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Again, if we add to the measurement 625 1/4 inches, the length of the Grand Gallery, up to the bottom ofthe great step, and also the length of the upper surface of the step, we shall find that the total distancefrom the lower edge of the 2nd plate to the South wall of the Grand Gallery equals 2499 Pyramid inches.This is the exact number of years which cover 51 cycles without jubilees, as shown by the prophecy ofthe 70 years, during which the land enjoyed her Sabbaths, and in which 19 jubilees were observed. Thisperiod began in October, 626 B. L., and ended in October, 1874, the beginning of the great antitypical timesof restitution.From lower edge of second plate to top of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 1/4Grand Gallery to bottom of step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1815 1/4From North edge of step to South wall of Grand Gallery . . . . . . 61___British inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501 1/2Deduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/2Pyramid inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249951 cycles, without jubilees, equal 51X 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2499Last Jubilee ended in October, 626 B. C. equals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 3/4 B.C.Beginning of Antitypical Jubilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873 3/4 A.D.The Complete Period of Duration of the Typical Kingdom of IsraelWaynman Dickson states that the lower edge of the 3rd transverse plate of stone in the First Ascending Passageis 831 inches from the top of the passage. In the following measurements, my Brother and I found that we gotharmony only by changing the number to 829 inches. This makes the deduction on this point correspondinglyweak, but the harmony is so complete, that I feel inclined to think that the latter measurement is the correct one.However, if you do not care to trust to it, there is enough in the Pyramid without the following timemeasurements, to show that God is the great designer of this building, and that His chief purpose has been toshow in it His wonderful Plan of Salvation.The Typical Kingdom of Israel is sometimes taken as beginning with the accession of Saul to the throne, butproperly it began as soon as the Nation of Israel entered the land of promise. God was their King. Youremember that when the people wanted a man to reign over them, God said to Samuel, "they have not rejectedthee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them." (1st Samuel, 8:7.) After that they had menreigning over them, but the Scriptures are careful to state that these men sat on the throne of the Lord. In 606 B.C., the kingdom was overthrown. This was because of the sentence passed upon Zedekiah, "remove the diademand take off the crown, I shall overturn, overturn, overturn it and it shall be no more until He come whose rightit is and I will give it him." (Ezekiel 21:26, 27.) The kingdom was taken from Israel and even to the Gentiles fora period of "Seven Times," 2520 years.The duration of the kingdom of Israel was accordingly from April, 1575, B. C., when the Nation of Israelentered Canaan, till 606 B. C., when the kingdom was overturned and the people taken into captivity. After 70years they returned to their land and became once more a Nation, but in accordance with the decree of God,they have never had a king since, nor will they have till the "Times of the Gentiles" are complete. Then Christwill become their King and their kingdom will be restored. We have already seen that the Nation of Israel wasoverthrown in 70 A. D., and that this is indicated in the Pyramid by the edge of the mouth of the Well.When we measure upwards from the lower edge of the 3rd transverse plate, taking this as marking the date ofthe entrance into Canaan, April 1875 B. C., and pass along the same line and to the same point as alreadydetailed in the time measurement of the duration of the Nation of Israel, when we reach the edge of the mouth