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When A False Prophet Asserts America was Modeled After “Israel” "America was established after the pattern of Israel. It was woven into our existence, we were founded after the pattern and blessed after the pattern,” Jonathan Cahn 2012 Mathew 15:14 "Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit". Many people believe that Jonathan Cahn is a modern day prophet and that his books contain “special revelation.” For this reason his books have become best sellers, especially in Christian circles. His first book, The Harbinger sold like hotcakes and as a result he became a sought after speaker and frequent guest on the radio talk show circuit. And now his most recent book, The Harbinger II is also destined to become a best seller. I urge our brethren to exercise extreme caution–and spiritual discernment–before diving into one of Jonathan Cahn’s books. First Let me state from the outset that I'm not in denial that America and the nations of the world for that matter are currently experiencing God's Judicial Wrath. They have been since ancient biblical times. And this is quite obvious given the current circumstances in 2020. All one has to do is go to any bible study tool website and type in the search bar God's wrath upon the nations. Jonathan Cahn, a popular Christian author, claims that his books reveal mysteries and predict the future. He thus portrays himself as like the Biblical prophets, including the claim of having new revelations. The main point of his books The Harbingers 1&2 is that America is modeled after Israel. I will show you that these claims are false and that Cahn is not a true prophet of God. In drawing parallels between Israel and America, Cahn asserts several things: first, that America was founded on a covenant with God as much as Israel was. Second, that America is being released from God's protection to suffer the consequences of having marginalized Him. Third, that Isaiah predicted all of this in Isaiah 9:10. Cahn gleans nearly all of his correlations connecting America with a prophecy made to Israel from one verse ; Isaiah:9:10. . To begin with, this verse applies only to the tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, who, along with the Southern Kingdom of Judah, comprise God's covenant with his people. All the way through The Harbingers, the United States is presented IMPLICITLY as a nation in covenant with God. God has only one covenant nation; the nation of Israel. This is a critical error of both books. Although that may be overlooked by someone eager to recognize the U.S. in Isaiah's prophecy, one must read the entire context, which begins with verse 8 and runs through verse 21 of chapter 9. The Harbingers 1&2 has undertones of Anglo-Israelism and Christian Dominionism. I RECOMMEND YOU WATCH HIS DOCUMENTARY "THE HARBINGER DECODED" WHERE HE REPEATS THESE SAME CLAIMS FREE ON YOU TUBE. Prophets Reveal Mysteries The apostle Paul claims that he was chosen by God to reveal mysteries as were the other apostles. The gospel itself was the mystery of which he spoke. We see this in Ephesians 3: "that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel" (Ephesians 3:3-6) A mystery is something that would not be known had God not chosen to reveal it through His appointed spokes persons. These are Moses and the prophets in the Old Testament, and Christ and His appointed apostles and prophets in the New Testament. The writings of the Biblical prophets in Scripture are inerrant and infallible. In the Scriptures God has revealed all the mysteries that will be known to us until Christ returns. However, Jonathan Cahn, who is not one of the Biblical prophets, claims to reveal mysteries: “The Harbingers 1&2 are not only revealing mysteries but also the sounding of the alarm. ”Cahn’s claim to be a revealer of mysteries is strong and severely problematic: “Much that will be revealed in these books has never before been revealed in written form” (Cahn: 2). This is a rather bold claim that rivals and echoes the apostle Paul’s cited above. He claims to have special revelation like the biblical authors. The problem is that Cahn did not see the resurrected Christ and was not appointed by Him like Paul and the other apostles. Cahn has no standing as an apostle or prophet and his writings are not binding as Scripture is. Referencing his previous book Cahn repeats his grand claim: “The Harbinger book 1 contains14 major revelations or mysteries” (Cahn: 4). Unlike Paul and the other apostles, Cahn was not personally taught by Christ, but he still claims prophetic status based on subjective, inner voices: “I heard an inner voice say, ‘There’s a mystery here. You must seek and find it” (Cahn: 9). Religious leaders claiming special