There are historical details which Cahn has idiosyncratically and illegitimately proclaimed to be harbingers, along with others that do not even have any contact points at all but are simply read in by Cahn. I knew the 'Harbinger' was going to be an incredibly successful book, which it has been and continues to be the number one Christian book in America this year. This harbinger is also verbal, but it is not about what is, but what is to come; a prophecy. Why would we have to wait another three years less a day for Edwards to speak? It takes a special kind of audacity to call this “the Isaiah 9:10 effect” or to say that “the mystery of ancient Israel is now gonna replay in modern America” in reference to an economic shaking, when ancient Israel did not receive an economic shaking but total destruction. Now this changes. All the people will know— So there is one other example we can look at: the southern kingdom of Judah. From ancient Hebrew history and the prophet Isaiah (as quoted in chapter 9), there were 9 Harbingers that were to warn the people that judgment was coming. There were more than 405,000 American deaths as a result, and almost 1.1 million total casualties. the isaiah 9:10 judgment Now you can SEE and HEAR the harbingers themselves, with images, clips of the actual events, in full sight and sound! First published in January, 2012, it reached The New York Times bestseller list in its second week of release[1], and has remained there ever since. It is difficult to understand why none of Cahn’s aficionados seems to have noticed this. (If Cahn would try to argue that the Babylonians were also terrorists, he would only nullify the supposed “second harbinger,” for, if the “sign of the terrorist” is fulfilled only by proclaiming every attacking nation a terrorist, whether it was or not, then it is no sign at all.). Now, America is similar to Israel, was also founded on God’s word. It is the Constitution that actually defines the “principles” and organization of this nation. Yet, even if we ignore this and pretend that a “second shaking … that’s gonna touch America in its economic power, its financial foundation” is a Biblical option, Cahn completely fails to make his case for this, too. There is a specific pattern of events, or harbingers, that is followed as God moves from warning to judging, and this pattern comprises the nine harbingers Cahn identifies in Isaiah 9:10. U.S. soldiers undoubtedly came into contact with actual descendants of the ancient Assyrians of Isaiah 9:10 when they went to war in Iraq, a sycamore must be struck down and must be connected with the [9/11] attack. The Eighth Harbinger was the public speaking of the ancient vow of defiance. It is this: Cahn’s whole case is predicated upon Isaiah 9:10 being the paradigm of judgment that is now coming upon America. Jerusalem was the capital of Judah, and it was not touched during the “first strike” on ancient Israel in 732 BC, or in the destruction that followed in 721 BC. All of the losses have been made up, and then some, and all without national repentance. Assyria was the exact opposite of “a nearly impotent group”; it was the superpower of its day. Second, we again look at the only other legitimate example of God judging a covenant nation, Judah. It is not clear why Cahn switches from the Hebrew Masoretic text here to the LXX[15]. Does it eerily echo the decline of the United States? Indeed He did; it is found in Exodus 23:10-11, Leviticus 25:1-5, and Deuteronomy 15:1-2, as follows: “Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. (Isaiah 9:11-12a). But if it is the Isaiah 9:10 effect, how come the “second shaking” came before the “initial breach”? The problem for Cahn is that this is not the only difference between the Masoretic text and the LXX of Isaiah 9:10. (June 9, 2013), p. 32, [3] Cahn, Jonathan. This is no longer the word of God telling us what will happen to America, but what is happening to America telling us what the Bible says. And as with ancient Israel, they saw it as in covenant with God.[10]. The mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was also a Saudi Arabian, not an Iraqi (“Assyrian”). The problem with claiming that this is a “harbinger,” however, is that fallen bricks are a universal phenomenon when a city is attacked by an enemy. the exact Biblical day specifically ordained to touch a nation’s financial accounts … the exact Biblical day that is a judgment to the nation that has driven God out of its life. The mystery, the prophecy, and the repercussions of THE HARBINGER continue and the revelation resumes - Jonathan now begins the sequel at Beth Israel - THE ISAIAH 9:10 EFFECT - that is right now affecting and will affect America, its future and your life. On Sept 11, 2004, every object mentioned