Jonathan Cahn - The Harbinger Companion with Study Guide

The Jerusalem Center/ Beth Israel and Hope of the World

Beth Israel, or the Jerusalem Center, is a Messianic ministry, in that it is made up of Jew and Gentile, people of all nations, together in Messiah. It is known for restoring the original biblical Jewish flavor of the New Testament faith. With worship services on Friday nights and Sunday mornings, and with celebrations of the holy days of the Bible, the Jerusalem Center in Wayne, New Jersey, has become one of the largest Messianic congregations in the world. It is here that Jonathan regularly teaches the Word and where he first shared the message of The Harbinger .

From the Jerusalem Center Jonathan leads the world outreach ministry called Hope of the World, dedicated to spreading the Word of God to the unreached of the world and to helping the poor and needy of all nations.

Jonathan’s teachings are known for their profound and prophetic nature and for revealing the deep mysteries of biblical truth. His messages are heard around the nation and world through radio and television. He is greatly sought after as a speaker. He has ministered to audiences numbering in the tens of thousands, even millions, in places like India, Latin America, and Africa.

To get in touch with Jonathan’s ministry, see the contact information at the end of the book.

CHAPTER 26

A GUIDED TOUR OF THE HARBINGER

THE HARBINGER TOUR

Begin your Harbinger Tour at Battery Park, located at the very southern end of the island of Manhattan. Looking out at the water’s edge to the southwest, you can see the Statue of Liberty. Known as the “gateway” of America, this is the corridor where the second plane breached America’s hedge of protection on September 11, 2001. It was also here in The Harbinger that the prophet met Nouriel to unlock the mystery of the First Harbinger, the opening sign of national judgment—the Breach, when an enemy was allowed to make a strike on the land. (Refer to The Harbinger chapter 4, “The First Harbinger: The Breach.”)

From Battery Park, walk north on Broadway until you arrive at Trinity Wall Street. This is the “mother church” of St. Paul’s Chapel. There you can see the Trinity Root, a sculpture of the roots of the fallen Sycamore of Ground Zero, the Sixth Harbinger. The statue is normally displayed in full view outside the church’s southern courtyard. During times of construction, it can be partially obscured from view. It was under a sycamore tree that America began its rise to financial superpower, as the Buttonwood Agreement was signed under a type of sycamore tree. The same sign of the sycamore reappeared on 9/11 but is now struck down. So today at the end of Wall Street—marked by the sign of the sycamore from its beginning— rests the symbol of a sycamore uprooted. (Refer to chapter 16, “The Uprooted.”)

From Trinity Church, turn right and walk down Wall Street to the New York Stock Exchange. In the seventeenth century, the island of Manhattan served as a trading post for the Dutch. To protect themselves from perceived threats, the Dutch built a wall, hence the name Wall Street. When the Dutch lost Manhattan to the British, the wall was torn down but the name remained. Today it has become the center of America’s financial strength. It was also here on Wall Street that in 1792 twenty-four merchants signed the Buttonwood (sycamore) Agreement to begin what would become known as the New York Stock Exchange, and launch America’s rise to global financial superpower. It is down this street that the prophet leads Nouriel as he opens up the mystery of the buttonwood. (Refer to chapter 16, “ The Uprooted.”)

Across from the New York Stock Exchange you’ll find Federal Hall, where America as we know it came into existence on April 30, 1789, when New York City was the nation’s capital. On the front steps of Federal Hall you can view the statue of George Washington that marks the spot where he put his hand on a Bible and was sworn in as the nation’s first president. It was also here that Washington gave a prophetic warning to the nation concerning what would happen if America ever turned away from God. In The Harbinger this is where the prophet leads Nouriel as he shares the secret of the Mystery Ground. (Refer to chapter 19, “The Mystery Ground.”)

From Federal Hall, Washington and America’s first fully formed government—the new administration, and the members of the House of Representatives and Senate—walked to an appointed spot to dedicate the new government and the new nation into the hands of God. Retrace this journey. Walk back up Wall Street to Broadway, then turn right on Broadway and walk past Zuccotti Park on up to St. Paul’s Chapel. (Note path marked on the map.) This is the nation’s consecration ground, the place where America’s future was dedicated to God on its first day. St. Paul’s Chapel is the oldest building in New York City in continuous use. In the days of Washington’s inauguration, its entrance was on the opposite side, away from Broadway, on the side facing its courtyard and what is now Ground Zero. In The Harbinger , the prophet leads Nouriel here and then around the back by the courtyard. (Refer to chapter 19, “The Mystery Ground.”)

Walk around to the back of the chapel. There you’ll glimpse the ancient courtyard and cemetery inside the black iron fence. Look just beyond the courtyard, and you will see Ground Zero. This is where the Twin Towers once stood and where calamity came to America, in keeping with the ancient principle that calamity returns to the nation’s consecration ground. Two reflecting ponds sit where the Third Harbinger: The Fallen Bricks once rested. And out of this site rises the Fourth Harbinger, The Tower. At over 100 stories, Freedom Tower (now called One World Trade Center) will be one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers when construction is complete. The Fifth Harbinger: The Gazit Stone— or Freedom Stone—was dedicated as the cornerstone of Freedom Tower in 2004. But when the tower was redesigned, the stone, cut from the Adirondack Mountains, was removed. At the time of this writing, it sits outside Innovative Stone in Hauppauge, New York, about 50 miles away. Here also in the ruins of Ground Zero once stood a 20-foot steel cross. Forged out of the fallen tower, the Ground Zero Cross was stationed near the southeast corner. In The Harbinger , Nouriel gazes at this site, at first almost in disbelief, as the pieces of the mystery begin to come together. (Refer to chapter 19, “The Mystery Ground,” chapter 21, “Eternity,” chapter 7, “The Third Harbinger: The Fallen Bricks,” chapter 8, “The Fourth Harbinger: The Tower,” and chapter 9, “The Fifth Harbinger: The Gazit Stone.”)

From Ground Zero, walk back to St. Paul’s Chapel. Enter through the iron gates into the courtyard. Turn left and in the northwest corner of the courtyard you will see the place where the Sycamore of Ground Zero stood and was struck down on 9/11. The Sycamore was removed from the place where it had fallen and put on display for a time on the east side of the courtyard. In its place was lowered the Erez Tree, a Norwegian Spruce, a sister tree to the Cedar of Lebanon, in accordance with the vow of ancient Israel. At the time of this writing, it still stands there on the northwest corner of the courtyard as the Ground Zero Tree of Hope. This is where Nouriel and the prophet gaze at the soil of America’s consecration ground and the soil of the Sixth and Seventh Harbingers. (Refer to chapter 19, “The Mystery Ground,” chapter 10, “The Sixth Harbinger: The Sycamore,” and chapter 11, “The Seventh Harbinger: The Erez Tree.”)

Now enter Paul’s Chapel and stand in the place where America was dedicated to God on its first day. President Washington and all the nation’s early government leaders met together to pray for the Lord’s blessing on the nation. Inside the chapel, you can see the pew where George Washington regularly prayed. Above the pew is a small golden plaque that records the words of Washington’s prayer asking the Lord for His “holy protection” on America. One can also find one of the earliest depictions of the nation’s Great Seal. Note one small difference between the seal we have today— instead of an eagle is a turkey. On the eastern side of the chapel is a depiction of the Ten Commandments. (Refer to chapter 19, “The Mystery Ground.”)