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entirely to the internal passages. You will see on this chart, Cut No. 34, a great many figures. Some of you maybe rather discouraged, but I want to remind you that God does not make it a stipulation that every one who getsinto the kingdom of God must be a mathematician; that is not one of the essentials; it is the development ofcharacter founded upon faith in Christ that is essential. These figures are given us in order to establish our faithin God, and to help us understand Him better. The more we can understand these things the better for us.Nevertheless, if after honest endeavors to understand them we find we cannot do so, we should bear in mindthat God will supply our need in some other way.These figures are all in British inches. The Pyramid was built fully four thousand years ago, and at that timethere was no British nation and no British inch; therefore, we should seek for the standard measurement of thattime. Prof. Piazzi Smith, when investigating this subject, found beyond a doubt that 1,000 British inches areexactly equal to 999 Pyramid inches. Accordingly, if we want to find the number of Pyramid inches we shallrequire to subtract one from each thousand of these figures, and of course the same proportion for lower orhigher numbers. It was my brother, Morton Edgar, who drew this and all the other charts. I am glad to say thathe shares with me the joy of being in the present truth. He was associated with me in the study of the Pyramidand many of the time features of which I shall speak were discovered by him.Now, dear friends, for a proper understanding of this matter we shall require to know the symbolism of thedifferent passages. It was a, young Scotchman, Robt. Menzies, who first pointed out that the key to theknowledge of the symbolism of the internal passages is the "Well" which represents the grave, Hades, that stateof death from which there will be an awakening. He pointed out the fact that if you take the top of the firstascending Passage as representing the birth of our Lord, 33 inches further on brings you "over against the mouthof the well," and that at the top of the well, there is an appearance of an explosion, seeming to say that God,after Christ died and was buried, burst the bonds of death and raised His beloved Son from the hades condition,the death state.In the Epistle of Timothy we read that Jesus by his death and resurrection abolished death and brought life andimmortality to light through the gospel. Life on the plane of human perfection, as it will be at the end of themillennial age, is indicated in this Pyramid by the "Queen's Chamber." Immortality is indicated on a higherlevel by the "King's Chamber," into which we can gain entrance only by means of the Grand Gallery andAnte-Chamber. The Grand Gallery represents the high of heavenly calling, and the Ante-Chamber representsthe school of Christ, the school of consecration unto death. The Ante-Chamber thus. represents the "Holy" ofthe tabernacle, and the King's Chamber the "Holy of Holies." When we once understand this, dear friends, thenthe whole symbolism becomes plain.. . . We can now see that the Descending Passage represents the course of this "present evil world" down todestruction, which is represented by the "Pit," or subterranean chamber. This "Pit." or subterranean chamberrepresents "Gehenna," just as the "well" represents "hades." We are not to understand, however, that it is thepeople who are going down into gehenna. It is the world-this present evil world with all the present evilinstitutions which is to be destroyed in gehenna. These institutions, thank God, will never be awakened again.The Descending Passage, then, represents the plane of “condemnation and death,” and you can see that fromthis plane to the upper planes of life and immortality, there are two ways shown in the Pyramid of life andimmortality, there are two ways shown in the Pyramid, viz.: the First Ascending Passage, and the “Well.” Now,if you will look at this chart, you will see that from this plane to the upper planes of life and immortality, thereare two ways shown in the Pyramid of life and immortality, there are two ways of life shown in the Pyramid,vis.: the First Ascending Passage, and the “Well.” Now, if you will look at this chart, you will see that of thetwo ways the First Ascending Passage, which represents the Law Covenant, appears to be much easier than theother. When the Law was presented to them they shouted joyfully “all these things will we do.” They thought