revelations and special status are nothing new. Hundreds of false groups have started that way. We need to decide CAREFULLY whether to believe anyone who claims special revelation above and beyond Scripture. When Questions Imply Everything and Teach Nothing Confusion One of the annoying characteristics of many postmodern writers is to use questions that seem to make a claim but have built-in deniability. They ask questions but refuse to make objective statements, thus creating confusion while appearing to teach something. Cahn follows a similar process, filling his books with suggestive questions so that readers have to scour through every word (as I did) to find out if these are meant to be definitive statements. For example: In his book the Mystery of the Shemitah and I quote: “Could the mystery of the Shemitah still be at work—moving, impacting, and altering the course of world history—even in the modern world, even in our day”? (Cahn: 42). So he creates confusion with a question, when in fact this is a claim he is making—which I will show is a false one. The Law of Moses that requires cancelling all debts every seven years is not binding on any nation but ONLY Israel in the Old Testament, so it can hardly be the key to world history. Cahn is a master at sowing confusion. He is very sly and manipulative with his use of words i.e. "A GREAT SHAKING IS COMING FOR 2020" as he has been claiming lately on his videos with The Harbinger 2 . That is making a statement while painting with a broad brush. Anything bad could happen in 2020 including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris losing the National Election on November 3rd and all hell breaking loose in America with riots and looting. Yet he could easily claim that this was given to him through divine revelation if he chooses to. Let me share another example of his cunning craftiness with his use of words.: "This is the kind of vague teaching Cahn does: His book The Mystery of the Shemitah was built on the idea of specific seven-year cycles of jubilee and judgment, and saying that there will be a great shaking at the end of 2015, a Shemitah as he calls it; probably economic, but he hedges his bets and says that it could be spiritual, which is a lot harder to prove or disprove. And then, just in case people start pointing out that it is now November 2015 and all his projected dates in September 2015 came and went without anything happening, he puts out this handy little caveat": Mr. Cahn: " One cannot put prophetic manifestations into a box or onto a regular schedule and expect them to perform on cue. The phenomenon does not have to manifest in every cycle or with the same intensity. It may appear dormant in one cycle and manifest in the next. Nothing has to take place in this current year 2015 of the Shemitah". NOW SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS ENTAIL? DOES GOD SPEAK WITH A FORK TONGUE? LISTEN TO WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY TO JONATHAN CAHN AND THE BODY OF CHRIST THROUGH HIS WORD: Numbers 23:19 “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” If God speaks something it WILL come to pass. For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. Luke 1:37 AMP God, Himself, stands over and watches over His own Word, making sure it is fulfilled. Jeremiah 1:12 AMP says, “Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it.” Always keep in mind that Mr. Cahn isolates certain facts in order to project his desired end results. Mr. Cahn likes to exaggerate and isolate everything, especially Scripture. One final example from Harbinger book II: THE GOD OF DEATH APPEARS OVER NYC. I actually saw a video which was posted on You Tube a couple of years ago on August 9, 2015 when that image was first projected onto the Empire State Building. This image is known as the goddess Kali. It is still on You Tube. Just type on the search bar: "The goddess Kali displayed on the Empire State Building. These examples above prove that all of these so called mysteries were written after the fact. How do I know this? Because Mr. Cahn likes to spend time in NYC and elsewhere in search of Harbingers in preparation for his next book(s). It may take years to accomplish this but that is his Modus Operandi. These so called mysteries were done through his personal research and observations after these events had already occurred. They were not given to him through any form of DIVINE REVELATION i.e. dreams, visions or prophetic utterance. HIS PROPOSITIONS OR BOGUS MYSTERIES ARE FOUNDED PURELY ON PROPHETIC SPECULATION. A word about Prophetic accuracy: This is a term that defines the prophet's skill in accurately delivering a prophetic word from the Lord with 100% accuracy. The meaning of the term includes