Jonathan Cahn’s book The Harbinger constantly draws parallels and makes similarities between the United States and the Kingdom of Israel. The book tells us that Founding Fathers envisioned a country based on the rules of God and a “Light Unto the Nations”. The book also portrays that America was founded similar to ancient Israel. Jonathan Cahn constantly lists a series of signs and warnings, that were the cause of ancient Israel's destruction. The way Cahn does this is by portraying harbingers that ties into ancient Israel’s final destruction.The author makes similarities to the Assyrians and and the events of 9/11. Jonathan Cahn believes that the first Harbinger is of the breach of the covenant. The author believes that the United States is similar to ancient Israel in the way that they both breached the covenant it made with God. Both of the nations apparently broke their covenant when the countries were founded. Cahn believes that the protection God provided around the United States was broken on 9/11. The way Cahn ties in the similarities about how the protection around ancient Israel was broken Is very creepy. The second Harbinger Cahn describes is the terrorist or the enemy…
Amos Time period: around 750 BC, during the reign of Jeroboam II, (786–746 BC) Location preached: northern Kingdom of Israel He was from judah. In his writing, he against the increased between the very wealthy and poor. The theme of his book is social justice and God's omnipotence. The Book of Amos is attributed to him. "Amos saw God as personally in control of all the world. Amos made clear that, contrary to the view within pagan religious…
The story of two kings and one’s jealousy leads to the want of the other dead. He turns away from God. The people are warned what would happen if they were given a king to rule them. Saul was chosen to become king but the most the people rejected him from the start. After Saul’s sin, God anoints a new king to one day take his place, David. David will become the better king over Saul. After David’s reign, another king takes charge and divides the Israel due to his sin against God. God has plans…
The book of Hosea gets its name from the main character and the author of the book, which is Hosea. Hosea’s name means salvation just like the name Joshua. He is the only source of information we have about the author. There is little known about Hosea or his father Beeri. He was probably originally from the northern kingdom of Israel. We can see this because he show familiarity with history of , circumstances, and topography of northern Israel . He addressed both the Northern kingdom which is…
son of Beeri, was a prophet who was the first minor prophet presented in the bible.(Collegeville 36) Being named Hosea, which means "salvation", he lived during the final days of the Northern Kingdom in the middle of the eighth century, BCE, at a time of much turmoil and political uprising.(Collegeville 36) For example, there were six kings who reigned for 25 years.(bible) For 38 years, Hosea was an active prophet, from the year 750 BCE to 722 BCE, the end of the Northern Kingdom.(bible) During…
Hosea was a prophet, living in the northern kingdom of Israel, who urged the people to turn back to the God of their fathers before it was too late. The people of Israel had long turned away from the one true God and were worshiping idols to grant them protection and prosperity. It hurt God’s feelings to see that the people, whom He took care of for all these years, had forgotten about Him. To show them how He felt, He gave an example through His prophet Hosea. In that example, God told Hosea to…
Ancient Israel was a nation in a state of constant flux. From thousands of years ago up to the present, the region has changed drastically, affecting the lives of millions. At the center of this discord lies the city of Jerusalem. Throughout its history, Jerusalem has been attacked, defended, destroyed, and rebuilt over its long history. Of the thousands of cities in the world, Jerusalem is lauded as one of the holiest, holding significance in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Thousands of years…
the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits wide, across the width of the house. Its depth was ten cubits in front of the house.” King Solomon’s, reign was forty years as best that can be chronologically dated. Within this period, Solomon did a great many things. King Solomon, increase material wealth, shored up Israelis defenses, made political alliances, and generally kept Israel at…
There are two ways in which Biblical scholars characterize David. The first is the traditional version of David being a good shepherd who become the king of Israel. The second is the critical version with David scheming and murdering to become king of Israel. The characterization of David can be seen in two ways when reading the biblical text, naïve or suspicious. Bosworth points out that both readings of the biblical text are not contradictory. The first version follows the apologetic tone…
to defeat the mighty giant with the Lords help. When David becomes famous he refused to enjoy himself, but gives glory to God. He later is placed in the palace with the abusive and angry King. During this time David seeked God in any area he could. David remained a student of God, and remained teachable. Saul was a broken and hurt man that was willing to do the same to the others. This lesson was ordered by God to teach David about brokenness and a humble attitude. With the Lord beside him,…