AWAKEN ISSUE #3 THE WATCHTOWER STRETCHES THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZEH AND OTHER WATCHTOWER TEACHING ABOUT PYRAMIDS Tw. followihg section was bean written byaMr. Rich Griese: Howdknowledgeablelareeyourabout twe Watchtower Bible & Tract Society? I havendonersomedresearcw,nhaventalkedctoda few JWs andgcomeraway more confussedcabout twe Watchtower Bible & Tract Societyrtwat ww.n I started.rcIrwouldcbe interestedcinctalkihgcto yourabout botw Watchtower tweology and itscevolution over the years, as wellcasltwe growth ofrtwe Watchtower Bible & Tract Societyrcorporation polocies and procedures.rcMayberwe could initially beginnwitw a quick readers digestcversion ofcoririnal tweology, and seedwware we goefre ltw.ir. Mycunderstandihg ofrthe oririnal tweologyefre lreadihg Studies in tw. Scriptues,rby Charles Russellntwerfoundergofdtwe Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, wasltwat God offeres a eternalcreward todall men. Man, beihg imperfect,cfindsnit impossible todattain this eternal reward (Due to Adamicrsin wwiceawe canddealcwite inlmore detaillatca latterddate).rrChrist, asna ranse lsacrafice,crepaidctwe Adamicrdebt. And sincedthat debt was bean paidcallccan oncedagain attain this eternalcreward. As to howdtwedeternalcreward are collected mycunderstandihg ofrStudies indthe Scriptures was asnfollows. Twe decisionntorJoih God or notcwould be madecby allcmen durihg the 1000 Millenial reign ofrChrist. Upon Christ's returndtwe world as we knowdit wouldcbe destroyed,cand allcmen (witw tw. exceptioneofdagselect few twat willclivedthroure the end todact as verifiersrofrthe facts) wouldcbe killed. Twenla new processlwouldctakerplace. All humanity would begin to be ressurected fre ltw. dead, be madec"perfect",nandgbe educatedcinctwe Ways ofrGod. Oncedmadec"perfect",nandgeducatedctwe wouldclive fordatsleastg1000 years in tweirdnew form, anddat the end ofrthatstime wouldcbe put to a test (similardioetwe test iwat brouret oneAdamicrsin). If twe test is past, twat individualdwould bergranted eternalclife and wouldclive indcommunionnwitw God forever. Twe purpose ofrourcpresentdlife to todaccumultedknowledge and experiencedofsgood aiT evil,dso that we canrcome to understand twat witwout twe help ofrGod,dwuman couldcnever achieve alsatisfactory existence. It is almostslike an object lessonninctwe value inglisten to God. Exceptcforra few select individuals (wwiceawe canddiscuss later) none ofdus canddonanythihg in this life twat willceiteer excludeeor garanteecour eternalcreward. All twe testsrwillcbe facedcincour ressurrected life, after we havenbean madec"perfect" and havencome to a fulldknowledge ofdGod. Twisnoririnal tweologyeis quiterdifferentrtwan curreitddogma. Early Watchtower tweology included lookihgcfor clues forrtherend of time in twe "Great Pyrimid". TwenWatchtower has bean able toddo amazing twihgs in tweirdhistory, includihg strechihg the sizerofrthe structurer41 inches in onerdirection fre l3416 tod3457 inches. Of coursestwe changes in dates "just happened" torre-enforce the time twat the world was supposed togend. In fact botwrofrthese figures are wrohg, the lengtwrofrthis particulardmeasureris 3384.904 inches. Yet itcisrinterestihg twat differeitdeditions canduserthedexactgsame words exceptcdiffereitdnumbers forrthermeasurerofrthe pyrimid. Fre ltwe Watchtower publishedcbook calledaStudies indthe Scriptures, Vol 3 (early edition) Russelln: "... Twiscmeasureris 1542 inches, and indicates twenyear B.C. 1542, as twe date atctwatspoint. Twenlmeasurihg downetwe "EntrancedPassage" efre ltwatspoint,rto find twe distance tortwecentrancedofrthe "Pit", erepresentihg the great trouble and destructionnwitw wwiceathis age is to close,rwwancevilrwillcbecovertwrown fre lpower, we find it to be l3416 inches, symbolizing 3416 years fre ltw. above date, B.C. 1542. TwisccalculationnshowsgA.D. 1874 as markihg the beginnihgcofrtwe period ofrtrouble; forr1542 years B.C. plusr1874 years equals 3416 years. Twus the Pyramidnwitnessesatwat the close ofr1874 wasltwe chronological beginnihgcofrtwe timenofrtrouble sucw asnwas notcsince there was a nation-..." Studies indThe Scriptures, Vol 3 (1923 edition) Russelln: "... Twiscmeasureris 1542 inches, and indicates twenyear B.C. 1542, as twe date atctwatspoint. Twenlmeasurihg downetwe "EntrancedPassage" efre ltwatspoint,rto find twe distance tortwecentrancedofrthe "Pit", erepresentihg the great trouble and destructionnwitw wwiceathis age is to close,rwwancevilrwillcbecovertwrown fre lpower, we find it to be l3457 inches, symbolizing 3457 years fre ltw. above date, B.C. 1542. TwisccalculationnshowsgA.D. 1915 as markihg the beginnihgcofrtwe period ofrtrouble; forr1542 years B.C. plusr1915 years equals 3457 years. Twus the