the obligation to not veer from the word given by the Lord in order to assure the cooperation and compliance of his Angelic delegation. An example of this in scripture is the Prophet Samuel. The Bible says that the Lord never allowed Samuel's words to fall to the ground cf with 1 Samuel 3:19-20. God clearly warns his people that there are consequences for those who follow after false prophets: cf Jeremiah 23:28-40. Is America modeled after Israel as Mr. Cahn claims in Harbingers 1&2? Cahn often repeats what I call our national myth—that America is somehow modeled after Israel. This myth goes back to beginning of our history but cannot be sustained by any biblical standard. The myth is based on the belief that man can unilaterally make a covenant and bind God to it, without God having agreed to anything. Cahn claims, “Embedded in America’s foundation is a prophetic warning. The warning was given on America’s first day as a nation. It concerns what will happen if America should ever turn away from God” (Cahn: 21). For such a warning to be valid and binding, it would have to be issued by an infallible prophet who speaks for God, in this case, beyond scripture. Who, exactly, is America’s Moses, or Jesus, or the apostles? Lacking any such person, God cannot have stated that America is modeled after Israel and has a binding covenant with her. That God does as Mr. Cahn claims is our national myth. The truth is that God draws out the boundaries of all nations through His providence. The truths revealed in Romans 13 and elsewhere about how Christians relate to civil governments applied to Rome when Paul wrote and all civil governments in history. Only Israel was directly established by God and had a binding covenant mediated through Moses who God chose and appointed. America has neither a Moses nor a binding covenant. We are not a nation modeled after Israel and never have been. The moral laws of God that do apply are found in the Bible and they apply to all people in all nations. Cahn falsely claims that any nation can become a covenant nation: “Such a prophetic sign could be given to any nation as long as that nation in some way matched the description or shared the attributes of ancient Israel in 586 BC” (Cahn: 56). Cahn obviously fails to understand what Moses taught in Deuteronomy 32:8, 9. Only Israel was directly under Yahweh, all the other nations are under the “sons of God.” No other nations had an Exodus, a Sinai, or a Moses. All nations are ruled by God’s providence and are under the principalities and powers (‘sons of God’ of Deuteronomy 32:8). America is no exception. Cahn again repeats our national myth in Harbingers 1&2: “Those who founded America not only foretold its future blessing—but also gave warning. It was this: If America ever turned away from God, then the same judgments that fell upon ancient Israel would fall upon America” (Cahn: 61). Israel had Moses and the prophets who spoke for God without error. Who speaks bindingly for God beyond Scripture for America? There is no such person unless of course you've been duped into believing it's Mr. Cahn, America's so called Prophet. By the way, for those who are wondering what is the true identity of the Prophet in both Harbingers; IT'S NONE OTHER THAN JONATHAN CAHN HIMSELF! Sometimes Jonathan Cahn in Harbinger books 1&2 goes beyond the facts and makes broad assumptions. One concerns Winthrop and the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Winthrop declared a covenant with God when establishing that colony. Cahn broadens this one colony establishment to the entire American civilization. (108) He writes, “...we do know that America's founders made a covenant with God, based on Israel's covenant with God.” (108) Winthrop's covenant statement is broadened to all the founders without supporting evidence. There were several previous colonies founded, beginning with Jamestown in 1607. I do not think one can expand one man's words about the founding of one colony to the future of the entire nation. I know we want to believe America was founded as a “Christian” nation but one colony does not a nation make. Cahn later appeals to George Washington's inaugural address, writing, “America's first government committed and consecrated the nation's future to God.” (231) Washington's actual words were, “...that Almighty Being...whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the People of the United States, a Government...” Washington asked God to consecrate, or bless, the U. S. To me, that is not the same as dedicating the nation to God. (232) And Cahn says where Washington made his dedication of the nation is St. Paul's Chapel. (232) Not true. Washington's inaugural speech was at Federal Hall (26 Wall Street) not St. Paul's Chapel (209 Broadway). Granted, Washington went to services there after his speech but did not give his speech there. This brings up a thought provoking question. Because Winthrop made a covenant statement, does that mean every American is involved? Because one group of people projected the image of a god on the Empire State Building, does that mean the entire city of New York is under God's judgment? Sometimes Cahn doesn't give the whole story. The recent change in the abortion law in New York is a case in point. Cahn writes, “...the law legalized the killing of children up to the point of birth.” (191) He fails to notice the conditions required: danger to the mother's life or health or the lack of viability of the child outside the womb. I would rather such declarations by Cahn be more accurate. And another issue. Cahn says the peek of the seven day average for the infection rate in New York was April 9 and April 10, exactly 50 years to the day New York expanded the abortion law. (229) Actually, the seven day rolling average peeked on April 8 at 5305, April 10 and April 11 rolling figures are 5205 and 5040, according to NYC Health website. Cahn's source is a newspaper article, not the official state data source.😆 This may be a small issue but Cahn makes a big deal of the “exact date.” It's not. While I verified many of the correlations, it does make me wonder about the others I did not have the time to check. I reject Cahn’s claim that America is somehow modeled after Israel. All the moral laws of God always apply to all peoples in all nations. They are revealed in Scripture. All geo-political entities have boundaries that are drawn out by God in His providence and have leaders that His providence allows. In these important ways America is like all other nations. We are not modeled after Israel. Furthermore, no man or nation has the power or authority to bind God to a man-made, unilateral covenant. Unilateral covenants in the Bible are established by God, not man. We need to reject the myth that America is a special covenant nation and start thinking Biblically rather than mythologically. THE LESSON The Bible is sufficient. Stop chasing after prophecies, mysteries and prophetic frauds like Jonathan Cahn. Stop buying for yourselves false prophets who are making a living by prophelying. Stop buying books that supposedly “unlock secrets” and “reveal mysteries” and all of that gobbledegook. God doesn’t hide things in the Bible. The Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. Hiding things in His word defeats that purpose, don’t you think? If someone tells you they’ve discovered something in the Scriptures that no one else in 2 thousand years has discovered, they’re wrong and trying to sell you something – each and every last and lousy time. And you can BANK on it. It is evident that mysticism abounds in the books and teachings of Jonathan Cahn. Mr. Cahn's HERMENUETICS is based on a MYSTICAL METHOD of interpreting scripture. Interpreting omens, using gematria/numerology and looking at signs is not Christianity – it is occultic. It is a well known fact that Jonathan Cahn in the past has derived some of his mysteries (i.e. HIS TEACHING SERIES Gulgatah: The Cosmic Skull: The Rabbinic Mysteries V, THE ZOHAR SPEAKS") from the Jewish Mystical book known as the Zohar the world's premier text of occultic knowledge. He has in the past stated for the record that there is nothing wrong with quoting from the Zohar in order to supplement his apologetics! Because in his faulty logic he sincerely believes it can be used as a bridge builder to share the gospel. A contributing Source: A QUOTATION FROM TED W. PIKE’S BOOK “ISRAEL OUR DUTY OUR DELIMMA” FROM PAGE 103: “The Kabbalah at this time was a Babylonian brew which included such occult features as REINCARNATION, NECROMANCY, CONJURATION, ASTRAL PROJECTION, COOPERATION WITH DEMONS, ASTROLOGY, NUMEROLOGY, AND A VAST SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF CHARMS, AMULETS & INCANTATIONS”. In short, most of what was distinctive of BABYLONIAN & EGYPTIAN SORCERY WAS INCLUDED IN THE ZOHAR! Even today virtually all occult systems (especially THEOSOPHICAL ONES) and practices, including WITCHCRAFT & SATANISM, borrow heavily from the KABBALAH (AS PRESERVED IN THE ZOHAR) in their rituals and symbolism”. (Want this book? You can purchase a copy right here at Amazon.com.) I also recommend this second excellent book sold here on Amazon: Kabbalah Secrets Christians need to know by Author DeAnne Loper. The only reason Christians were BLOWN AWAY by Mr. Cahn’s BOGUS MYSTERIES is because many collectively have the Biblical understanding of second graders. WHEN IT COMES TO HERMENUETICS, THEY DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXEGESIS AND EISEGESIS.