Jonathan Cahn - The Harbinger Companion with Study Guide

The Sign Amidst the Ruins

In the ruins of the World Trade Center emerged a symbol—a perfectly formed, twenty-foot-high cross, shaped not by human hands but by the force of the 9/11 calamity. It was called the Cross of Ground Zero. This sign calls not only the nation but also each individual to turn from the path of judgment and embrace repentance and redemption from a God who is love. It’s a call to personal redemption by accepting God’s atoning sacrifice in Yeshua, who bore an infinite judgment so that each person who accepts Him can enjoy God’s infinite mercy. It’s a call to cross over from a path leading to death to one leading to a second birth, from a God who is both gift and gift-giver of new life. It is a call to become wedded to the One who desires to become the Bridegroom of our soul.

Salvation isn’t about your religion. Whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or anything else—it doesn’t matter. You cannot be born into heaven; you must be born again. God is Spirit. The only way to be His child is to be born of the Spirit. So Jesus Himself said, “You must be born again” (John 3:7). The Bible is very clear. There is no way to enter heaven, there is no way to be saved, unless you are born again. It doesn’t matter how good or bad you have been or how far away from God you are; the love of God reaches out to all. The Lord is calling.

One day we will all stand before God on the Day of Judgment. If we are not born again, we stand with our sins and enter eternal judgment. If we are born again, we stand in forgiveness, and we enter into eternal life—heaven. The only time we have to prepare for that day is now. How much time do we have? How far away are we from that day? One heartbeat. That’s all. Every moment of our lives is hanging on one heartbeat. We don’t know when the last one will come. That is why the Bible says, “Now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor. 6:2).

The Call

If you are not born again, now is the time to become so and to get right with God.

If you have known God but haven’t been living it, you’ve been out of His perfect will; now is the time to get right with God.

If there is anything in your life that needs to be removed or anything not in your life that needs to come in, now is the time to come to God and begin.

And perhaps God is simply calling you to return to your first love, to on-fire devotion to Him, to higher ground, to revival; now is the time to consecrate your heart and life to doing it.

The voice of God is calling.

Now is the time to get right with Him.

WEEK 12 EXPLORE and APPLY

Read chapters 21 and 22 of The Harbinger .

Watch or listen to the accompanying resource If My People DVD or CD from the eight-disc set.

Read 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Your Final Exploration and Mission

Can there be revival in America?

Can prayer change history?

How does revival come? Through whom? What people specifically?

Does God use people in bringing revival?

The priests of Israel were called to bring the nation to God. But before they could do that, they had to get their own lives right with God, to confess their sins, and enter His presence. In the same way we cannot lead others to repentance of their sins if we ourselves are not repenting of our sins; we cannot lead others to revival if we ourselves are not living in revival. Nor can we help lead others into God’s presence if we ourselves are not entering into His presence.

The last mission is for you to do whatever is necessary to fulfill God’s purposes, to be a vessel for revival—individually, as a group, a Bible study, a class, a congregation.

This final week will be devoted to fulfilling the call of God; to a special time of coming into God’s presence in prayer, intercession, worship, in seeking God’s face, and consecrating ourselves to Him and His purposes; to higher ground; to increased devotion, commitment, and power; to serving, following, and loving Him as never before.

To Prepare:

If you are doing an individual study of this book, make a copy of the sheet on the next page for yourself and fill out the top section as you feel led. Then pray and ask God to seal this commitment and begin to fulfill it.

If you are in a group, make a copy for each person and go through it with everyone, giving time to do it together with everyone filling out the top part individually as they feel led. For the group commitment, the leader can let everyone know what to write as you all fill it out together. Then everyone will keep their own copy of the commitment.

If you have any in your group who may not be saved, take this time to present a call to salvation.

Ask everyone to lift up their commitment sheets together and pray for God to seal this commitment and to begin fulfilling it. Encourage everyone to prepare for next time, which will be the final study week. (They should bring their sheets next week.)

Chapter 13

ANSWERING the CALL

WE HAVE GONE through the mysteries, revelations, message, and call of The Harbinger . The purpose of it all is for God’s mercy, redemption, salvation, and revival. It is not only to learn about the calling of God for salvation and revival but also to be part of the answer.

So this finale is devoted to actually coming into God’s presence in worship, in prayer, in intercession for revival and for America, in personal commitment and consecration, and group dedication. Do great things for the Lord for such a time as this!

Individuals

If you have been studying this book as an individual, take this time to be in God’s presence. You can follow the suggestions for a “Special Time in God’s Presence” in this chapter or simply look over your commitment sheet and create a prayer list of people you know (family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, congregation members, and so on). Then pray for yourself, the people on your list, and finally for our nation.

Groups

If you are leading a small group or congregation through this study, ask your group to look over their commitment sheets. If some have forgotten them, remind them of what you’ve committed to. Next, let everyone know what you’re going to do and how your group is going to pray. Start by praying for yourselves and then your group, congregation, or community and finally for the nation. You as the leader can lead in prayer, and if led, others can lead out at different points. But the main thing is to keep the flow of prayer moving, directing it to the new things to be prayed for. Feel free to use the following suggestions for a “Special Time in God’s Presence.”

Special Time in God’s Presence

• Enter into God’s presence and spend time lifting up the Lord.

• Read 2 Chronicles 7:14 again and really focus on what it’s saying: humble yourself, seek His face, and turn from sinful ways by confessing sin, repenting of sin, and committing to Him.

• Have everyone look at their commitment sheets, allowing each individual time to pray for the things they’ve committed to do at the top of the sheet. Pray for repentance (to renounce, remove from our lives that which has to go), a higher calling (to take up, embrace to whatever God is calling us to, and to apply it to our lives), an increased commitment to prayer, to follow or apply the Word every day, to share the gospel with the unsaved, and to overall consecration.

• Then lift up the commitment sheets and pray corporately for the group commitments on the sheets, for group prayer, group evangelism, and other commitments. Pray for consecration (sealing) of everyone.