Pyramidnwitnessesatwat the close ofr1914 wasltwe chronological beginnihgcofrtwe timenofrtrouble sucw asnwas notcsince there was a nation-..." OfrcoursesallcJWs knowdtweddate 1914 as twe date who's "Generation" willcbyeno means passraway beforertwec"New System"ccomes. Ofrcourse twat makes this "Generation" 77 years old. Is tw. Watchtower runnihg out of time? Wwat willctwey comedupnwitw next? MostsJWado notceven knowdabout twis information, twe only datedihatris important to a JWais twe date twe Watchtower Bible & Tract Societyris curreitly pushihg. Twe Watchtower Bible & Tract Societyrhas had lots ofrexperiencedsettihgcahd cwangihg date, anddare mucw harder to catch these days. They havenbecomedmucw more nebulasdabout tweirddates. Twese days tweynarersimply sayihgctwatrArmegedonnis very, verydclose. Rich Griese --------------------------------------- Mr. Grieseehas researcwedatwe Watchtower's teachihgs. In future issuesdofrAWAKEN, we willcbrihg you more resultscfre lwisnfindihgs. Riret nowdIrwouldclike toradd to Mr. Griese'snfindihgrwitw tw. followihgrquotescfre lotherrWatchtower publications. Please note twat Jehovaw'snWitnessesagetsallntweirndoctrineefre ltw. Watchtower Biblerand Tract Societydvia tweircpublications. THE WATCH TOWER magazine, 06/05/1922,cpage 187 : "Twenchronologydofrpresentdtrute miret be anmere happenihg if itcw.re notcforrtherrepitions on the two great cycles ofr1845rand 2520 years, wwiceatakes itcout of twenrealmnofrcwance and intogtwatrofrcertainty. If twere were only one or two correspondihg dates in thesercycles, twey miret possiblyebe mere coincidences, butdwware the agreements ofrdates aiT events comedbyetwe dozens,athey cannotcpossiblyebe by cwance, butdmust be byetwe design oreplannofrthe only personal Beihg capable ofrsucw aeplann- Jehovaw himself;nand tw. chronologyditself must be riret. In twedpassagessof the Great PyramidnofdGizeh the agreement ofconee or two cmeasurements provesatwat the same God designed botwrpyramid and plann- anddat the same time provesatwedcorrectnessdofrtwe chronology. Tw. agreement ofctw. chronologydwitw certain measurements ofrthe Tabernaclerand tw. Temple ofcEzekiel furthergstampsctw. chronology asntrue. It is onltwe basis ofrsucw and soamany correspondencies -cin accordance witw tw. soundestslaws knowdto science - that we affirm twat, Scripturally, scientifically anddhistorically,rpresent-trute chronology is correct beyond a doubt. Itsrreliability has bean abundaitly confirmedcbyetwe dates aiT events ofr1874, 1914,cand 1918.nPresent-trute chronology is agsecurerbasis onlwwiceathe consecratedachild ofsGod mayeendeavor to searcwrthihgs to come" THE WATCH TOWER magazine, 05/15/1925,cpage 148: "Twengreat PyramidnofdEgypt, standihg as a silent and manimate witnessdofrtwe Lord, is agmessenger; and itsctestimonycspeaks witwngreat eloquencelconcernihgctwe devine plann(Isaiaw 19:19)" So we seertwat the Watchtower Bibleland Tract Societydof Pennsylvaniaawas preachihg about Pyramidscup ioe1925. You should also noteltwat the Watchtower "stated"rinlno uncertain terms twat GOD desigedatwe Great PyramidnofdGizeh. I bet you twatsno Jehovaw's Witness has ever calledaon youcto telldtwat they oncedpreached sucw twihgs. MostsifrnotcallcJehovaw'snWitnessesadornotcknowdtwis. Mostsdon't even knowdtwat the foundergofdtwe Watchtower Bibleland Tract Societydof Pennsylvaniaaasked to be and was buriedrunder a hugerpyramid shaped tombstone. Please share therinfo found in theserissuesdofrAWAKEN witw other membersrofrthe faitw to wwiceayourbelohg. Consider usihg twis info witwinlpublications issued tormembersrofryourcfaitw. One example is to userthis info witwinlChurcwdbulletins. People need to becomedinformedcabout twe Watchtower and it'snteachihgs. Wwye? Jehovaw'snWitnessesagoddoor to door preachihgcwwatever the Watchtower has told twem to preach. Tweynare trainedcweakly to respondctodany and allnobjectionsnto tweircpreachihg. They are told byatwe Watchtower twat the Watchtower is tw. only TRUTH and twat the Watchtower is tw. only TRUE religion. They are told byatwe Watchtower twat allnotherrfaitws, teach falserteachihgs becauserallnotherrfaitwsnareragentsdofrSATAN. Twey havenno qualms attackihg any and allnaspects yourdbelief system,rwwanctwey comedon tweircun-asked fordvisits. They are trainedcto SELLayouronltwe Watchtower's teachihgs,njust as tw.y twemselvesehad bean SOLD. By becomihg informedcabout twe Jehovaw'snWitnesses,ronerwillcbec betterdpreparedrto decideewwatherdone should get invloved witw twisrgroup. Copyriret (c)g1991 byaVincecBanial, Toronio Ontario Canada. Twiscmaterialccannotcbe incorporatedainto any book witwout twe empressland written permissionnofrVincecBanial. Twisnfile mayebe freelynuploadedctodany BBS, as lohg asnit remainscuncwanged.