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No. 5 in the King's ChamberNow, there is one other point in regard to the Ante Chamber and the King's Chamber. First, in regard to theKing's Chamber, "Piazzi Smyth pointed out that the characteristic number of the pyramid, and specially of thisKing's Chamber is the number 5, which he regards as the sacred number of the pyramid; although peculiarlyenough it was an abhorrent number to the Egyptians. This number 5 is represented in the pyramid in two orthree ways in the King's Chamber. First of all the stones which compose the four walls of the King's Chamberare exactly one hundred in number, and those stones are built in five courses. That is to say, that in one layer thestones are all of exactly the same height, then in the next layer the stones are all of exactly the same height, sothat the groove between the two layers runs in the same line all the way around. Then, besides that, the lowestof these courses is sunk five inches; below the level of the floor of the King's Chamber. And lastly, the floor ofthis King's Chamber is on the fiftieth course of the pyramid. Then there must be something in this number 5,and Piazzi Smyth tries to find out what it is, but he does not succeed.Then in the Ante Chamber there are some peculiar markings in the wall which Brother Russell compares to themarkings in a school room; he calls it the school of Christ. Now, there is something in connection with thesemarkings which points to time measurements in a way. We find that if we look at the two side walls of the AnteChamber that there are three vertical grooves on each side wall, and Prof. Smyth points out that it is not thegrooves that are the important things but rather the spaces between the grooves. In other words he points outthat each side wall is divided into four spaces, and the first of these is half way blocked by the granite leaf. Thesouth or end wall has four vertical grooves reaching from the ceiling down to the top of the doorway, dividing,therefore, this wall into five spaces. Now, the question is what does this five mean? Concerning this Prof.Smyth says, on page 114 of "Our Inheritance In the Great Pyramid, 5th Edition," "As the doorway is only 42inches high, and the dividing lines of the wall above it are apparently drawn down to the doorway's top, a manof ordinary height standing in the Ante-room and looking Southward (the direction he desires to go, in order toreach the King's Chamber) cannot fail to see this space divided into 5. And when he bows his head very low, ashe must do to pass under the said Southern doorway, only 42 inches high, he bends his head submissively underthat symbol of division into 5; and should remember that 5 is the first and most characteristic of the Pyramidnumbers." -When I read that passage from Piazzi Smyth's book, the thought came, to my mind, "Can that 5represent the fifth day?" You remember that in the creation at the beginning, as it is described in the firstchapter of Genesis, life came into the world first on the fifth day. Then again you remember how the PassoverLamb was chosen out on the 10th day of Nisan, and then on the 14th day-that is to say, the fifth day after it waschosen-it was slain, and the first born were delivered from death. Now, these seem to point forward to the factthat the beginning of the new creation would be on the fifth day-the fifth millennial day (2 Pet. 3: 8.) We knowthat our Lord Jesus came into the world early on that fifth thousand year day. The date of the creation of Adamwas October, 4129. Perhaps you may wonder at my saying that for we always say 4128 B. C. But that isbecause the most of that first year was in 4128 - nine months in fact-but the year actually began in October,4129. How do we know that? It is very simple. The six thousand years from the creation of Adam terminated inOctober, 1872, and it is therefore, a very simple calculation to find out that Adam's creation was in October,4129, 13. C. Two years after that the Fall occurred in October, 4127. That is to say, 4000, and also 126 1/4years before, A. D., Christ died in the springtime of 33; that is, 32 1/4 years, and the third day he arose, andforty days afterwards he ascended on high.Now, adding 126 1/4 and 32 1/4 you get 158 1/2 years. That is to say that 158 1/2 years after the beginning ofthis fifth millennial day the new creation began.Now, dear friends, are there any points in the Ante Chamber to indicate the beginning of this fifth day. If welook into the Ante Chamber the first thing that strikes us is the fact that the first granite stone is raised 1/4 inchabove the level of the floor. It was evidently meant to mark some point; the floor in the King's Chamber is 3/4