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THE GREAT PYRAMID Part One: The Ancient Mystery Unraveled The
Great Pyramid is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still
standing. It is one of the oldest structures on the face of the earth and
arguably the best built. Its mortar joints are consistently 1/50 of an inch,
which is incredible craftsmanship, considering that of the over two million
stones that make up the Pyramid, there is no stone weighing less than a ton,
most weighing about two and a half, and some as much as 20 tons! The Pyramid
covers over 13 acres and is solid masonry, not hollow or earth-filled like
the Central American pyramids.
While being the
oldest structure on the face of the earth, the Great Pyramid is the most
accurately oriented, being laid out almost exactly due north, south, east,
and west. Modern man's best effort, the Paris Observatory, is six minutes of
a degree off true north. The Great Pyramid is only three minutes deviant and
E. Raymond Capt 1 claims that is due mainly to
subsidence. Many architects and engineers who have studied the Pyramid's
structure contend that, with our entire vaunted technological prowess, we
could not build the structure today. Does the theory of evolution run in
reverse?
There has been a
running controversy between two groups of serious students of the Great
Pyramid since Herodotus, the "father of ancient history" revived
its study two thousand years after it was built. The first group believes
that the Pyramid is a divine revelation, and the second group doesn't. While
this latter group might be willing to conjecture that the apparent geometric
marvels of the Pyramid are the result of knowledge lost with
Atlantis 2 or other highly advanced but now destroyed civilization, they
will not accept the possibility that God used prophets to direct the building
of the Great Pyramid in the way that God directed Noah to build the
ark. Proponents of the
divine inspiration school have included: SHEPHERD-PROPHETS
Consider
these facts. The Pyramid was built in Egypt, notorious for its idolatry and
polytheism. Yet Pharaoh Cheops
became "arrogant towards the gods" during his reign and shut up the
temples, cast out the images, and compelled even the priests to labor in the
quarries. Herodotus says that the Pyramid was thirty years in building, the
first ten years building prepatory works, Herodotus
extensively interviewed an Egyptian priest about the building of the pyramid
and he attested that a noted stranger abode in Egypt at the time of Cheops, a
shepherd, to whom rather than to Cheops the Egyptians attribute this edifice.
The Egyptians call him "Philition" or "Philitis."
Josephus also quotes Manetho, an Egyptian priest and scribe, who says there
was a "Then the LORD answered Job from
the storm. He said: Seiss
says that since YHWH's object is to convince Job of his incompetency to judge
of and understand Him, it is as if the Almighty is saying: You laid the
foundations of the great structure in Egypt, but where were you when I laid
the foundations of the far greater pyramid of the earth? You laid the measures
of the pyramid in Egypt, but who laid the measures of the earth, and
stretched the line upon it? You fastened down in sockets the foundations of
the pyramid in Egypt, {the Great Pyramid is built on four sockets} but
whereupon are the foundations of the earth fastened? You laid the pyramid's
completing capstone amid songs and jubilations, but who laid the capstone of
the earth when the celestial morning angels sand together, and all the
heavenly sons of God shouted for joy? In our day the idea of shepherds being special agents of God in the building of a monumental structure would be ludicrous in the extreme. Such is our age. The fault line of commentators referred to above is sharp, because the difference between faith and unbelief is the difference between light and darkness. The Bible says that God revealed to shepherds some of the most important information ever given to humankind:
Luke 2:8-15: That night, some shepherds were in the fields nearby watching
their sheep. Abraham was also
a shepherd, like Job, wealthy with flocks and herds. How is it that he was
brought to the attention of the pharaoh of Egypt and the King of Gerar in his
travels?18 Was it simply that Sarah, his wife, was so
pretty? The Jewish records say that Abraham was learned in the science of
astrology and with his elaborate knowledge of the heavens and their meanings
he attracted the attention of these kings. We know from the biblical record
that God communicated with the shepherd Abraham many times, several times
using the "stars" as a teaching vehicle. YHWH Himself directed
Abraham's eyes toward the heavens, indirectly corroborating the Jewish oral
tradition that says Abraham was a gifted astrologer: 19
Gen 15:5 "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, 'Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them': and he said unto
him, 'So shall thy seed be.'" THE PLACE OF THE
PYRAMID IN THE BIBLE There is a
biblical reference to the Great Pyramid which is instructive:
Isa 19:19-20 "At that time there will be an altar for the LORD in the
middle of Egypt and a monument to the LORD at the border of Egypt. 20 This
will be a sign and a witness to the LORD All-Powerful in the land of Egypt.
When the people cry to the LORD for help, he will send someone to save and
defend them. He will rescue them from those who hurt them." Notice that there is a reference to an "altar" and a "monument" that will be in Egypt. The location of this "altar" and "monument" is sketched in terms which seem to be contradictory; it will be at the "border" of Egypt at the same time it will be in the "middle" of Egypt. The apparent contradiction offers a chance to pinpoint the identity of this "monument" since few candidates would be able to be both the "border" of something, and also its "middle."
