The great pyramid passages and chambers

Divine protection. ‘ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty "—Psa. 91 : 1,

195 Before they can enter the “ Sanctuary or King’s Chamber, which is a figure or type of heaven itself (Heb. 9 : 24), they must bow down once more and pass through another low entrance-passage—Plate XX. The stooping necessary to do this symbolizes death, for those who will become joint-heirs with Jesus Christ must rise from the plane of spirit-begetting to the plane of spirit-birth, that is, they must be changed to the spiritual condition in the actual as distinguished from the reckoned sense before they can enter the heavenly glory, for ‘flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God” —1 Cor.15:50. That the plane of spirit-birth is higher than the plane of spirit-begetting is indicated in the Great Pyramid by the fact that the granite floor of the King’s Chamber is on a higher level than the upper surface of the first granite stone in the floor of the Ante-Chamber.

196 The emergence from the low entrance-passage into the King’s Chamber symbolizes the resurrection of those who have been faithful followers of Christ. This is the first or chief resurrection concerning which John the Revelator states: ‘ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years ""—Rev. 20:6. Paul, speaking of the same class, said: ‘The dead in Christ shall rise first” (1 Thess. 4: 16), and again, ‘It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him ’’—2 Tim. 2: 11, 12.

197 This gracious offer of joint-heirship with Jesus is free to those who have ears to hear the glad tidings before the time when the door of opportunity will close, and all who accept and are faithful unto death will receive the crown of life, and will find that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in them, for they will be raised in the likeness of Christ's glorious spiritual body and will reign with him—Rev. 2:10; Rom. 8:18; Phil. 3: PAVE 1 John 3: 2.

198 It is thus evident that the Grand Gallery symbolizes the plane of faith-justification ; the first granite stone in the Ante-Chamber the plane of spirit-begetting ; and the granite floor of the King’s Chamber (or Sanctuary) the plane of spirit-birth, the Divine nature.

RESUME OF PROOES.

I. The WELL symbolizes the ransom-sacrifice of Christ by the following

features :1 Its resemblance to an Eastern shaft-tomb, the fact that Jesus was a perfect man when symbolizing the death of Christ. he “poured out his soul unto death,” and 2 The appearance as if an explosion had taken ‘gave himself a ransom for all '’—Isa. 53 : place at its mouth, symbolizing the resur- 12; 1 Tim. 2: 4-6. rection of Christ. 4 The situation of its upper end at the termina3 The situation of its upper end at the level of tion of the First Ascending Passage, symof the Queen's Chamber floor, symbolizing bolizing the fact that Christ by his death