Jonathan Cahn on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

I urge you to listen to this talk/sermon by Jonathan Cahn, that was broadcast for the 9/11: a 20 year retrospective and organized by Michelle Bachman at Regent University in Virginia Beach.

 https://www.regent.edu/misc/911-20-year-retrospective/

SEGMENT 8: JONATHAN CAHN

It is based on two books that Jonathan wrote called Harbinger and Harbinger II. I have written about these books in the past; and strongly recommend that you read them, as well as other books he has written. Jonathan has many YOUTube videos as well.

Our nation is experiencing perilous times. The signs of its decay surround us on every side. We have called evil good and good evil and persecuted those who stand up for righteousness. Brazen advocates for abortion, gender confusion, crime, military defeats, droughts, and plagues are symptoms of our deep sin. It is not global warming that is the main problem, it is our cold hearts. 

When I read the “Old Testament” in the past,  I used to wonder why the Israelites chose the wrong path over and over again. All that BG (Biblical God) required of them was to put Him first, not follow after idols, and to obey his commandments. In return, BG would bless them by keeping their enemies away, providing all that they would need to live comfortably and they could even be a blessing for the world. But the nation was always one generation away from losing it. I am amazed that in my lifetime things have deteriorated so fast in this country that I don’t even recognize it anymore. Our country, like Israel, was founded upon Biblical principles. The Puritans identified themselves with Israel by settling New England as their Promised Land. George Washington committed the country to God in a prayer in the same church that was struck by falling debris from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. We can learn a lot by studying what happened to Israel. 

Take 1 Kings 11:6 for instance;  “Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as did his father David.” Verse 11: Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

Solomon’s son Rehoboam continued the downward trend. He was approached by people from the kingdom who lived north of Jerusalem and said in 1 Kings 12:5 + , “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?” And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying... ‘And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’

Rehoboam did not follow the sound advice of his elders and, as a result, the kingdom split in two: Israel, with its northern ten tribes and Judah and Benjamin with its two tribes in the south around Jerusalem.

With a few exceptions, all of the kings of Israel and Judah continued this downward path. It would culminate in the invasion of Israel by Assyria in 721 BC and a two punch strike against Judah a little later. Babylon struck them first in 605 BC and then 19 years later in 586 BC when they completed the job. Nineteen years. Jonathan Cahn has a chilling chapter in his book Harbinger II that equates what happened to Israel with what has happened to America using the number 19. The time span between 9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic is 19 years. BG’s grace sustains us now, but for how long? Our bungled defeat in Afghanistan may have left the door open for terrorists to attack us in even more nefarious ways. Perhaps by smuggling a nuclear device through our porous southern border and setting it off somewhere. It could be by a terrorist who was born in the same place as one of the hijackers. The Bible has many examples of irony carried to the nth degree.