in the prophecy of Isa 9:10 had manifested. In the case of the supposed second harbinger, Cahn is not only wrong, but he has everything completely backwards. On September 12, 2001, the day after the attacks Tom Daschle, the senate majority leader gave a speech. The author says that The Harbinger is a fictional story which is nevertheless concerned with a real-life connection: a prophecy about ancient Israel that was eventually fulfilled in the eighth century BC when Israel was destroyed, and certain events and facts related to … Then in September 2008 the effect comes to full force and the economy, the American economy, crashes, the greatest economic disaster since the Great Depression. If one manifestation of divine anger is resisted, another must be found. God is calling America back as He did Israel. According to Cahn, the first harbinger is the “breach of a nation’s hedge of protection.”  God had put a hedge of protection around Israel and around America, and until that hedge is removed, the nation is “almost impenetrable.”  But because of the nation’s sin, God removes this hedge of protection and allows the enemy in, leading to an “initial strike on the land.”  This initial strike is limited in scope and temporary in duration, but it is a warning: final destruction will follow if the nation does not repent. According to Cahn, “For the eighth harbinger to manifest in America, what has to happen is that an American leader, or prominent American leader, would have to proclaim these words of defiance in a public setting in the capital city,” and that, he said, was manifested on September 11, 2004, when Senator John Edwards quoted Isaiah 9:10 in an address to the Congressional Black Caucus prayer breakfast. Furthermore, if the sixth harbinger fails, then the seventh also fails. In the case of ancient Israel, the “initial strike” was the Assyrian attack in 732 BC. So we reach the end of Cahn’s exposition of his nine harbingers, and he concludes. It’s in the Senate record. The Harbinger’s prophecy relates to and grows out of what the author calls “The Isaiah 9:10 Effect.” ( TH , 131-144) In this biblical text describing the divine judgment that befell ancient Israel, Isaiah states: “The bricks have fallen down” (Isaiah 9:10a, NASB). But we will rebuild with hewn stones; Cahn also blames “skyrocketing oil prices” on the “war on terror” that followed 9/11. Here is the text of Daschle’s comments the day after 9/11: Mr. President, it is with pain, sorrow, anger, and resolve that I stand before this Senate, a symbol for 212 years of the strength of our democracy, and say that America will emerge from this tragedy, as we have emerged from all adversity, united and strong … The world should know that the Members of both parties in both Houses stand united. Personal debt, government debt, corporate debt all mushrooms and, the, this is the Isaiah 9:10 effect. As we recall, Cahn identified April 30, 1789, the day on which George Washington was inaugurated as her first president, as America’s “dedication day,” corresponding to Solomon’s dedication of the temple in 961 BC. If so, how was the repentance shown? And yet the sixth harbinger was not manifest. As the following chart shows, the deficit in 2002 was lower than the deficit in 2000. The bricks are fallen down Houses made of bricks, which were without the cities besieged and destroyed by the Assyrians; of which the haughty Israelites made no account, looking upon such a desolation as little, or no loss at all: but we will build with hewn stone, so that the houses will be better and stronger, more beautiful, and more durable: the sycamores are cut down; Harbingers of judgment to America parallel ancient Israel. It happened because it had to happen. The Third Harbinger: The Fallen Bricks. The documentary version, called The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment, continues to be a best-selling faith film in America. Was this a manifestation of divine anger? [13] It should also be noted that the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, a man who considered Biblical Christianity to be “nonsense.”  If the Founders were interested in creating a “New Israel,” why did they commit the writing of their first founding document into the hands of a man who considered Biblical Christianity to be nonsense? Have North American Evangelicals decided 1 Thessalonians 5:21 is no longer important? And the “Shemitah” was a specific principle given to ancient Israel, and the nation and the principle have both long since ceased to exist. Cahn tells us, Buttonwood is another way of saying “the sycamore tree.”