How can anyone prove the dates are accurate, they too are what the historians have quoted, that does not mean they are true.

I for one do not believe the dates to be accurate, one of the main reasons being that "ALL" The Kings Of The Earth came to see the House that King Solomon Built and not the Sphinx or Pyramid.

Whatever King Solomon built would have had to be Greater or why else would everyone come to see the House that he built ?

You're all wrong.. I built the pyramids... cause I needed a shed to keep my stuff in!!!

You want proof? No problem, In the book Internet Chap 15, Vs. 1 it states:

"You're all wrong.. I built the pyramids... cause I needed a shed to keep my stuff in!!!"

There you have it, indisputable proof.

As an aside to those asking about the age of the sphynix, it is very possible the water was the result of canals that were construct on the Giza Plateau to get the stone in to build the pyramids.

Regards,
Osiris - I built them!!!

Even if you don't believe the dates, the Bible clearly states that Moses led the Jews out of Egypt...

The sucession from 'Moses' (Aminadab) was to Nahshon,then Salmon, then Boaz, then Obed, then Jesse, then King David, then King Solomon...

Also, is there any evidence whatsoever of canals, I've never heard of canals around the Sphynx, or is this theory as reliably researched as the idea that an ATS member built the Pyramids...

Flange Gasket:

The Egyptians constructed canals on which to bring the large limestone blocks in from other quaries on barges. This is for the pyramids. It was just talked about on a Discover Channel show a few nights ago.

Basically the timelines put forth in that particular program were:

Pyramid 1 (Great Pyramid)
Sphynx
Pyramid 2
Pyramid 3

Osiris

So one map of many mislabels cairo as babylon, so what?

The point of the maps being changed are part of the proof that the Egyptians did not build the Great Pyramid.

If you read my statements at the beginning of this thread, you will see that it is doubtful that the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid and Sphinx.

The proof of this is that all the Egyptian Pyramids are inferior to the Great Pyramid and none have the alignment or math encoded in the size and dimensions of the structure, they are cheap imatations.

The fact that there are "NO" hieroglyphics anywhere to be found in the Great Pyramid raises some questions.

If the Great Pyramid was the crowning glory of Egypt, and most other Egyptian Pyramids have hieroglyphics, how come there are none in the Great Pyramid ? And as was previously shown, the Great Pyramid was not a Tomb.

If you move the current boundaries of Egypt and change the build date, which is debatable, it goes anywhere from 2000 BC to 10,500 BC and could just as easily been 1000 BC , the facts would be conclusive that the structure that King Solomon built is indeed the Great Pyramid.

Even in the bible it is called the "GREAT" and "WONDERFUL" House.
"GREAT" as in Pyramid and "WONDERFUL", it is a WONDER.

The verses below cleary show that King Solomon had the capability and know-how to transport and cut "Large Stones" like those used in the building of the Great Pyramid. These Stones were 13 to 16 ft. in length, and the "COSTLY STONES" are those stones like the "Rare Red Granite Stones" found in the Great Pyramid.

These verses refer to an earlier temple King Solomon built and not the Great And Wonderful House, but I only use these verses to show his ability, and usage of such Great Stones in his structures.

1Ki 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

1Ki 7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws,(Proves that King Solomon had saws that would cut stone blocks) within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
("According to the MEASURES of hewed stones shows that "EVERY" stone was precisely measured, just like those of the Great Pyramid)

1Ki 7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits(16 feet) , and stones of eight cubits(13 feet) .
1Ki 7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
("And Above" shows he had the ability to place these Great 16 ft. stones on top of one another)


Another Point;

King Solomon built a House unto the Lord. It took 153,000 workers 20 years to build, It was built from Stone Blocks, some as large as 16 feet. He used 5000 talents of Gold (500 TONS) , 10,000 talents of Silver (500 TONS) , 18,000 talents of Brass (900 TONS) and 100,000 talents of Iron (5000 TONS). It sat at the border of Egypt and was "A WONDER" for all the Kings of the Earth came to see it, including the Egyptians, for King Solomon had Chariots that brought up people from Egypt to see this Great House he Built.
King Solomons "WISDOM" far exceeded that of the Egyptians, for they too "Wondered" after the Great and Wonderful House Solomon built.

