Source recordPrimary JW publicationverified1890sChronology and 607 BCE

Source record · Primary JW publication

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”

1891p. 316Source ID src-pyr-md3-1891-divine-wisdomAccessed 19 September 2026
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 · p.316 · C. T. Russell · Tower Publishing Co.

“a divine wisdom which must have been worked out under the supervision of some inspired servant of God”

The chapter argues that the design shows knowledge the Egyptians could not have had, and reports the resulting conjecture that Melchizedek was the builder, while adding ‘Of this we can know little’.

Provenance and verification note for 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

Confidence note. Page 316 opened and read in this session; wording confirmed.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive item 'millennialdawn03inruss', the 1891 Tower Publishing Co. printing (University of Pittsburgh copy). Public domain. Page-level text was extracted from the item's djvu.xml, one block per leaf, and the printed page number was read from each page's own running head. Note for anyone re-checking this item: the item's page_numbers.json is one lower than the printed page throughout — it maps the leaf whose running head reads 336 to page 335 — so the running heads, not that file, are authoritative here.

Corroborated by. src-pyr-w-1928-1201-two-reasons

Notes. The 1928 articles answered this directly, arguing that Egypt was no place for divine revelation.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-pyr-md3-1891-divine-wisdom