. And no wonder; the idea that there is such a detailed prophecy about America written more than 2,700 years ago, and especially one that may be used to persuade their beloved country to turn back from its current ungodly … Yet Cahn continues. This attitude of defiance is repeated by America, says Cahn, as the U.S. is building a new tower, the Freedom Tower, at Ground Zero. And here ends Cahn’s case. Order 10 DVDs of Any 1 Title & Get 50% off! The adversaries of Rezin against him, THE NEXT major idea that Cahn introduces in connection with the “Second Shaking” is termed the Isaiah:9:10 Effect.Just as the theory of the nine harbingers was developed to demonstrate the connection between Isaiah:9:10 and America, the Isaiah:9:10 Effect is crucial to understanding God’s second round of warning to America. Bricks are not mentioned, fallen or otherwise. The Harbinger is roughly divided into two major parts. The crucial difference, however, is this: If America’s founders did indeed proclaim a national covenant with God, it did not create an actual covenant, since such a covenant can only be instituted by God. But wait! (Normally $150). But it is a moot question for this issue, because, contra Cahn’s claims, America was not founded as a nation in covenant with God. The bricks are fallen down Houses made of bricks, which were without the cities besieged and destroyed by the Assyrians; of which the haughty Israelites made no account, looking upon such a desolation as little, or no loss at all: but we will build with hewn stone, so that the houses will be better and stronger, more beautiful, and more durable: the sycamores are cut down; So how do we decide? The account is told in 2 Kings 24-25, 2 Chronicles 36, and Jeremiah 39. (Leviticus 25:1-5). There are only the following two references in the entire document: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Did America repent? that’s gonna touch America in its economic power, its financial foundation. According to Cahn, Israel defied God by vowing to rebuild, per Isaiah 9:10: “The bricks have fallen down, In this stunning new documentary The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment, Rabbi Cahn unravels the mystery behind this seemingly innocuous Biblical verse, and shows that ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America, just as they once did in Israel. All nine harbingers manifested in precision, in exactness, harbingers of judgment. Not only are there only two references, but these two – one to “Nature’s God” and the other to “Creator” – are couched in language which is typically Deist[12], not Christian. Jonathan Cahn’s harbingers, or omens, are based upon the text found in Isaiah 9:10-11. The ninth harbinger is the vow in the form of prophecy or “The Prophecy” … the vow, the ancient vow, is to be proclaimed in America by an American leader in the capital city, and it’s proclaimed prophetically in advance of what is about to happen. Even if one wishes to ignore the foregoing, he still cannot ignore Pearl Harbor. Was it the Isaiah 9:10 effect? Cahn goes on to identify this foundation as the New York Stock Exchange, and goes on to point out that the NY Stock Exchange was originally called the Buttonwood Association, formed by the Buttonwood Agreement, so named because it was signed under a buttonwood tree. And where is the heart of America’s economic power? Cahn now tries to play his ace-in-the hole, pointing out that the peak of the financial crisis happened on September 29, 2008. Nevertheless, we must apply the command of 1 Thessalonians 5:21 to Cahn’s claims. Does Isaiah 9:10 really contain an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America’s future? The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; To Receive Special Emails, Teachings, Gifts enter your email: You Can Also Order Any of These Things By Writing To. What he’s saying is America’s policy now, America’s course, will be Isaiah 9:10. Cahn clearly believes that this is true in reality, not just in fiction. America was dedicated to God on the corner of Ground Zero … America’s consecration ground is Ground Zero. Within the first year it had sold a million copies, and as of this writing, it is currently #12 on the “Trade Fiction” Best Seller list of The New York Times, having been on the list for an astonishing 73 weeks. There is a mystery that’s been hidden in the foundation of America from its very beginning, from its very first day as a nation and it’s a biblical mystery that has to do with dedication, consecration, and judgment. In this stunning new documentary The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment, Rabbi Cahn unravels the mystery behind this seemingly innocuous Biblical verse, and shows that ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America, just as they once did in Israel. He does, however, say that there is a prophetic warning for America in Isaiah 9:10, in the form of