Here are two questions, HOW COULD SUCH A GREAT STRUCTURE DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE ? AND WHY WOULD THE EGYPTIANS COME TO SEE AND MARVEL AT GOD'S HOUSE IF THEY HAD THE PYRAMID ?

Originally posted by Lastday Prophet
The proof of this is that all the Egyptian Pyramids are inferior to the Great Pyramid and none have the alignment or math encoded in the size and dimensions of the structure, they are cheap imatations.

Many of them are older than the pyramids at Giza, and probably weren't built for the same purpose. Unless you think that the Tower of London is a cheap imitation of the Sears Tower.

The fact that there are "NO" hieroglyphics anywhere to be found in the Great Pyramid raises some questions.

It raises some questions, but doesn't logically support your hypothesis.

Here are two questions, HOW COULD SUCH A GREAT STRUCTURE DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE ? AND WHY WOULD THE EGYPTIANS COME TO SEE AND MARVEL AT GOD'S HOUSE IF THEY HAD THE PYRAMID ?

Why do Indians come to see the Statue of Liberty when they have the Taj Mahal? That's completely irrelevant.

As for the first question, the most likely explanation is that it either didn't happen at all, or was greatly exaggerated. The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is a collection of myths and legends. The entire concept of the Bible as a valid historical source (called "Biblical maximalism") was thrown out in the 1950s after Israeli and English archaeologists showed it to have no credibility whatsoever. There's no factual reason to believe that Solomon or his temple ever actually existed at all, much less as the Bible describes them.

"Yorick"
Many of them are older than the pyramids at Giza, and probably weren't built for the same purpose. Unless you think that the Tower of London is a cheap imitation of the Sears Tower.

You can not prove the date of any of the Pyramids, so your "ASSUMPTION" that they are older holds no water ! Also most of the other Pyramids were Tombs. I quess your theory is that the same people built a very similar structure for two distinctly different purposes

quote: The fact that there are "NO" hieroglyphics anywhere to be found in the Great Pyramid raises some questions.


It raises some questions, but doesn't logically support your hypothesis.

quote:
Here are two questions, HOW COULD SUCH A GREAT STRUCTURE DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE ? AND WHY WOULD THE EGYPTIANS COME TO SEE AND MARVEL AT GOD'S HOUSE IF THEY HAD THE PYRAMID ?


Why do Indians come to see the Statue of Liberty when they have the Taj Mahal? That's completely irrelevant.

As for the first question, the most likely explanation is that it either didn't happen at all, or was greatly exaggerated. The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is a collection of myths and legends. The entire concept of the Bible as a valid historical source (called "Biblical maximalism") was thrown out in the 1950s after Israeli and English archaeologists showed it to have no credibility whatsoever. There's no factual reason to believe that Solomon or his temple ever actually existed at all, much less as the Bible describes them.

You may not believe in the accuracy of the Bible, but I do, and I find it more credible than that which has been written by the historians. Further, if you had read the post you would have seen that many numbers in the size of the Great Pyramid, have reference to bibical events, past and present.

Flange, their was more than one temple that King Solomon built. The one you refered to in your link is not the "Great And Wonderful House" without going into any details it could not be for there is no "Great Throne" or 26 Lions in front of it, niether would it be considered a "Wonder" and it certainly was not "HIGH" and it did not take "THOUSANDS" of TONS of materials to build and was not built using stones as large as 16 feet.

My post is not strictly Biblical, I have given measurements and other information that confirm my theory.

You can believe the historical information if you want, I do not.

Just like we are decieved today concerning many issues, who said that deception was born in the 1900's, it goes back to the beginning, nothing has changed.

