According to his own testimony....a young Jonathan Cahn was a Jewish....atheist....something that is not unusual. He said that he brokered a deal with God....if there was a God....he would accept him late in life. A lot of people say that very same thing only they do not acknowledge that that is what they are doing. That young Jonathan Cahn....in his teens....was almost killed while in a car that was hit by a train. Having his plans shaken....he in effect renegotiated his contract with God....he would believe when he was twenty years old.....and he did that....when he turned twenty....being the honest young man that he was. He later discovered the true Messiah....believed unto salvation....and wound up as what we know as a.....Messianic Rabbi....a Jewish man who trusts in Christ....enters the ministry....but retains the Jewish traditions. Jonathan Cahn has a gift.....and uses it....and I think that he is now....at my count anyway....at nine best-selling books....with a tenth to be released soon....for it surely would be a best-seller also. I have bought every one of his books....and most on the very first day they were released.....for that is what I do.
So what is his gift? He can see....through hard work and research....many and various coincidences....that cannot be coincidences....in the Old Testament primarily.....that point to things that are happening today....in America primarily. The first book resulting from this was 2010's....The Harbinger. In it he pointed out quite a number of events that happened to Israel and Judah....that seem to be happening to America today. Some of them are rather astounding. I posted favorably on this book quite a while ago. Then more books started coming out one after another....and Jonathan Cahn is today a very familiar name in many Christian homes.
I have a few concerns....to put it mildly. As the new books came out it seemed as if he was increasingly imagining similar amazing...."mysteries" as he called them....to be revealed. This resulted in 2017's....The Paradigm.....in which he saw the Old Testament's Jehu as....Donald Trump....and Bill and Hillary Clinton as Ahab and Jezebel...along with many additional pairings of Old Testament figures with today's politicians.. He was wrong in all of this....and it makes me wonder who orchestrated these "amazing mysteries?" This speculation set many evangelicals off on a dangerous trip....following a false prophet in Trump....thinking that he was some kind of political savior....and that trip has not ended....but is getting closer to the precipice!
An even more recent book delved into demonic gods of old....that are returning today. Two things....as interesting as are the events described in The Harbinger....we do not need them to know that America has abandoned God! We don't need any of them. God's Word and the Holy Spirit provide us with all the information on this that we need....plus information on our own many failures....which are leading to these judgements....which if one only reads Jonathan Cahn's books....we see the rebellion of others....but not necessarily ourselves! This is how....brothers and sisters in Christ....we came to fall for the false prophet Donald Trump. We were so enamored with these amazing similarities....and the deeds of people like the Clintons....that we failed to see the warnings of Paul and the Apostles...and Jesus...on someone such as Donald Trump!
There are clues that we should have seen.....Jonathan Cahn being hosted often by Jim Bakker for one....or Glenn Beck for another. Why is it if Jonathan Cahn can discern great and ancient mysteries....that he cannot even spot a false prophet today....and an antichrist as the Apostle John Labels them? Why does he help Jim Bakker rebuild his ministry as a televangelist? Why is he sharing the stage with Glenn Beck?
I came across a DVD of the 2022 film based on The Harbinger at the checkout counter at Hobby Lobby....The Harbingers of Things to Come. It's worth watching if you can keep these things in the proper perspective. For instance....the DVD has a lot of advertisements in it for other books that Charisma Media publishes....and they are just about all books to stay far away from!
I have mixed feelings about Jonathan Cahn. He can give us things to think about....his book....The Harbinger....gave clear evidence on how the same judgements that God brought on rebellious Israel and Judah....were now coming to us in our rebellion....but he can also send us down rabbit holes....such as genealogies and ancient Gods....rabbit holes that God's Word tells us to stay away from. These aren't ancient mysteries solved as they are portrayed.
I have on numerous occasions gone to Jonathan Cahn's congregation and ministry website....and this is very typical of not only charismatic ministries but mega-church ministries....as in amongst the tons of information and ministries and events and directions and 'donate here' links....there is very little beyond a basic statement of faith!
The DVD has a link where Jonathan Cahn tells you how to find Jesus....and I watched it....twice. Here is part of the problem....a viewer watches the film....and is utterly amazed....as they might be utterly amazed at many other things in life....so they follow the directions on how to become a Christian. It's like handing a flag and a copy of the constitution to a person....leading them in the Pledge of Allegiance....and telling them that they are now a patriot. Becoming a Christian is being born again....not...."repeating after me." It's not seeing how bad the Clintons and Obama and Biden are....it's how bad we are! It's not the mysteries of harbingers....it's the mystery of salvation by grace alone....through faith alone....in Christ alone....as revealed by Scripture alone....to the glory of God alone!
