The Harbinger – Part 1: Revealing – or Concealing – America’s Ancient Mystery?

The Harbinger – Part 1:   Revealing – or Concealing – “America’s Ancient Mystery”? By Mark Dinsmore  ~ July 11, 2012

“The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America’s Future!” True or False? Home

SETTING ASIDE the “ancient mystery” of the nine harbingers (depicted as
pictographic clay seals in Jonathan Cahn’s fictional story), there is
another “secret” message that flows in the subtext of Cahn’s New York Times
bestseller, The Harbinger. Evaluating this hidden stream requires
some historic “archaeology” but will reveal that Cahn’s nine harbingers are
built not on Scripture but on sinking sand.

Cahn’s fictional Prophet recounts the “consecration” of America by George
Washington in a manner which stirs reverential awe among many Christian
Patriots. But early in the book, Cahn acknowledges that “those who laid
America’s foundations” came “ long before the Founding Fathers” (p.19). This
can only refer to the Pilgrims and Puritans. However, the central premise of
The Harbinger —that the attack and subsequent destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11 at
“Ground Zero” was prophetic—is based on Cahn’s repeated assertion that
divine judgment must strike “the nation’s most sacred ground, the ground of
its consecration.” Cahn’s fictional Prophet reiterates this as a
de
facto spiritual law: “This, Nouriel, is a critical principle. Take note of
it” (p.198).

Given this declaration, the terrorists of 9/11—guided by this “ancient
mystery”—should have targeted a site commemorating the first Pilgrim landing
and “consecration to God” under the Mayflower Compact in Plymouth, MA. After
all, the language of this historic document is far more “sacred” and
intrinsically Christian than either the Declaration of Independence or the
Constitution. But instead, Cahn maintains that the “grounds of consecration”
are adjacent to “Ground Zero” in New York.

According to The Harbinger, therefore, the
fate of the Twin Towers (and the free-fall collapse of 47-story Building 7,
which Cahn neglects to mention) was mysteriously sealed on April 30,
1789—212 years prior to 9/11 (pp.199-205). The entire foundation of Cahn’s
nine harbingers, therefore, is built on the presumed spiritual significance
and efficacy of our first president’s inauguration on that historic day
(pp.207,208,210,211,212).

(It would seem significant to note, however, that these three demolished
towers were not public buildings; they were not federal ; they were not
religious . They were, in fact, private office complexes. Why would God
appoint, or allow, these structures to be targeted as a direct sign of some
“ancient mystery” that allegedly “holds the secret of America’s future”?
This unsupportable claim is, quite simply, preposterous!)

Throughout The Harbinger, Cahn insists that the mere utterance of Isaiah 9:10 by an elected
official—either “unwittingly” (pp.63,105) or “unknowingly”
(pp.111, 117)—in
conjunction with 9/11, constitutes the echoing of an ancient vow
(pp.
93,117)—which The Harbinger asserts are binding words of cosmological consequence for
the entire United States. As “proof” that the ungodly can (and do) prophesy
over a nation in accordance with God’s Word, Cahn gives the example of
Caiaphas in John:11:49-53:

“And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same
year, said unto them, ‘Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die
for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.’ And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together
in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to
death.” John:11:49-53

However, he stretches this principle beyond Israel, and beyond the office
of High Priest, to include any ceremonial words spoken by a common U.S.
politician that might happen to include Scripture. (pp.118-19)
If that is
the case, then how many thousands of times have elected officials
misappropriated Scripture in the past? And what forces and curses have been
“unwittingly” and “unknowingly” unleashed upon our land by their rash words
and vows?

Words do have meaning. But The Harbinger clearly advances the occult
Word-Faith doctrine that words have intrinsic power and spiritual effect,
“whether we know it or not.” As Dave Hunt and TBC have long exposed, this is
witchcraft!

Readers who are drawn into this mystical mindset of The Harbinger are quickly
mesmerized by Cahn’s droning repetition of words like
“ancient…mystery…vow…sacred…ground…secret…key” and other terms
synonymous with neo-gnostic religion. Indeed, such concepts are the very
essence of Masonic pomp and circumstance, as well as an integral part of the
occultic “strategic spiritual warfare” practices of the NAR/Latter Rain
movement.