Another Point;

King Solomon built a House unto the Lord. It took 153,000 workers 20 years to build, It was built from Stone Blocks, some as large as 16 feet. He used 5000 talents of Gold (500 TONS) , 10,000 talents of Silver (500 TONS) , 18,000 talents of Brass (900 TONS) and 100,000 talents of Iron (5000 TONS). It sat at the border of Egypt and was "A WONDER" for all the Kings of the Earth came to see it, including the Egyptians, for King Solomon had Chariots that brought up people from Egypt to see this Great House he Built.
King Solomons "WISDOM" far exceeded that of the Egyptians, for they too "Wondered" after the Great and Wonderful House Solomon built.

How does a large building like that just disappear? You would think a nearby civilization would have recorded it's existence or mentioned it. Solo man was from Africa, would it still be in Nigeria?

Originally posted by Lastday Prophet


Let us for a moment put aside all that we have been told about the Great Pyramid and look at all the facts that can be proven and come to a logical conclusion.

THE LIES:

What we now consider to be boundaries of Egypt and Jerusalem were not the boundaries thousands of years ago. The current boundaries are a deception perpetrated by the Master Of All Deception Satan, who in an effort to hide from us the proof of God's Plan made in stone on the Giza Plateau.

The Great Pyramid is not a Tomb and it is not Egyptian:

Egyptologists suggest that the Kings chamber was the final resting place of Khufu, yet not the slightest evidence suggests that a corpse had ever been in the coffer or in the Kings chamber. Nor have any embalming materials, any fragments of any article, or any clues whatsoever been found in the chamber or anywhere else in the entire pyramid that in any way indicates that Khufu (or anyone else) was ever buried there. Furthermore, the passageway leading from the Grand Gallery to the main chamber is too narrow to allow the movement of the coffer; the coffer was placed in the Kings chamber as the pyramid was being built, contrary to the normal burial custom practiced by the Egyptians for three thousand years.

The foolishness of the common assumption, that the Giza plateau pyramids were built and utilized by fourth Dynasty kings as funerary structures, cannot be overstated. It is a matter of archaeological fact that none of the fourth Dynasty kings put their names on the pyramids supposedly constructed in their times, yet from the fifth Dynasty onwards, the other pyramids had hundreds of official inscriptions, leaving us no doubt about which kings built them. The mathematical complexity, engineering requirements, and sheer size of the Giza plateau pyramids represent an enormous, seemingly impossible leap in abilities over the third dynasty buildings. Contemporary Egypt logical explanation cannot account for this leap, nor can they account for the clear decline in mathematics, engineering and size of the constructions of the fifth dynasty

The attribution to Khufu of the Great Pyramid is founded solely upon three very circumstantial pieces of "evidence":
* the legends told to and reported by Herodotus who visited the pyramids in 443 BC
* the funerary complex near the Great Pyramid with inscriptions citing Cheops/Khufu as the reigning pharaoh
* in the pyramid itself, on a granite slab above the ceiling of the main chamber, some small, roughly scribbled chalk marks that have a slight resemblance to a hieroglyphic symbol for the name of Khufu. Further, these marks or scribbling have been suggested to be forgeries by their discoverer, Richard Howard Vyse
There are no other hieroglyphics to be found anywhere inside the Great.

One of the greatest questions concerning the Great Pyramid being a Tomb and one we need to ponder is this:
WHERE IS THE BODY ? Why would anyone go through all the effort necessary in building the Great as a Tomb and not BURY anyone in it ?
Another problem that cannot be answered is this: How could the Egyptians or anyone else know where the “EXACT” center of the land mass of the Earth was located ? How could they know the “EXACT” diameter of the Earth ? This information had to be “REVEALED”

THE TRUTH: THE GREAT PYRAMID IS NOT A TOMB, IT IS A ALTAR

Although the Egyptians have no record whatsoever of how the Great Pyramid was built and who did the building, there is a “WRITTEN RECORD” of exactly how it was built, who built it, why it was built, why it became desolate and the lifestyle of the people who lived on the Giza Plateau.
The written record is in the Bible and the Great Pyramid and The Sphinx confirms it in the “MATH”

“GOD” answers all of the mystery surrounding the Great Pyramid and The Sphinx
For a certainty God knows the “MATH” encoded in the Great and he knows the diameter and exact center of the landmass of the Earth. He could have easily revealed this information to whomever he choose to. Is it a coincidence that the Great is in the same area that the people of God have been in since the beginning of time ?

