The great pyramid passages and chambers

CHAPTER VI.

THE SYMBOLISM OF THE PASSAGES AND CHAMBERS

OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.

Jesus Christ, and a space of 3314 inches, measured from this point up the inclined

floor, be taken to symbolize the years of his earthly life, the terminal point of this measurement will be found to occupy a position ‘‘over against the mouth of the Well,” not opposite the centre of that opening, but sufficiently near to it to have suggested the thought to the mind of a young Scotsman, Robert Menzies by name, that the Well symbolizes Hades, the death-state, into which, in the words of the prophet, our Lord Jesus ‘‘poured out his soul’’—Isa. 53:12. And because the surroundings of this Well present the appearance of its mouth having been, in time past, covered by stone-work, and later violently uncovered (as if burst open from beneath by an explosion), the additional thought of Christ’s resurrection was suggested.

119 As a sequence to these thoughts, it was naturally suggested that the First Ascending Passage which leads up to the point thus assumed to indicate the date of Christ’s birth, would, therefore, symbolize that Law Dispensation which preceded and led up to the Advent of the Messiah; and, also, that the Descending Passage from which the First Ascending Passage branches, would symbolize the world on its downward course to the ‘‘ Pit” of destruction. On the other hand, the lofty Grand Gallery, continuing in the same upward direction as that of the First Ascending Passage, would appropriately symbolize that Dispensation of Grace, during which the ‘Glad Tidings” of the Advent of a Saviour for the world, was to be witnessed to all nations.

120 These thoughts, which were suggested by Robert Menzies as a possible interpretation of the symbolism of the Great Pyramid’s passages and chambers, have since been proved to be-reasonable, and have led the way to the discovery of many beautiful, and otherwise undiscoverable, corroborations. of the various features of the plan of salvation as contained in the Holy Scriptures. It is important to realize that it was the recognition of the symbolism of the Well, which formed the key to the interpretation of the design of the passage system. This is only what we should expect, for it is the due recognition of the death and resurrection of Christ, symbolized by the Well, which forms the key to the proper understanding of the teaching of the Bible. With these leading thoughts in mind, the symbolism of the various passages and chambers will first be stated somewhat briefly, so that a comprehensive view may be taken of them, and then they will be considered in fuller detail.

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[ the north wall of the Grand Gallery be assumed to indicate the date of the birth of