The great pyramid passages and chambers

and resurrection brought the Law Dispensation to a close.

5 The situation of its upper end at the com-

mencement of the Horizontal Passage to the Queen's Chamber, symbolizing the fact that God had foreordained the ransomsacrifice of Christ “from the foundation of the world ’—Rev. 13: 8.

6 The situation of its upper end at the com-

mencement of the Grand Gallery, symbolizing (a) the fact that Christ, by his death and resurrection, began the Gospel Dispensation ; and (6) the fact that both Jew and Gentile require to have faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and to accept him as the Christ (Messiah), before they can enter the High or Heavenly Calling symbolized by the Grand Gallery.

7 Its position at the junction of the First Ascend-

ing Passage, the Horizontal Passage, and the Grand Gallery, symbolizing that the ransom-sacrifice of Christ is the centre or hub of the plan of salvation—Plate XVI.

8 The fact that the opening into it at the upper

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end may be a cause of stumbling to one who emerges from the First Ascending

Passage, symbolizing that faith in the ransom-sacrifice of Christ as a way to life, was a cause of stumbling to the Jew1 Cor. 1: 23 ; Rom. 9 : 31-33.

9 The fact that it communicates below with

the Descending Passage symbolical of the Adamic condemnation to death. symbolizing that any who are suffering under the Adamic condemnation may pass by faith in the ransom-sacrifice of Christ Jesus from the plane of condemnation to the plane of justification or reckoned human perfection. 10 The fact that it is the only open way to the

Queen’s and King’s Chambers, signifying that the only way to life and immortality symbolized by these two compartments is by the ransom-sacrifice of Christ.

11 The fact that the small passage from the

Descending Passage to the lower extremity of the Well-shaft appears as a small sidetrack (Plate X), symbolizing that faith in the ransom-sacrifice of Christ as a way to life appears to be foolishness to the Gentiles—1 Cor. 1: 23.

The GRAND GALLERY symbolizes the condition of the Justified of the

Gospel Age by the following features :—

1 Its construction of limestone throughout, which

in the interior of the Great Pyramid symbolizes the human nature.

2 The fact that those who enter it from the First

3 Its

4 Its

5 Its

Ascending Passage must pass the upper end of the Well, and all others who enter it from the Descending Passage can do so only through the Well, symbolizing that justification of both Jew and Gentile, with a view to the High Calling, can only be by faith in the death and resurrection of Christ.

situation above the summit of the Well, and below the plane of the King’s Chamber, symbolizing that those who are justified in the Gospel Age are reckoned as perfect human beings, not immortal beings. termination in the Ante-Chamber, symbolizing that the sole purpose of faithjustification in the Gospel Age is to enable justified human beings to enter the School of Christ by consecration.

great height enabling the traveller to

walk easily erect, symbolizing that the burden of sin has fallen from the shoulders of the Justified.

The difficulties of its upward slope and its slippery floor, symbolizing the troubles of the Justified which are permitted by God to test and develop their faith.

The Ramps as an aid to the ascent, symbolizing the grace of God which enables the Justified to make upward progress.

The upward progress toward the King's Chamber, symbolizing that those who persevere approach nearer the presence of God.

The great Step at the upper end of the Grand Gallery, symbolizing the great test to which the path of faith-justification must ultimately conduct all the Justified who make upward progress. As it is only

when one reaches the Step that a proper

view is obtained of the low entrance into the Ante-Chamber, so it is only after considerable progress has been made along