Jonathan Cahn - The Harbinger Companion with Study Guide

The Eagle

Still others believe that passages in the Bible that speak of eagles in symbolic contexts refer to America. Such interpretations are based on the fact that the eagle is a universally accepted symbol of America.

The problem here is that the eagle is many things and has been used as a symbol of many things for ages. In fact, the eagle has been a symbol of many other nations or empires, most notably that of Rome. Without more evidence and context to point to America, we have no more reason to identify the eagle with America than any other nation represented by this symbol or, for that matter, any other power or attribute.

The Missing Superpower

So what is the conclusion?

Whether we like it or not, while other nations are clearly mentioned in biblical prophecy, America is not one of them. There is no clear reference to America in end-time prophecy that would identify it as a major power. What does this mean?

There is a saying that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. But in the case of America and end-time prophecy, the absence of evidence is evidence of absence—at least as much as it concerns a superpower. If America were to maintain its position as the leading, reigning, or preeminent superpower at the very end of the age, it would have to be mentioned in end-time prophecy. That it is not mentioned is evidence that it will no longer be the world’s preeminent superpower that it presently is.

What This Has to Do With The Harbinger

What does this have to do with The Harbinger ? Everything. The absence of America in biblical prophecy points to a world where America no longer leads, is no longer the head of nations. How do we go from where we are now to that end-time scenario? What is presented in The Harbinger would fill in that gap.

What it points to is this: If America does not turn back to God, then the blessings it has long known will be removed. Those blessings include its prosperity, its peace, its world power, and its global preeminence. In fact, if America continues on its present course, one of the first things we can expect is the removal of the crown it has worn for most of the twentieth century—that of “head of nations.” According to the ancient mystery and pattern in The Harbinger , if America does not return to God, we can expect to see, with our own eyes, the end of the American age.

Chapter 22

The PROPHECIES of MESSIAH in HEBREW SCRIPTURE

And Their Fulfillment: Yeshua

THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES give precise prophecies concerning the coming of Messiah. In all of Jewish history and world history there is no one who could be said to have fulfilled almost any of these. But there is one Jewish man, a rabbi, who fulfilled all of them.

Here are some of them:

• A child will be born to Israel and called the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace (Isa. 9:6–7).

• A child will be born to a virgin—and will be called “God with us” (Isa. 7:14).

• The Messiah will be born in the city of Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2).

• Messiah will be born as a descendant of David (Jer. 33:15).

• The Messiah, the shoot and root of Jesse, will be the one in whom the Gentiles will take refuge (Isa. 11:1, 10).

• The Lord will come to the Temple of Jerusalem (Mal. 3:1).

• The Messiah will be called the Son of God (Ps. 2:12; Prov. 30:4).

• The “stone” that the builders rejected will become the “chief cornerstone” (Ps. 118:22).

• The “Associate of God,” the Shepherd of Israel, will be killed by the sword (Zech. 13:7).

• Messiah will be led into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zech. 9:9).

• The Book of Psalms gives a prophecy describing a specific crucifixion with the piercing of hands and feet and the casting lots for His garments (Ps. 22:14–18).

• The Lord says that in the end times, the people of Israel will “look on Me whom they pierced” (Zech. 12:10, emphasis added).

• Messiah will come before the Temple and city of Jerusalem are destroyed. Thus the Messiah had to come to Jerusalem before the year AD 70 (Dan. 9:24–26).

• Messiah will be “cut off” (die) in the city of Jerusalem before the year AD 70 (Dan. 9:24–26).

• He will be despised and rejected by men, even by His own people (Isa. 53:3).

• He will despised and treated as one who is judged by God (Isa. 53:4).

• He will be wounded for “our transgressions,” bruised or crushed for “our iniquities [sins]” (Isa. 53:5).

• The punishment for our shalom (peace, well-being) will fall upon Him (Isa. 53:5).

• By His scourging we will be healed (Isa. 53:5).

• He does not open his mouth to protest as He is being afflicted and led to His death (Isa. 53:7).

• He will be led to his death as a lamb to the slaughter (Isa. 53:7).

• He will be killed (Isa. 53:8).

• His death and grave will be connected to wicked men, criminals, and with a rich man in His death (Isa. 53:9).

• His life will be an asham , a sacrifice that takes away guilt (Isa. 53:10).

• He will justify, make right, the many (Isa. 53:11).

• After His death He will be alive again (resurrection) and victorious (Isa. 53:10).

• God will make a new covenant, not like the old covenant that He made when He took Israel out of Egypt (Jer. 31:31).

• Messiah will become the light to the nations (Isa. 42:6).

• The child born in Israel, known as the Prince of Peace, will reign on David’s throne, and of the spreading of His government there will be no end (Isa. 9:6–7).

Chapter 23

The ULTIMATE ISSUE

Yeshua, You, and Eternity

HEARING ABOUT THE real possibility of judgment can be scary. Some have asked, “What can I do? How can I be safe?” Some people seriously considered moving to what they consider to be safer locations.

But ultimately the issue is spiritual. No location in the world is far enough to keep the judgment of God out. The safest place you can be is not in the Midwest, in Canada, or on a remote island. The safest place you can be is the will of God.

In Hebrew the word for safety is yeshua . Yesua is the root word of the name Yeshua , which is also the real name of the one we know as Jesus. The safest place to be is not a matter of geography; it’s a matter of the heart, a matter of faith, a matter of salvation. If your life is not in Jesus, Yeshua, salvation, then it is not saved. How can you be safe and saved from whatever lies ahead? You can only be safe in that which is safety and salvation—Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah.

No matter what happens in a nation’s judgment, the truth is, we will all one day stand in the light of God’s judgment. There are only two ultimate roads. One road leads to God, and the other, away from Him. The first leads to heaven, eternal life, and the second to hell, eternal judgment for sin, eternal separation from God. Which road are you on? If you are not born again, you’re on the wrong road and heading to the wrong destiny, the wrong eternity.

One day you will enter eternity. And it won’t matter then what religion you were. The Bible says very little about religion. Nor will it matter how many good works you did. The Bible says that no one, on the basis of their works, can enter heaven. Then how can you be saved?

Messiah said this, “You must be born again” (John 3:7). The only way to be saved is by the new birth. It’s a gift. No one is righteous enough to earn it. And no one is sinful enough to nullify it or the love of God. But as a gift, it must either be received or rejected. And to not accept it is the same as rejecting it.