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floor of the Descending Passage, as representing the entrance into the land of Canaan, and go up a pyramid incha year, we get to that point at the upper end of the passage where the roof meets the Grand Gallery, you willfind that point represents the date October A. D. 29. the date when Jesus was immersed in the waters of Jordanand was annointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, when Jesus became the Christ. So at the top of thispassage we have three important dates represented. In the middle at the upper end we have the birth of Jesus.You know that Jesus came to this earth for the very purpose of giving up his life on our behalf. In other words,as Brother Russell points out in the third volume, Jesus was the first to be called, he was called from his birth;but by the law he could not accept that great and high invitation until 30 years of age. And then he offeredhimself, was accepted and anointed with the Holy Spirit and power. So in the middle we get the birth of Jesus,October B. C. 2; at the top of the roof the beginning of the Gospel age, so far as the Head Christ was concerned.Then down on the floor we have the date of the death of Christ. And you know how, shortly after the death ofChrist, at Pentecost, the holy spirit descended on the body of Christ, the Church, and so the Gospel age began sofar as the body of Christ was concerned at this time.Length of First Ascending Passage . . . . . . . . . . 1545Extra for axis along dotted line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30British inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1575Deduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/21573 1/2Add extra length for roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301603 1/2Entrance into Canaan April 1575 B. C. . . . . . . 1574 3/4Birth of Jesus in Oct. 2 B. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/4From entrance into Canaan to birth of Jesus . . . . 1573 1/2Add 30 years to Jesus' baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30___1603 1/2Covenant with Abraham to Death of ChristNow let us look with regard to this first ascending passage. Brother Russell, in a foot note, wonders why thispoint on the floor of the descending passage opposite the entrance of the first ascending passage represents theExodus. Why does it not represent the death of Jacob at the beginning of the Jewish age? It does represent that,dear friends, as I hope to show you later on. I might ask another question: Does it not also represent the date ofthe Abrahamic Covenant, which was the root of all, and the time when the great promise was given? It certainlydoes represent that also. This promise was, "In thee and in thy seed. shall all the families of the earth beblessed." And that seed was Christ. Christ came and died, was buried and resurrected, and then highly exaltedfor the purpose of carrying out this blessing, and the beginning of the blessing was at Pentecost when thedisciples received the holy spirit. That was the year 33. Now, if we take into consideration the inclination of thispassage, to measure from the Abrahamic Covenant to top would not give you such a. long period as fromthe Abrahamic Covenant to the death of Christ, but the Pyramid shows it in this way: By taking the lengthand inclination of the passage into consideration, we shall find if we drop a vertical line from the top of theFirst Ascending Passage downward, and then measure from the point where the floor of the Ascending Passageintersects the floor of the Descending Passage horizontally to this vertical line, then up to the top of thewell, we shall get exactly in pyramid inches (2078) the time from the Abrahamic Covenant to the death ofChrist in the year 33 - the time when the seed was exalted in order to carry out the blessing of all thefamilies of the earth.