Who Built The Great Pyramid ?
Why of course, It was KING SOLOMON, the Wisest Man that ever Lived. Who would be better suited to build such a structure other than he ?

He had the manpower, the resources, the associates necessary, the skilled craftsmen, the abundance of diamonds necessary for the saws they used to cut the stone blocks. He had the ability and know-how to move the blocks over great distances. He used axle carts to transport the blocks and also the “Tens of Thousands of Tons” of Gold, Silver, Brass and Iron King Solomon possessed, that went into the building of the Giza Plateau Structures. He used the wood from the trees of Lebanon to build the carts, the ships and other equipment necessary to complete this Great Project. It is clear from the Bible that he built other “CITIES” also throughout the land of Egypt.
He had tens of thousands of Chariots and Horsemen that would bring people up from lower Egypt to “Behold” the “MAGNIFICENT CITY OF GOD AND GOD’S HOUSE, THE GREAT PYRAMID”

King Solomon Built “HEAVEN ON EARTH” Silver was as stones on the ground in this Great City.
All of this is recorded in the Bible.

The Giza Plateau was a Earthly representation and foreshadow of the “New Jerusalem” that we see coming down from Heaven to the Earth in the Book Of Revelations

Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that "Great City", the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto “A Stone” most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And the City had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

To get an Idea of the Grandeur of this City, the Bible tells the story of one particular visitor and her visit to the Giza Plateau for the first time.

The Queen of Sheba had heard about this Great City and the House King Solomon had built unto the Lord. The stories she had heard of the city were so fascinating that they were unbelievable. She decided to take the long journey to Jerusalem to see for herself. She brought with her as a gift to the King, “SIX TONS” of Gold along with an abundance of precious stones and materials. Upon her arrival she was “AWE STRUCK” and “FAINTED”
After she was revived she made these comments: This City far exceeds all that was told unto me and actually, the Half was not told The exceeding Glory of this City is truly astounding..

THE MATH:
The Great Pyramid is 481 feet high which equals 288 Cubits, which is 2 x 144 Cubits
The Sphinx is 240 feet long which equals 144 Cubits. 240 feet also represents 6 x 40, Forty Years Israel wandered in the wilderness before they went into the land flowing with milk and honey which was the Giza Plateau. 6 is also the number of man and is also encoded in the structures.
The Sphinx is 66 feet high

The 144,000 is the number of the 12 Tribes of Israel, that have the "Everlasting Gospel To Preach To The World befor the setting up of the "Eternal Kingdom" of the last days, each tribe contains 12,000 Men.

As shown earlier, within the Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid there is a “Coffer” the measurements of the coffer are 51 inches long by 31 inches high, this equals 2 1/2 Cubits by 1 1/2 Cubit, this is the “Exact” same size as the “ARK OF THE COVENANT”
The width of the Kings Chamber is 34 feet or 20 Cubits.
King Solomon had a pair of Golden Cherubim's made and placed in a inner room of God’s House (The Great Pyramid) The Wings of these Cherubim touched from one wall to the other wall in this inner room. The Wingspan of the two Cherubim combined side by side equaled “EXACTLY” TWENTY CUBITS or 34 feet, the same as the width of the Kings Chamber.

Another Point:
The Sphinx faces east, towards the rising of the Sun, the dawn of day. WHY ?

