pastorrussell.blogspot.com By Pastor Russell
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Judge J. F. Rutherford, who succeeded Russell after the pastor died in 1916, eventually discarded Pyramidology entirely. Writing in the November 15 and December 1, 1928, issues of The Watch Tower, Rutherford releases a double-barreled blast against it, and advances many ingenious arguments that the so-called Altar in Egypt was really inspired by Satan for the purpose of misleading the faithful. Did Jesus ever mention the Pyramid? Of course not. To study it, the Judge writes, is a waste of time and indicates lack of faith in the all-sufficiency of the Bible. Regardless of what some anti-JW fault-finders might say, the current Watchtower Society rejected all teachings on the Great Pyramid in 1928. For this reason, most Jehovah’s Witnesses (1931 – 2011) know nothing about it. However, many (not all) of
the current Bible Students still teach this “Bible in Stone” dogma. http://www.bibleinstone.com/
These theories gained worldwide influence when they were integrated into the works of Charles Taze Russell, who founded the Bible Student movement in the 1870s. Russell adopted the earlier coined phrase that the pyramid was the Bible in stone continuing to teach this view until his death in October, 1916. Russell believed that the Great Pyramid of Giza was part of God’s Divine Plan basing his interpretation on a passage of scripture in Isaiah 19:19-20, reading, “In that day shall there be an altar (pile of stones) to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar (Hebrew “matstsebah” or monument) at the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign, and for a witness unto the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt.” However, Russell’s successor, Joseph F. Rutherford denounced pyramidology in 1928 as not only unscriptural, but inspired by the Devil…
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