How is the possibility that some of the begotten ones may commit the “sin unto death” shown by the “Pit” and the “Ante-Chamber”? Page 358, par. 3

(65) What lessons are taught by the relationship between the location of the “Pit” and the axis of the Pyramid? Page 361, par. 1

(66) On which side of the axis is the “Well’s” mouth, and what does this represent? On which level is the mouth of the “Well,” and what does this signify? What significance in the fact that the “Grotto” was natural? What does its location above the basal line of the Pyramid represent? Page 361, par. 2

(67) What may be considered a “crucial test” of the Pyramid, in regard to the “Grand Gallery”? Page 362, par. 1, 2

(68) Call to mind what we have learned with respect to the dates of the full end of “Gentile Times,” the beginning of the “Harvest,” and the end of the general Call. Give the lengths of the three different measurements which have been taken on the floor line of the “Grand Gallery,” from the north to the south Page 363, par. 1, 2

(69) If the inches in the floor lines of these passages represent a year each, what date would these measurements indicate as the end of the “high calling”? Page 364, par. 1

(70) Show how this three-fold ending is in perfect harmony with the Page 364, par. 2; Page 365, par. 1

(71) Where and how is the second advent of Christ symbolized in the Great Pyramid? Page 366, par. 1

(72) Could such exactness in matters which concern six thousand years of history and thousands of inches of pyramid measurements be mere coincidences? Page 366, par. 2

(73) What is indicated by the juncture of the lower end of the “Well” with the “Descending Passage”? How do we proceed to find and apply this measurement? Page 367, 1, 2; Page 368, par. 1

(74) How do we calculate the time from the date of Isaac’s inheritance to the year D. 1881? Page 368, par. 2

(75) What beginning of Restitution work was marked by the date October 1881? Page 368„ 1, and footnote

(76) How does the Great Pyramid illustrate the Scriptural teaching that “Christ brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel”? Page 369, par. 1; Page 370, par. 1

(77) How does the Pyramid illustrate the fact that by the Law Covenant none of the fallen race could reach either life or immortality? How is the cross, the ransom, specially marked by this “Stone Witness”? Page 370, par. 2

(78) What lesson does the low passage to the “Queen’s Chamber” teach? Page 371, par. 1

(79) How does the “Queen’s Chamber” symbolize human perfection? Page 371, par. 2

(80) What peculiarity in the floor of the “Queen’s Chamber” has been remarked, and what does this suggest? What is symbolized by the differences in height in the passageway to the “Queen’s Chamber”? Page 371, par. 3, 4

(81) Have any walked in this way during the past six thousand years? Page 372, par. 1

(82) How does this passage to the “Queen’s Chamber” agree with the Bible record concerning the way to perfect human life during the Millennium? Page 371, par. 2

(83) What is symbolized by the ventilating tubes of the “King’s Chamber,” and the “Queen’s Chamber,” respectively? What peculiarity marked the air tubes of the “Queen’s Chamber,” and how and by whom were they discovered? Page 375, par. 1, 2

(84) Why is this wonderful agreement with and corroboration of the Scriptures doubly significant in this day? Page 376, 1; 377, par. 2

(85) How does Seiss express himself with respect to the Great Pyramid’s refutation of the modern and anti-Scriptural theory of Evolution? Page 377, par. 1 to Page 378, par. 1

(86) How do our Lord’s words to the Pharisees, when making His triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Luke 19:37-40), seem to have an antitypical fulfilment in the Great Pyramid’s testimony? Page 378, 2; 379, par. 1