the nine harbingers. So what validity, if any, would accrue to man’s attempt to institute a covenant between their nation and God is certainly open to question. The sycamores are cut down, The choice is to be with or without God for eternity and is only a heartbeat away. JONATHAN CAHN DVDS, BOOKS AND CDS - The Harbinger, The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment, El Presagio at ARMAGEDDON BOOKS Bible prophecy bookstore. collapse of the American-led world order and prosperity. Isaiah 9:10b records the Israelites saying after the Assyrian attack that “the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”  Cahn insists, therefore, that the sycamore is a harbinger. Where was America’s “, Cahn’s case depends on Isaiah 9:10 being programmatic of how God deals with rebellious nations. “So right there you have the Shemitah,” says Cahn. The fact that the covenant between God and Israel was made at God’s initiative, not man’s, runs throughout the Old Testament. Yet Cahn is wrong on all three counts. Only it didn’t. The harbingers begin with a breach in a nation’s security and a vow of defiance that brought destruction to ancient Israel (Isaiah 9:10) Is The Harbinger fiction or nonfiction, a story or real? You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. So Cahn’s case collapses. Why? breach of a nation’s hedge of protection. Do understand the significance of this: not even one “harbinger” that “had to manifest” according to Cahn actually manifested in the judgment upon the only other covenant nation in history, Judah. And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. Cahn now turns his attention to what he calls “the mystery, the ancient, ancient mystery of the Shemitah.”  The Shemitah, he explains, is “the seventh year or the Sabbath year command.”  (This is based on the commands to Israel in Exodus 23:10-11, Leviticus 25:1-4, and Deuteronomy 15:1-2): “Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. But if it was a manifestation of divine anger, shouldn’t the hedge have already been removed? Isaiah 9:10 Effect SECOND SHAKING Harbingers continued with Ancient Israel, warnings and foreshadows, the judgment will continue until we repent or God's wrath is poured out in its fulness. [Senator John Edwards is] uttering the vow and he’s now making the ancient vow, he’s transforming it now into America’s vow, which is ominous because that vow was sealing the fate of ancient Israel for destruction. If there is no shaqam tree, then this harbinger cannot manifest, regardless of how many erez trees one may find, since none of them can replace a non-existing shaqam tree. Choice! Cahn therefore strives mightily to demonstrate its veracity, arguing, as we have seen, that “America is similar to Israel, was also founded on God’s word. In the absence of a clear word in Scripture about this matter, how can we know whether Isaiah 9:10 is programmatic or not? Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. There’s an initial strike on the land – God removes the hedge of protection He allows an enemy to strike in. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.” (Exodus 23:10-11), And the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD. He says. Again, Cahn is wrong on almost every count. When Israel triumphed against foes, it is reasonable to believe that there was a “hedge of protection” around them because (a) they were actually God’s covenant people; and (b) they were not more powerful than other nations; on the contrary, they “were the least of all peoples” (Deuteronomy 7:7b). Utterly. In “The Harbinger” and “The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment,” the focal point of this vow of judgment is the tower rising up out of the ruins of Ground Zero. “A National Wake-up Call: What an ancient mystery means to America’s future – and your ministry.” Ministry Today 31:2 (March/April 2013), p. 62, [6] “A Q&A with Jonathan Cahn,” sidebar to ibid. hold the key to the timing of the judgment. Ancient Israel was required to live according to the very specific Mosaic law by covenant, they were refusing to live according to it and they knew it, and they had been warned specifically by prophets of God that destruction would come upon them for this. It's talking about the attack, the warning strike that came on Israel. Cedars are not mentioned, nor any members of the pinacaea family. That are your thoughts? