The Pyramid. Sometimes called the "Thunder-struck Tower",
this card is plainly a picture of the Great Pyramid. There are two figures who are being
thrown off the Pyramid by the lightning bolt that strikes the fabled structure. The
symbolism is plain: the two infamous figures from the book of Revelation, are the
antichrist and the false prophet.
But how can the card show a picture of the top of the Pyramid, since the
Great Pyramid has been without a topstone from antiquity? The card is prophetic, for a new
golden topstone was to be placed on the Pyramid for the new millennium in a grand ceremony,
in which representatives of the antichrist and false prophet were in attendance. (note:
this ceremony was cancelled by the Egyptian government because of protest...for more info,
contact the American Institute of Pyramidology...)
The lightning bolt from heaven symbolizes the Divine displeasure with the false powers who
have usurped Gods perogatives. They do not speak for God, nor do they exhibit the
heart of God. The Bible is plain that false religion would dominate the final scenes of
earths history. But in the end, before the return of Christ, their schemes will be
upended. It is time now, before the final crisis, for the seeker to come to know the
goodness of God and His redemption in Christ.
The two figures being expelled from the place that should be reserved
for God alone (symbolized by the topstone of the Pyramid) are two men we have met before
in the Tarot sequence...The popish Master of the Arcanes (card 5)
and the false prophet...(card 7). The antichrist and the false
prophet. The doom we see pictured on this card is prophesied in the book of
Revelation:
But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who did the miracles for the
beast. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick those who had the mark of the
beast and worshiped his idol. The false prophet and the beast were thrown alive into the
lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (Rev 19:20 NCV)
Thus two ancient records agree. The Bible, and its much older relative,
the Tarot deck prophesy the destruction of the two great final false powers who get the
world marching to their tune. When the music plays, don't dance in step.
Unless you want card 16 to be a snapshot of you...