It is awaiting the “DAWN OF A NEW DAY” in which the Giza Plateau will be transformed into a “GREATER GLORY” than that of the Days of King Solomon.
The Day that the “NEW JERUSALEM” will come down form Heaven and the KINGDOM OF GOD” will be established on Earth “FOREVER”

I have much more proof to offer which I will provide as questions are asked, the post would be too long to provide it all here. LDP

After reading this post, I wonder, is this out of jealousy that a structure like this would last so long and survive through countless invaders? Why not give credit to the Egyptians, they did leave records and pictographs showing the construction?

Originally posted by Lastday Prophet
Flange, their was more than one temple that King Solomon built. The one you refered to in your link is not the "Great And Wonderful House" without going into any details it could not be for there is no "Great Throne" or 26 Lions in front of it, niether would it be considered a "Wonder" and it certainly was not "HIGH" and it did not take "THOUSANDS" of TONS of materials to build and was not built using stones as large as 16 feet.

My post is not strictly Biblical, I have given measurements and other information that confirm my theory.

Then where is the information in an historical context, relative to this great house to which you speak? You are contradicting yourself here since you have offered as evidence, Biblical quotes on the dimensions of the one and only temple built by Solomon.

How can you possibly state that a map, which shows geological placement, can be proof to offer that the pyramids were built by anyone other than the egyptians?

Firstly, "NONE OF THE DATES CAN BE PROVEN"
All anyone can offer is assumed dates which go anywhere from 2000 BC - !0,500 BC . Like I said earlier, it could just as easily been 1000 BC .

Who is to say that the historians did not alter the dates ?
We now know that there are indeed chambers below the Sphinx and Pyramid, after being told for centuries that there was nothing below them by the Egyptologist's.

It is all a bunch of LIE'S

What this is all about is "GOD"

If you prove that King Solomon Built the Great Pyramid, you also verify the exsistance of God, which will change everything we have been told about evolution,Aliens,other civilzations and such.

This is a truth that Satan will fight to the end to hide, for if we have proof of God, we will also have proof of satan and then we will truly understand what we fight against, his lies and deceptions concerning our purpose here on earth.

You can argue all you want about the Egyptians being the builders of the Great Pyramid, but there are certain facts you will not be able to come up with an explantion for.

Two of them being;

How did ANYONE know where the exact center of the landmass of the earth was located ?

How could ANYONE possibly know the Diameter of the earth ?

We know for a certainty that if the bible is true and God is real, it is very easy to explain, especially when you consider it was his "HOUSE"

Originally posted by Lastday Prophet

Who is to say that the historians did not alter the dates ?
We now know that there are indeed chambers below the Sphinx and Pyramid, after being told for centuries that there was nothing below them by the Egyptologist's.

Whose to say that the historians DID alter the dates? Show proof!

It is all a bunch of LIE'S

Who can prove these lies? Show proof!

What this is all about is "GOD"

God is considered a higher power, correct? In the 12 steps, anything can be considered a higher power.....I consider myself a higher power, does that make me.....GOD???

If you prove that King Solomon Built the Great Pyramid, you also verify the exsistance of God, which will change everything we have been told about evolution,Aliens,other civilzations and such.

How does that, if it really occurred, prove the existence of GOD. Doesn't that just prove that King Solomon BELIEVED in GOD??

This is a truth that Satan will fight to the end to hide, for if we have proof of God, we will also have proof of satan and then we will truly understand what we fight against, his lies and deceptions concerning our purpose here on earth.

How is this a truth? We haven't even established that there is a God or Satan.

We know for a certainty that if the bible is true and God is real, it is very easy to explain, especially when you consider it was his "HOUSE"

Now, here you say "If the bible( it should be, according to you believers, Bible) is true and God is real".... Are you having self-doubts about the veracity of your claims???

We now know that there are indeed chambers below the Sphinx and Pyramid, after being told for centuries that there was nothing below them by the Egyptologist's.

How do we know this? Has ther been excavations under the Sphinx and the Pyramid to prove this or disprove this? Until someone steps into these, heretofore, unknown and unproven chambers, they are non-existent.











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The "IF" is for those that don't believe in the bible and I know they would not agree with me on the basis that they say there is no God, or show proof of God.