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Or, to put it another way, if Kong defeats this girl in a fight, could we conclude that there was a “hedge of protection” around him, or simply realize that he won the battle because he is much bigger and stronger than the girl? The remainder of us will spend eternity with the most high. But we will replace them with cedars.” (Isaiah 9:10b). How could this possibly become our response? The number of parallels he has adduced between ancient Israel and modern America seem stunning. Israel was unique among nations in that it was conceived and dedicated at its foundation for the purposes of God. The proclamation by Israel in Isaiah 9:10 is both a vow and a prophecy. Was it by legalizing abortion (1973)? All nine harbingers manifested in precision, in exactness, harbingers of judgment. However, it is a moot point, as there is no cornerstone made of hewn granite in the Freedom Tower! But that is not the end of the matter; the nine harbingers are followed by what Cahn calls “the second shaking.”  We now turn our attention to this following phenomenon. The harbingers supposedly manifested in Israel (though they did not, as we have shown), but the ground of consecration was not touched. Jonathan Cahn’s harbingers, or omens, are based upon the text found in Isaiah 9:10-11. Isaiah 9:10 German Bible Alphabetical: been bricks but cedars cut down dressed fallen felled fig have rebuild replace smooth stone stones sycamores The them trees we will with OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:10 The bricks have fallen but we will (Isa Isi Is) Christian Bible … And those of us privileged to serve this great Nation will stand with you.[18]. Just as ancient Israel was attacked by terrorists, then, so too was America. America has been the world’s greatest economic, financial superpower of the past century, but what is the foundation of that superpower that could be laid bare in the time of judgment and that could be linked to 9/11? [19] http://www.emeraldinsight.com/content_images/fig/3600040103007.png. Mindful of 2 Corinthians 13:1b – “By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established” – Cahn wants to find two or three American leaders repeating the statement of Isaiah 9:10. had to happen; the harbinger had to manifest. No, it doesn’t. While there is no mention of a tower in the Hebrew text of Isaiah 9:10, the Septuagint (LXX), the ancient Greek translation widely in use among Jews of the Diaspora during Jesus’ time, reads. Without repentence [sic], there comes a second shaking. brutal, violent, vicious people … the Nazis of the ancient world. harbingers that can be discerned in Isaiah 9:10. all the components of Isaiah 9:10, all the harbingers of Israel’s last days before destruction have been manifested to America … in precision, in exactness. It’s that on which it rests or that in which it trusts. Then Cahn claims that this harbinger, too, has been manifested: And that response, says Cahn, is the very vow of defiance in Isaiah 9:10[17], Cahn insists that Daschle is “proclaiming judgment on the nation from Capitol Hill on the very day after 9/11 that there would not be national revival in the wake of 9/11 but there would be national defiance.”. It is not based on God’s word, but, on the contrary, on “such principles” and organization that seems “to them most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”  The stated goal, contra Cahn’s case, was not to glorify God but to achieve “safety and happiness.”, Nor was the success of the nation contingent on following God but on “such principles” and organizations that man in his wisdom may cleverly devise. Cahn then reminds us that this is the exact strategy of Al-Qaeda. The mystery of ancient Israel is now gonna replay in modern America. He claims: The extreme rates open up an era of easy money, causes unprecedented, uh, borrowing and lending, credit bubbles, uh, housing bubbles. For the eighth harbinger to manifest in America, what has to happen is that an American leader, or prominent American leader, would have to proclaim these words of defiance in a public setting in the capital city. Isaiah 9:10 German Bible Alphabetical: been bricks but cedars cut down dressed fallen felled fig have rebuild replace smooth stone stones sycamores The them trees we will with OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:10 The bricks have fallen but we will (Isa Isi Is) Christian Bible … There are many proclamations of judgment by God against nations in the Old Testament – and, indeed, many different proclamations against Israel and Judah – all with different stated historical details. As the following table shows[24], the drop of September 29, 2008 stands as only the 20th worst drop in history (it was the 17th worst when it happened), and the drop of September 17, 2001, is only the 17th worst (14th worst when it happened). “ Natural Law. ” greatest crash and ending with the destruction of ancient Israel is now gon na in. Sort Cahn talks about captured, whereas the total Canadian casualties were two wounded which. 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