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The 1891 volume Thy Kingdom Come devoted a chapter to 'The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt', presenting the pyramid as 'a Storehouse of Truth — Scientific, Historic and Prophetic' that verified the Bible's 'Appointed Times and Seasons'.

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The 1891 volume Thy Kingdom Come devoted a chapter to 'The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt', presenting the pyramid as 'a Storehouse of Truth — Scientific, Historic and Prophetic' that verified the Bible's 'Appointed Times and Seasons'. Millennial Dawn / Studies in the Scriptures, vol. 3 — Thy Kingdom Come, 1891The Watchtower, 1 January 2000Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), 1993

The organisation’s position or later explanation: Proclaimers p. 201: 'For some 35 years, Pastor Russell thought that the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was God's stone witness'.

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Primary JW publication Verified

Millennial Dawn / Studies in the Scriptures, vol. 3 — Thy Kingdom Come, “Chapter X — The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt”

1891 · pp.307 ff. · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co.

“THE TESTIMONY OF GOD'S STONE WITNESS AND PROPHET, THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT … The Great Pyramid a Storehouse of Truth — Scientific, Historic and Prophetic.”

Chapter title and contents summary as printed; the contents also list 'Bible Allusions to It' and 'Verifies both the Plan of the Bible and Its Appointed Times and Seasons'.

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Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Scan OCR opened; chapter title, contents and edition confirmed. The phrase 'the Bible in stone' was NOT found in this OCR — use 'God's Stone Witness'. The chapter preface uses 'a Bible in stone' conditionally; the chapter title is 'God's Stone Witness', which is the phrase to use.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive item 'millennialdawn03inruss' (1891 printing, 'printed May 1st, 1891' per title page); OCR text downloaded and searched. Public domain.

Corroborated by. src-jv-1993-ch14-pyramid, src-w-2000-0101-serving-watchman-pyramid

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ss3-1891-thy-kingdom-come-pyramid

Primary JW publication Verified

The Watchtower, “Serving With the Watchman”

1 January 2000 · pp.6-11 · par. 16 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“In 1886 when C. T. Russell published a book that came to be called The Divine Plan of the Ages, this volume contained a chart linking the ages of mankind with the Great Pyramid of Egypt. It was thought that this memorial of Pharaoh Khufu was the pillar referred to at Isaiah 19:19, 20”

Adds that 'the length of certain passages in the Great Pyramid was said to indicate the time for the beginning of the “great tribulation”'.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-ss3-1891-thy-kingdom-come-pyramid

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-2000-0101-serving-watchman-pyramid

Primary JW publication Verified

Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), “Chapter 14 — “They Are No Part of the World””

1993 · pp.188-201 · p. 201 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“For some 35 years, Pastor Russell thought that the Great Pyramid of Gizeh was God's stone witness, corroborating Biblical time periods. (Isa. 19:19) But Jehovah's Witnesses have abandoned the idea that an Egyptian pyramid has anything to do with true worship. (See “Watchtower” issues of November 15 and December 1, 1928)”

The organisation's own summary.

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Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording and page confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-w-1928-1201-altar-in-egypt-pt2

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-jv-1993-ch14-pyramid

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