I personally have no doubts whatsoever that God exsists, in fact the reason I stand so firmly on my theory is that I have seen the Great Pyramid in it's original Glory in a vision from God. I saw the white limestone casing stones that had the story of the creation and foretold the end of all things, it was the bible written on stone. I saw the Gold band that circled the top of the Pyramid, just below the Black Onyx Capstone. I saw the lamps burning around the Pyramid at night, with the Moon and Stars in the backround, and then the Glory of God came down upon his house with thundering and lightning, it was incredible. I saw the people as they entered the city of God, it was truly Heaven On Earth. There were dancers and singers, people playing instruments, all different types of animals, the atmosphere was like that of a Great Carnival or Mardi Gras. The city was almost beyond belief, just as the queen of Sheba exclaimed, "The Half Was Not Told" of the magnificence of this Great City.

I have seen much more than this but I do not usaully post any of it for it is no way I can prove it, so I stick with the things I can prove. I am convinced beyond the shadow of any doubt that the Great Pryamid is indeed the "Great And Wonderful House Of God"

These verses below tell the story of "WHY" the Pyramid became desolate and what the following generations would say and think concerning it. They also show how vast the area was that King Solomon built;

2Chron 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
21 And this house, which is high, shall be "An Astonishment" to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, "Why hath the LORD" done thus unto this "land", and unto this "house" ?
22 And it shall be answered, " Because they forsook the LORD" God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
1 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house ,
2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

If you add all the facts up it becomes apparent that the Great Pyramid is GOD'S HOUSE.

The wisest man that ever lived built it.
The measurements of the earth were revealed to him by God.
King Solomon ruled and built cities all throughout what is now called Egypt.
He had the manpower
He had the knowhow to cut and move the large stones
The structure he built was "High" (very tall)
It sits on the border of Egypt.
It took twenty years to build
It was a "Wonder", for all the Kings of the Earth came to see it.
God said that it would become a "Proverb" and "Byword" and that the people passing by it would wonder what happened to the people that built it and why did it become desolate. (The same questions they ask of the Great Pyramid)
The number of the 12 tribes of the tribulation period are encoded in it. (144,000)
The stars of Orions Belt declare it;
Ps 19:1 ¶ The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, {line: or, rule, or, direction}

want more?

Originally posted by Lastday Prophet
I saw the white limestone casing stones that had the story of the creation and foretold the end of all things, it was the bible written on stone. I saw the Gold band that circled the top of the Pyramid, just below the Black Onyx Capstone. I saw the lamps burning around the Pyramid at night, with the Moon and Stars in the backround, and then the Glory of God came down upon his house with thundering and lightning, it was incredible. I saw the people as they entered the city of God, it was truly Heaven On Earth. There were dancers and singers, people playing instruments, all different types of animals, the atmosphere was like that of a Great Carnival or Mardi Gras. The city was almost beyond belief, just as the queen of Sheba exclaimed, "The Half Was Not Told" of the magnificence of this Great City.

What a great description of your CB DeMille style vision!

Do you think that we should create our houses of worship similarly, in the shape of a pyramid? Do you think there may be a special significance to God and Christ in that form? There is so much care and attention to symbolism in that form and the componants of it; I wonder if we shouldnt be following suit and creating our churches in the same light.

Also, do you think there may be a Devine significance to the number 144? Or was it just randomly picked?

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Here is more;
These verses show how much material King David set aside for His Son Solomon to use in the Building of God's House


1Chron 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold(10,000 TONS of GOLD), and a thousand thousand talents of silver(50,000 TONS of SILVER); and of brass and iron without weight (More Brass and Iron than could be wieghed); for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. {workers…: that is, masons and carpenters}

16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
17 ¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.(This Proves that King Solomon ruled all the land around Jerusalem, this would include Egypt)

19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
1 ¶ So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: {set…: or, oversee}
5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

There were "Four Thousand" Porters or "Gatekeepers" around the city of Jerusalem showing how immense this project was, it was no small tent and it was very well organized.