What is the biblical representation of a pyramid?

Before the scriptures were written (Moses had yet to be born in Egypt, remember) the pyramid was, and still is, a picture of Christ as creator and redeemer of both men and the earth. It represents the New Jerusalem which will descend from heaven in the 'day of God' when the new heavens and new earth are created.



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Did the Israelites build the great Egyptian pyramids while they were slaves under the rule of different Pharaohs in Egypt? It's certainly an interesting idea, but the short answer is no.

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Throughout much of ancient history Egyptian religion was polytheistic, meaning it recognized many gods and goddesses, as well as a variety of other divine beings. Not all of them were equal in significance.

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The ancient engineering feats at Giza were so impressive that even today scientists can't be sure how the pyramids were built. Yet they have learned much about the people who built them and the political power necessary to make it happen.

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Egypt's pharaohs expected to become gods in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they erected temples to the gods and massive pyramid tombs for themselves—filled with all the things each ruler would need to guide and sustain himself in the next world.

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Is it possible that the pyramids were built shortly after the Tower of Babel? Chronologically, no. There's more than one pyramid, but the oldest ones are about the time of the steppe pyramid of Djoser, circa 2650 BCE. The bigger ones for the Fourth Dynasty in Giza are about a hundred years after that (2550-ish BCE).

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Civilizations like the Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca all built pyramids to house their deities, as well as to bury their kings. In many of their great city-states, temple-pyramids formed the center of public life and were the site of holy rituals, including human sacrifice.

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The Egyptian sun god Ra, considered the father of all pharaohs, was said to have created himself from a pyramid-shaped mound of earth before creating all other gods. The pyramid's shape is thought to have symbolized the sun's rays.

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