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| The Isaiah 9:10 Effect "And in the case of a nation preeminent among the nations, it means the end of that preeminence . . . the collapse of empire . . . the removing of its crown." |
My Intercession for
America
Several years ago, before the September 11, 2001, attack on
the United States, I met with the Lord in my prayer closet; and it came into my
spirit that America was on the road to being destroyed. It was a time in my
life that the Holy Spirit was calling on me to do intercession of all types. I
prayed for the folks with which we had fellowship and for the region in which we lived, but
there were times He would ask me to pray for specific people or places unknown
to me. And then came the day He specifically asked me to pray for this nation I
love—America.
I wept and asked whether this impending destruction could be
avoided. He did not answer me then, so I knew I needed to keep praying.
The 9/11 attack on the United States was God’s hand of
protection momentarily lifted off a nation that was dedicated to His purposes.
It was His act of great mercy in the hopes its people, especially those who were
called by Him, would awaken and return the nation to its Godly commitment.
“The propitious smiles of Heaven
can never be expected on a
nation that disregards the eternal rules of order
and right which Heaven itself
hath ordained.”
First Inaugural
Address of George Washington
The City of New York
April 30, 1789
George Washington, in his inaugural address, warned that if
America upheld God’s eternal standards and followed His ways, then it would be
blessed with His favor and protection. But if America departed from His ways,
these things would be withdrawn.
The Isaiah 9:10
Effect
America’s response to this first attack on its mainland
paralleled ancient Israel’s response to its first invasion. It was one of
arrogance and pride:
And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. -Isaiah 9:9-10 KJV
Our nation’s leaders, including then President Obama,
repeated this ancient vow of defiance. Instead of humbling herself, America
defied God’s warning and has become a nation that has ruled God out of its
life. She has succumbed to what Jonathan Cahn in his best-selling book The Harbinger called The Isaiah 9:10
Effect.
“No human hands could have orchestrated the countless actions,
reactions, and transactions required to cause Wall Street and the global
economy to collapse and for everything to happen just as it did, at the exact
times ordained in the ancient mystery.”
The Harbinger, page
175
The darkened bronze statue of our first President standing
in front of the New York Stock Exchange is a memorial and silent witness that
the “smiles of Heaven” were being withdrawn because America has done what it
was warned not to do—“disregard the eternal rules of order and right that
Heaven ordained.”
The blessings of God have begun to be withdrawn since 9/11
for we are following the same pattern of arrogance of ancient Israel. As long
as Israel continued its descent from God, the progression of judgment
continued. So too with America.
Yes, I am thankful for the brief respite U.S. Christians
have received because of the Presidency of Donald Trump; but our nation’s return
to prosperity is temporal and held up like a matchstick house ready to crumble
at the flick of One’s finger.
The End Times Church
of Laodicea
When the attack on New York City came on 9/11, the only
building to be spared at Ground Zero was St. Paul’s Chapel. It was protected by
a sycamore tree that was destroyed in the wake of the calamity—“the sycomores are cut down, but we will
change [them into] cedars”.
It was another silent witness pointing the nation back to
its foundation in God. Not only that, but I believe 9/11 was a prophetic shout to
awaken the slumbering American Church. She has NOT awakened but instead has
been drawn into a delusion that all is well. She prospers so all must be well.
She is the Laodicean church of the end times. Those who do not awaken and come out
of her by making Jesus Christ their Lord will not escape the sudden destruction
spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 5:3. Jesus Himself warned of this:
And unto the angel of
the church of the Laodiceans write . . . I know thy works, that thou art
neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou
art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing. . .
As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the
door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to
him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh
will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set
down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:14-21 KJV (in part)
Jesus promises that those who overcome will escape “the hour
of temptation” which is to come upon the whole world (Revelation 3:10) AND
receive eternal rewards (Revelation 3:11-12).
Who are the Overcomers?
So who are these overcomers? They are individuals who have
confessed from their heart Romans 10:9 and have incorruptible seed within them:
For whatsoever is born [gennaō]
of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. -1 John 5:4 KJV
Being born again [anagennaō],
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth
and abideth for ever. -1 Peter 1:23 KJV
[Excerpt taken from Who
are the Tribulation Saints?]
America Return to
Your 1st Love!
God in His unfathomable mercy will continue to allow
breaches in the hedge of protection this nation has known since it was
dedicated to His purposes. The United States has begun to see this with decimating
hurricanes and more recently the destructive power of the Kīlauea Volcano of
the Big Island of Hawaii and much greater volcanic and earthquake annihilation
has been prophesied along with tsunamis.
Sadly, I also believe America will succumb to foreign
invasion as happened to ancient Israel. This too has been foretold by many
prophetic voices and is foreshadowed by the lack of her presence in the
apocalyptic writings of the Scriptures.
Here are just some of the prophecies related to America’s
fall. Many, many brethren, including
myself, have shared similar warnings:
John Fenn--2
hurricanes followed by 3 earthquakes
Henry Gruver--Russian invasion of America
John Paul Jackson--The Coming Perfect Storm--Vision of America's Future
John Kilpatrick--New Madrid earthquake dream
Shane Warren--economic collapse of America
David Wilkerson--The
Vision
Efrain Rodriguez--East Coast tsunami prophecy
This is how the nations of
Ezekiel 38 will be bold enough to directly attack Israel for its spoil for
her greatest ally will be no more.
“Calamities . . . may take the form of economic disintegration or
military defeat, disorder and division, the collapse of infrastructure,
man-made calamities, calamities of nature, decline and fall . . . And, in the
case of a nation preeminent among the nations, it means . . . the removing of
its crown.”
The Harbinger, page
217
Pockets of Revival
Sadly, America has “crossed the Rubicon”, yet there is still
a glimmer of time for pockets of revival to open. BUT REVIVAL WILL BE AS A
RESULT OF JUDGMENTS coming upon the land. Those of us who are awake need to be
ready to give an answer (1 Peter 3:15) for God wishes that none perish (2 Peter
3:9)!
“That which God designs, in smiting us, is to turn us to himself and to
set us a seeking him; and, if this point be not gained by lesser judgments,
greater may be expected . . .”
Matthew Henry’s
Commentary on the Whole Bible
Volume 4, Isaiah to
Malachi
