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Studies in the Scriptures, Series III — Thy Kingdom Come (1,104,000 Edition), “Chapter X — The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt”

1915p. 342Source ID src-pyr-ss3-1915-descending-3457Accessed 19 September 2026
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Studies in the Scriptures, Series III — Thy Kingdom Come (1,104,000 Edition), “Chapter X — The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt”

1915 · p.342 · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association

“we find it to be 3457 inches, symbolizing 3457 years from the above date, b. c. 1542. This calculation shows A. D. 1915 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years b. c. plus 1915 years A. D. equals 3457 years. Thus the Pyramid witnesses that the close of 1914 will be the beginning of the time of trouble”

A further intermediate printing carrying the revised figure, in the same words and on the same page as the 1910, 1914 and 1918 printings.

Provenance and verification note for Studies in the Scriptures, Series III — Thy Kingdom Come (1,104,000 Edition), Chapter X — The Testimony of God's Stone Witness and Prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt

Confidence note. Page 342 of the 1,104,000 Edition opened and read in this session; the figure 3457 and the dates 1915 and 1914 confirmed, and the printed page number read from the page's own running head ('342 Thy Kingdom Come.'). The title page reads 'SERIES III / Thy Kingdom Come / 1,104,000 Edition' and '1915'. The Internet Archive catalogue record gives the year as 1914, which the title page does not support; the title page has been followed.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive scan. Public domain. Page-level text was extracted from the item's djvu.xml, one block per leaf, and the printed page number read from each page's own running head.

Corroborated by. src-pyr-ss3-1910-descending-3457-1915

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-pyr-ss3-1915-descending-3457