(This correlation simply proves that professing Christians are
susceptible to the same ancient deceptions, resulting in aberrant and
unbiblical practices, that are manifested in every era; see Ecc:1:9: “The
thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is
that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”)

Given this fact, it is nonetheless cause for dismay—and shock, to many—to
discover that contrary to the romantic view most of us grew up with, the
United States was “consecrated” and “dedicated” not to the God of Scripture
but to the god of Freemasonry.

The reader should understand that we are not defaming George Washington or
calling his personal salvation into question through “guilt by association.”
No one can ultimately determine the condition of our first president’s heart
during the period of his admirable and sacrificial service to our country.

However, we can most certainly ascertain whether George Washington’s willing participation
in Ancient York Rite Freemasonry was in accordance with Scripture—and
whether the Lodge’s direct oversight of the very act of “consecrating” the
United States was a pleasing aroma to God—or whether it was an abomination
of “strange fire.” (Even today, many patriots and professing Christians
continue to be deceived by and through their “innocent” or “ignorant”
membership in Freemasonry.)

But curiously, for an author who has taken great pains to present the
appearance of a factual, historical account that claims precision in the
smallest detail (pp. 3,94,106,216, etc.); Cahn fails to mention anywhere in
The Harbinger that our first president was himself a Freemason , sworn into office with
his hand upon a Masonic Bible, with the oath given by the “ Most Worshipful
Grand Master ” of New York Freemasonry, Robert Livingston (first Chancellor
of New York City) http://www.stjohns1.org/portal/gwib.

Compounding this mysterious “oversight,” Cahn deflects attempts at
discernment, and redirects inquiry into George Washington’s Masonic connections: “I would
suggest something else: That this rather serves to illustrate the
broad-brush attacks of judgment which has [sic] become typical of many
‘discernment ministries’” http://thethings2come.org/?p=506.

“Whatever Washington’s other involvements may or may not have been,” Cahn
parries, “what does that have to do with the fact that he was part of a
prayer gathering for America’s future held within a church…? And how would
that in any way nullify [The Harbinger]?”

Seriously? Cahn discounts the political importance and spiritual
significance of our first president’s affiliation with, and participation
in, a neo-gnostic mystery school? A demonstrably pagan, universalist cult
which has permeated the United States government from Day One and has been
intimately involved in its political and spiritual direction (and deception)
ever since?

To date, 1/3 of all Presidents, and 1/3 of all Supreme Court
Justices are known Freemasons. (Can you imagine the outrage if this
percentage had been Mormons instead of “Christians”?) In fact, this
antichrist cult (which encompasses all faiths who believe in a Supreme
Deity) has not only monopolized the halls of power in government but also in
banking, business, and religious/philanthropic institutions. So, to answer
Cahn’s question, the fact of Freemasonry’s undergirding and overarching
influence in our nation’s founding and “dedication” means everything.

As in the time of George Washington, Freemasons of all faiths still assemble
in virtually every city and town in America. Like Glenn Beck and David
Barton, they deem each other “brothers” and participate in “prayer
gatherings within churches” (Cahn’s sole criteria for judging George Washington).

Should it
not concern readers of The Harbinger that the god of Masonry invoked at George Washington’s
inauguration is not the God of Scripture? Or that its ancient, secret,
binding vows supersede every other oath of office and trump biblical
authority? Should it not disturb “discerners” that Masonry is quite
literally a cornerstone of Mystery Babylon, whose doctrines of demons pave
the way for a New Spiritual Order—one in which professing Christians,
having their “eyes opened,” become “wise,” and bow to an Impostor?

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will
say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we tnot prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’” Matthew 7:21-23

“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
John 5:43

Therefore, regardless of whether or not George Washington realized the
occult symbolism of “ancient secrets” in The Craft in which he participated,
The Harbinger is hung by its own tongue when it declares the efficacy of
ancient mysteries and spoken “vows.” Because if
America’s consecration was
performed by Masons to the Supreme Being they call “Providence,” the
“Almighty,” the “Great Architect of the Universe,” then our Lord does indeed
have great cause to judge the United States. Not because our nation has
abandoned the Masonic precepts conferred to and imparted by George
Washington 223 years ago at “Ground Zero,” but because it has almost
universally embraced them.      

See also
The Harbinger: Fact or Fiction?

The Harbinger: A Matter of
Critical Discernment

What’s Wrong with The
Harbinger’s “Ancient Mystery”?

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