This
represents the border between the two countries making up ancient Egypt:
Lower Egypt (the delta) and Upper Egypt (the South). The Great Pyramid is at
the border of Upper and Lower Egypt. Yet this is also the center of the land
of Egypt if the two ancient countries be viewed as one, a single Egypt. Note
also that the Pyramid is at the center of the natural quadrant formed by the
regular curvature of the delta. It is also at the center of present Egypt in
that Cairo is the capital of the country and at the center of its business
and cultural life. It is also at the border of ancient Egypt in still another
way. The
Great Pyramid is sometimes called the "Great Pyramid of Gizeh".
"Gizeh" means "border', thus indicating in still another way
that the Pyramid is associated with a "border". The name
"Gizeh" is probably drawn from the fact that anciently the borders
of Egypt were considered to extend as far as the watered, green areas all
along the Nile. The desert outside this fertile strip was not really part of
the country. Thus the division line between fertile strip and desert is the
natural "border" of Egypt. It is along this "border" that
the Pyramid is situated. Thus by two separate sets of triple confirmation,
the Great Pyramid answers the apparent riddle of being at both the border and
center of Egypt. To find any other object or concept fulfilling this
prophecy's specifications would be extremely unlikely. The Biblical standard
of proof, given at Deuteronomy 19:15 and affirmed in the New Testament (at
Matt. 18:16 and 2 Corin. 13:1) has been met: "One
witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in
any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of
three witnesses, shall the matter be established." (Deut. 19:15) The
Pyramid is certainly a "pillar" as the text calls for, and also an
"altar" in the sense of being a witness to the Lord. This sense for
"altar," as a structure of witness and not for offering sacrifices,
is used several times in Scripture, such as this reference in Joshua 22: 26
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and
you, and our generations after us, An interesting occurrence of gematria also
helps pinpoint the Great Pyramid as God's special revelation. Here is the
Hebrew of the Pyramid text, Isaiah 19:19, 20:
Gematria
is the science of finding meaning in the numerical value of words. In the
Hebrew language each individual letter has a numerical value. Thus every word
has the numerical value of the sum of the value of its letters. If one adds
up the numerical value of all the Hebrew characters in the Great Pyramid text
the value is 5449. This is the height in inches of the Great Pyramid! THE
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PYRAMID The
Great Pyramid has been called "the Bible in stone" because its
passage systems reveal geometrically, in line and symbol, the same profound
spiritual truths and plan of salvation specific to the Bible, as will be seen
as this study unfolds. And just as there are time prophecies of significance
in the Bible, the Pyramid's silent geometry reveals a remarkable
chronography, prophetic time in stone. The challenge to deciphering the
prophetic scale is deciphering what measure of length equals what measure of
time. The key to this scale is given in the Pyramid, in the upper horizontal
passage system's first ante-chamber, in what is known as "Enoch's
circle." Enoch was translated when he was 365 years old. A circle is a symbol of eternity and Enoch thus
"entered eternity" at 365. The circle formed in that first
antechamber, defined by the floor and the two hanging walls measures 365.25
inches.
The
term "inch" is probably ultimately derived from Enoch's name, for
he was bestowed with many secrets of knowledge and filled with the spirit of
prophecy. Being a student of mensuration, and probably the pre-eminent
"father" of that discipline, it is fitting for the
"inch", the basis of the English system of measures, to be a
memorial of the prophet Enoch. This is rather like Lincoln finding his place
on every American penny. Enoch stands as a symbol for the character and
faith, which must be obtained by those who would pass through earth's final
ordeals and be translated at last when the Messiah returns at the end of this
present wicked age. With the scale of an inch for a year, the Pyramid yields
its chronography. That
a linear measure could represent a time period is alluded to by Jesus Himself
in the Sermon on the Mount. The Savior asks at Matthew 6:27, "Which of
you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?" The
Greek for "stature" indicates "age-length," not linear
length. Jesus is not giving a formula for how to grow a basketball star, of
seven-foot-plus stature, but rather is asking, "Which of you by worrying
can add one 'cubit' of time to his life-span?" One authority claims that
Jesus' association here of a time measure and a linear measure is the only
such usage in all of ancient Greek literature. While the point Jesus is
making is that worry is fruitless, he is secondarily mixing a metaphor which
yields the interesting equation that length can equal age. This simple idea
will be plugged into part two of our study of the Pyramid. Pyramid Mathematics the Royal Cubit and Egyptian Mythology Pages Home.
Footnotes 1. 2. 3. 4. I have studied his Dissertation on Cubits in the rare book room of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library. Newton based some of his work on Greaves measurements. Newton deduced a sacred and profane cubit. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10 11 12 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 19. Shaded Computer
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