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confident, therefore, that &e measures used.. . are asnear thc both aa can be hoped for. They harmonize allthe teaching of the Pyramid, and are corroborated overand over again by the numerous time-features, which arebased upon Bible chronolog~. They revenl a wonderful5 design throughout the exterior and interior proportiomof this truly mardona building. The mammmenh= GOLDEN AGEare all in British inches"All oar measuring ' + ts are scaled' accordin&to the British standard; but these de easily reduced toPyramid inches by calcukting 999 Pyramid inches foreach 1,000 British inches. Otherwise stated, drop oneBritiah inch for each 1,000; and we have the numberof Pyramid inches.Be?. Jwph Seiss, D. D., in his work entitled "A Miraclein Stone," haa much to ay of the Scriptural eym-life, high in the favor of God, ha almost immwflost that favor bj his transgression. '5 the m t dthy face shalt thou eot bread, till thou re- unto thaground" is here epmbolized by the narrow, mpdapsssagewa7 leading back to tha ground Man's fdl irhere plainly shown.At about the pdint where this Ihscending Passageenters the rock foundation, the ground, begins the Fintascending Passage, which lesds from the W d h gPasaagi and is directly over it, at the wno degrse dincline upward that the other is downward. Thir rpbolizesan apparent opportunity to leave the dormwudpath to death and take a tnrn upward toward life andfavor with God. We recall, that God saleded the childrenof Israel from among all other natione, d madrthem an offer of life, if they would keep His law, ubolism of the Great Pyramid In the publication, gThyKingdom Come," Mr. Bus-dl devotes caneiderable apaceto showing the wonderful harmony between the Bibleand the Great Pyramid theologicailj and chronologically.We herewith give a general outline disgram ofthe Great Pyramid, also an enlarged outline of the interiorpassages, together with some of the measuremenb given by the three critical scientists already mentioned.In symbolism the interior pasages of the Pp-am.idrepresent the experiences and opportunities of mi sincathe time of Adam. A glance at the diagram &omthat the only entrance is array up the north side,about seventy feet from the bass The entrance pa+€age is about forty-two inches wide and fortyeightiucher high, and leads immediately southward anddownward at the steep incline of 26@ 18' 10". It is.both diliicult and dangerous to dtscend this narrow pwmgewafl Such has hem the experience of man everrince he vns expelled from Eden. Endowed n-ith perfect,giren to them when they w e a covenant with Him atACt SSL The agreement was that if they codd keepthat law they should have everlasting lifa (Llzka 10:28) Just a few feet up, the psnrags M complttdyblocked br graqite bouiden, fitted and atdged into it sotightly that they have never been moved. Themblocks are known as the "granite pluf.In the Tabernacle of the Wildemem and the Templeat Jerusalem, gold represented things divjne. In theGreat P~amid granite is used to represent thinga dioine.It aas impossible for imperfect Jews to keep ti:edivine law; therefore the opportunity for salvation byway of the law n-as of no avail. The covenant "wsswe& through the flesh" (Romans 8 : 3) ; man could notlive up te its requirements., l'his is symbolized by theblocking of tha First Ascending Passage b j the "-it.plug". This passagewar and the plug are so loutedthat they indicate the exact, year when Moses led thechildren of Israel from Egypt, and organized them intea nation, separatc from other notions, aa we shall see*.