CONCERNING “TWO GROUPS IN THE REVELATION”

“Seven times in Revelation this similar four-grouping occurs, (Below, from Marshall’s Diaglott)

5:9	7:9	10:11	11:9	13:7	14:6	17:15
tongue	tongues	tongues	tongues	tongue	tongue	tongues
people	peoples	peoples	people	people	people	peoples
nation	nation	nations	nations	nation	nation	nations
tribe	tribes	kings	tribes	tribe	tribe	crowds

 

Note the two times that tribe’ does not appear, it is replaced in 10:11 by kings’ and in 17:15 by crowds’. Does the context of these passages indicate a group that would be excluded in these two instance, but which would be included in the other five? Might tribe’ refer to the Jews?…”

The correspondent suggests that in 17:15, 10:11 the context excludes Jews, but the five contexts using “tribe” or “tribes” do not exclude them.

In reply: We appreciate this kind of investigation, but are not inclined to this particular conclusion. 17:15 and 13:7 seem to apply to the same classes and in 11:9 the context is of those how had been nominally Christian during the French Revolution.

-BT

 ON THE GREAT PYRAMID

“You current issue of Beauties of the Truth is very interesting, especially Units of measure in the Great Pyramid. Have you ever considered why the acre contains 43,560 square feet, or a square of 208.71 feet per side? My curiosity prompted me to look for some unit of measure from which it might have been derived.

The Pyramid Cubit with a value of 25.0265 inches seems to fill the bill since a square, 110 PC per side, comes very close to 43,560 square feet.

• Assuming 10,000 square PC = 43,560 square feet,
• 1 square PC = 4.356 square feet,
• 1 PC = the square root of 4.356, or 2.0871032 feet,
• X 12 inches = 25.045238 inches per PC

The accuracy compared to your value is .99925183… well within the difference between the Pyramid inch and the British inch. So it appears logical that someone along the line simply converted the acre of 10,000 square PC’s into feet and arrived at 43,560 square feet.”

In reply: It is strikingly close! Our interest heightens when we remember that the basic ancient Egyptian measure of land area was the Arura, of 10,000 square Royal Cubits. The suggestion of the correspondent is an acre of 10,000 square Pyramid Cubis. So we have not only a striking closeness numerically, but even the same concept – 10,000 square units. We appreciate having this brought to our attention.

-BT

“I’m always delighted to see something on the Pyramid. I’d like to comment on a few things in regard to that used in Beauties of the Truth [January issue].

(1) Although all books on the Pyramid are interesting, I’m persuaded the Edgars are our best.

(2) Though, as was said, any consistent set of mathematical units would [yield] the same [conclusion], it seems that units used within the building, if we believe it is God’s building, are reasonably emphatic… Applying the equations given to the Edgar’s theoretical standards I find this proves them kosher to my persuations. [Let ”’ = Pyramid inches]

Grand Gallery = 515.164”’ X 365.242 / 100 = 1881.595”’

Horiz. Pass.     = 515.164”’ X 29.530 / 10 = 1521.279”’

1st Asc. Pass. = (515.164”’ X 29.530 / 100 X Y)/P = 1543.431”’

Edgar’s Measures, respectively (rounded to 3 decimals): 1881.599″‘, 1521.311″‘, 1543.464”’.

(3) One other thing on my mind. The Horizontal Passage I’m sure portrays mankind’s entire journey in hope from the fall to perfection, if so be the individuals find their way through the well, and not the time under the New Covenant… even though it is level. The fall is shown elsewhere but this depicts the flawed condition and progress.

(4) Have you ever noticed how 21 PI is used in the Pyramid?

1. 21”’ from north wall to the antechamber to granite leaf.
2. 21”’ 7 overlaps in walls of Grand Gallery, 3”’ each.
3. 20.85”’ height of ramps with each passage 42,”’twice 21.
4. 20.85”’ drop in Horizontal Passage.
5. 20.85”’ depth of platform.

I’ve enjoyed thinking on many subjects so far in Beauties.”

In reply: (1) Our use of varied sources on the Pyramid is generally for factual data. Writers who have no appreciation of the Divine Plan of course cannot directly assist us in Scriptural applications of the Pyramid, which the Edgars have concentrated on.

(2) This letter predates the February article, in which we express agreement with Pyramid units. We also endorse standard theoretical measures for the passages, and then for the chambers. But we based our figures on a measured length for the King’s chamber so as not to make our suggestions dependent upon an assumption of a particular theoretical length. The February article suggests (not original with us) that the King’s chamber was designed to measure 10 x 20 Egyptian Royal Cubits.

Bro. Adam Rutherford, and others, believe there is a mathematical relation between the Royal Cubit and the Pyramid Cubit, namely: 1 Royal Cubit = Y / (250 X √π) Pyramid Cubits. We think the evidence for this conclusion (not given here) is reasonable.

To boil it down quickly, this means the theoretical measures of the Grand Gallery, the Horizontal Passage, and the First Ascending Passage, respectively, are: Y^2 /(40√π), YM / (4√π), Y^2 X M / (4P√π). (Y=days in a solar year, M=days in lunar month, P=days in prophetic solar year.) These are precisely identical to the theoretical measures used by the Edgars, and, so far as we know, by all who endorse theoretical measures for those passages. (Even if they do not use Egyptian Royal Cubits in their resoning.) If we use Y=365.24220, M=29.53059, P=360, the respective lengths, rounded to 3 decimals, are 1881.599”’, 1521.311”’, 1543.464”’. These agree exactly with the Edgar’s values. Authors who use slightly different values for the year and a month have slightly different results.

(3) Your thought does endeavor to express a consistent meaning for the Horizontal Passage. We are more inclined to think there are just two distinct thoughts expressed by that passage. In that it is constricted for most of its length, and enlarged at the end, it represents the entire history of mankind in their eventual course to the perfected state. But in that it is only accessible from the well (since the First Ascending Passage is blocked), it pictures mankind walking to life in the Kingdom, after the ransom has benefited them. (Two distinct perspectives are also shown in path to the King’s Chamber, by the Grand Gallery and the Antechamber-though in a different way.) That the symbolism of the moon (in this case the New Law Covenant) attaches to the whole passage seems additional reason to express it this way.

(4) We understand these to be intended as Royal Cubits of approximately 20.6″ Incidentally, to the instances of the Royal Cubit mentioned in the February article, one may be addded. “An oblong hole 20.6 Pyramid inches long (i.e., 1 Royal Cubit), 5.8 inches broad and 5.3 inches deep is to be found at the south-east corner and also at the south-west corner of the top surface of the Great Step… The bottom of each hole, at the back,… appears to mark the level to which the sloping floor of the Grand Gallery would have reached had there been no Great Step… the virtual end of the Grand Gallery floor.” (Rutherford, Pyramidology, Book 3, pg. 979) Also, our 7th listed appearance of the Royal Cubit (February issue) is stated incorrectly. We misread our source (Pyramidolgy, pg. 976). And in checking further, we found the matter stated differently in another source (The Great Pyramid Decoded, pg. 86). So we will not venture to restate the 7th point yet.

-BT

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