So what is his gift? He can see....through hard work and research....many and various coincidences....that cannot be coincidences....in the Old Testament primarily.....that point to things that are happening today....in America primarily. The first book resulting from this was 2010's....The Harbinger. In it he pointed out quite a number of events that happened to Israel and Judah....that seem to be happening to America today. Some of them are rather astounding. I posted favorably on this book quite a while ago. Then more books started coming out one after another....and Jonathan Cahn is today a very familiar name in many Christian homes.
I have a few concerns....to put it mildly. As the new books came out it seemed as if he was increasingly imagining similar amazing...."mysteries" as he called them....to be revealed. This resulted in 2017's....The Paradigm.....in which he saw the Old Testament's Jehu as....Donald Trump....and Bill and Hillary Clinton as Ahab and Jezebel...along with many additional pairings of Old Testament figures with today's politicians.. He was wrong in all of this....and it makes me wonder who orchestrated these "amazing mysteries?" This speculation set many evangelicals off on a dangerous trip....following a false prophet in Trump....thinking that he was some kind of political savior....and that trip has not ended....but is getting closer to the precipice!
An even more recent book delved into demonic gods of old....that are returning today. Two things....as interesting as are the events described in The Harbinger....we do not need them to know that America has abandoned God! We don't need any of them. God's Word and the Holy Spirit provide us with all the information on this that we need....plus information on our own many failures....which are leading to these judgements....which if one only reads Jonathan Cahn's books....we see the rebellion of others....but not necessarily ourselves! This is how....brothers and sisters in Christ....we came to fall for the false prophet Donald Trump. We were so enamored with these amazing similarities....and the deeds of people like the Clintons....that we failed to see the warnings of Paul and the Apostles...and Jesus...on someone such as Donald Trump!
There are clues that we should have seen.....Jonathan Cahn being hosted often by Jim Bakker for one....or Glenn Beck for another. Why is it if Jonathan Cahn can discern great and ancient mysteries....that he cannot even spot a false prophet today....and an antichrist as the Apostle John Labels them? Why does he help Jim Bakker rebuild his ministry as a televangelist? Why is he sharing the stage with Glenn Beck?
I came across a DVD of the 2022 film based on The Harbinger at the checkout counter at Hobby Lobby....The Harbingers of Things to Come. It's worth watching if you can keep these things in the proper perspective. For instance....the DVD has a lot of advertisements in it for other books that Charisma Media publishes....and they are just about all books to stay far away from!
I have mixed feelings about Jonathan Cahn. He can give us things to think about....his book....The Harbinger....gave clear evidence on how the same judgements that God brought on rebellious Israel and Judah....were now coming to us in our rebellion....but he can also send us down rabbit holes....such as genealogies and ancient Gods....rabbit holes that God's Word tells us to stay away from. These aren't ancient mysteries solved as they are portrayed.
I have on numerous occasions gone to Jonathan Cahn's congregation and ministry website....and this is very typical of not only charismatic ministries but mega-church ministries....as in amongst the tons of information and ministries and events and directions and 'donate here' links....there is very little beyond a basic statement of faith!
The DVD has a link where Jonathan Cahn tells you how to find Jesus....and I watched it....twice. Here is part of the problem....a viewer watches the film....and is utterly amazed....as they might be utterly amazed at many other things in life....so they follow the directions on how to become a Christian. It's like handing a flag and a copy of the constitution to a person....leading them in the Pledge of Allegiance....and telling them that they are now a patriot. Becoming a Christian is being born again....not...."repeating after me." It's not seeing how bad the Clintons and Obama and Biden are....it's how bad we are! It's not the mysteries of harbingers....it's the mystery of salvation by grace alone....through faith alone....in Christ alone....as revealed by Scripture alone....to the glory of God alone!
Note: On the segment about Abraham Lincoln....it should be noted that President Lincoln did not compose that proclamation....but men in the Senate....who put it on his desk....and of which he then signed. Yes it is important that the Union remained intact....but what Jonathan Cahn cannot see is that the church would decline greatly as America grew in productivity....and the repentance never came.
