The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

I - %t ahall be the sign of thy presence [-. - kted 'coming' h Conamon Venion--see mar@ rend-* in the Rsrised Version, Matthew 24: 31 ?" He toldthem: World warm, pestilena, famines, earthquakes,.nd perplexie of nations, and. gene4 fear'- mang the people ss to what wu coming u'pon the worldThe peat governments of the world, the Big Man ofDdel 2 : 14,45, would be going all to piecea ; and itmdd like a 'day of destruction'.-Idah 13: 413.} Notice the same propheq in the Great P~amid, evento tha data (See diagram, ppge 212.), From the upper 'point of intersection of the extremeend of the Descending Passage is 3,037.50 incha. Thefloor distance along the Horizontal Passage to the Pit is850.75 inchea, total 3,388.25 British inches, or 3,384.75pyramid inches. This, 1- the 1511.25 as B. C. date.leaves 1,973.50, or the middle of 1874 9. D. Howmuch easier to walk in r large place like the Pit, as cornpazedwith the previoua narrow passageway l This wasjust about &e time of ths beginning of the "age ofnrL.Jeap which haa brought such great changes in the&airs of the whole world. Let any one fifty years ofaga compare the conditions of childhood days with thethe present. In other words, all,these great changes areeridencea of the Lord's "touch" upon world &airs, thebwer to the question, What d be the nip of thyp-ce? This is specinlly pictured by the -1ycutside walls and ceiling of the '%ottomIeas pif'.Tho Pit npreenta a great change in the ddss&ah in several w a Whatever ~ one may be inclinedto think of the Gmt Pyramid's testimony, he mustadmit tha phpical facta of the pad &€Q yearaIn thia connection the following news item, underdate of October 17,19!24, will be to the point:: "If scientists keep juggling volta, amperes, o h andwatts around much longer no one will have any workto do except push an electric buttan or two. No longeria it necesq to pie the tired business man with thehigh tension beard. Zipp+';POO of 'em a minuband the electrical razor shoots a wriggling blade overyour fa- faster than Eoudini can get out of a straightjacket,and equally aa mysterious ; and one's bristles, sibbanu or what not, disappear. This is only one of thethousands of electrid exhibits now on at the GrandCentral Falace commemorating the forty-fifth anniver-Iry ofcent lamp."A. Edison's inrention of the incad-: 1914 and 1789 ForetoldHE e&teme south end of the Grand Gallery andT the no* wall of the "bottomlsa pit" evidentlyugnify some beat events. If a vertical line were droppedfrom the south end of the Grand Gallery the lowercnd would just touch the extreme end of the floor ofths 4 horizontal passage as it entcrs the Pit.Suppose this vertical line were extended down, anddm that tha Descendq Pusage had continued in rstraight line, where would they meet? The h d i n g -'Psassgc would be 391.25 inchea longer. This added to -the 3,037.50 already noticed muld give a total of 3,428,- -75 British inchea, or 3,425.25 Pyramid inches.ducting the 1511.25 an B. C. we have 1914, the yesrthe world plnn,d into the World War, well apbolizedby the %ttomIess pit?'. Sea diagrams, P w 212-214This nrtical line very properly represents the year --,1914. Now if we measure from the north wan of thPit, back along the roof (for that ia smoother than thoflmr and apparently war, intended for measurement) dthe mall Horizontal Passaget to the north wall of th8little recess ue find the distance to be 125 plus Pyramid -inches. 1914 less 125 leave 1789, the year the FrenchRevdution, symbolized by the started. Cm NOsor that this is merely accidental?'Let w now return to the upper portion of the 1-ocmiq. We &ow a drawing ot the Grand f* and the"otep" at the upper end. gee bwinga, pages 216,220.We atart at the vertical line of the north end of theGM~ Gallery; for the Gospel Age did nd begin untilthe death and resurrection of our Lord, jnst at Pentacod, 32.25 A. D. The length of the Grand Wry tothe vertical line of the muth wall, right through th'step'' is 1.883.25 British, or 1,881.25 Pyramid in&=Thia plus the 32.25 gives ua 1913.50, or middle of 1914& D. me remember that it was in Buyst, 1914, thatthe World War broke out. This h the top of the verticalline dropped to the floor entrance into the Pitbelow. The abrupt ending of the Grand Gallery in&cates some sudden change in the experiences of -thaChurch, as well as of the world. Let the interestedcompare this with Revelation 3 : 14-18.Last Jewish Jubilee Due in 1925 A.D.0 CATCH the Bible significanca attached to theT year 1925 A. D., we need for a moment to considerthe evidence given in the Law to the Jewa regardingthe Year of Jubilea In the 25th chapten of Leviticuswill be found the Taw in full, which the Jews wereto obaene cnrdullp. These !awr were aU types of bettcrthing to come. (1 Corinthiahs 10: 11) The atitype.therefore, would be on a much larger wale than aar thotype. and sl~ould begin as soon as the t.p cewdBriefly stated, tke law wm: AS soon as the Jews enteredthe land of Canan they were to bcgin to count; and