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no nation of Israel. If an American citizen were to go to Russia and there suffer the same persecution the Jewsare now suffering, the American Nation would rise up and put a stop to it at once. The Jews are sufferingpersecution because there is no nation to rise up and help them; the Jews are riot now a nation; they have nocountry of their own. and so there is no way to stop their persecution. The nation died in the fall of A. D. 70;there they entered into hades, as is beautifully represented in this Pyramid. You see that the last 36 or 37 inchesof it, representing years, is very contracted. That represents the time when Israel was cast off by Jesus, whosaid, "behold your house is left unto you desolate," and from that time the nation was brought down to its knees;it had to grope along this passage only 27 inches in height, and then terminated in the year A. D. 70 by death.Now, dear friends, these two time-measurements, namely, from the Exodus to the death of Christ, when thehouse of Israel was cast off, and from the Exodus to the year A. D. 70, when the house of Israel was destroyed,represent unfaithful Fleshly Israel. It was unfaithful Israel that was cast off; it was unfaithful Israel that died.The faithful Israelites were received by Christ as his joint heirs, the remnant, the elect. At the beginning it wasthe same class, unfaithful Israel, that was called out of Egypt. How do we know? Because that class of peoplewho were called out of Egypt were so disobedient that they were made to wander in the wilderness for 40 years,and not allowed to enter the land. Of all of those above 20 years of age who left Egypt, only two were allowedto enter the land of promise, Joshua and Caleb. They were unfaithful Israel at the beginning and here, in theyear A. D. 70, they were unfaithful still.Length of First Ascending Passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1545From its upper end to a point opposite middle of Well . . . . . . . . . 37 1/4Thence to opening in floor of Grand Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Depth of this opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Width of opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Length of horizontal passage to edge of mouth of Well . . . . . . . . 36____British Inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1686 1/4Deduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3/4Pyramid Inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1684 1/4Exodus in April 1615 B. C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1614 3/4Destruction of Jerusalem in October 70 A. D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 3/41684 1/2Time Measurements From the Entrance Into Canaan Tillthe Birth and Baptism of JesusBut now let us think of something higher and better. Let us think of the faithful Israelites. Where would weexpect them to be? On a higher level, wouldn't we? First, we measure along the line between the floor and theroof and find out what that represents. Supposing again we measure along the roof itself, higher still, and findout what that represents. Now, we do not begin faithful Israel at the exodus; we begin faithful Israel at the timeof the entrance into the land of Canaan. That class who entered into the land of Canaan were faithful. Theycrossed the Jordan and were circumcised; their unfaithful fathers had not circumcised them in the wilderness.These two measurements from their junction with the floor of the Descending Passage will be found to beginwith April in the year 1575 B. C. Now go up along the dotted line midway between the floor and roof at the rateof a pyramid inch to a year and we trace the course of those faithful Israelites. What were they doing? Theywere looking for the coming of the Messiah. These faithful Israelites finally came to the point at the top of thepassage, where the dotted line meets the Grand Gallery, which represents the date October 2 B. C., when ourLord Jesus was born, the "Holy One" of Israel; and the faithful Israelites at that time, the Shepherds, andSimeon and Anna received him. Then If we begin at the lower point, where the line of the roof intersects the