Messianic rabbi reveals striking parallels between fall of ancient Israel, America

Posted: December 13, 20118:26 pm Eastern
© 2011 WND

WASHINGTON – A messianic rabbi from New Jersey is stunning audiences nationwide by revealing the striking parallels between the fall of ancient Israel and what he suggests are God’s early judgments of America.

Jonathan Cahn of the Jerusalem Center-Beth Israel Congregation in Wayne, N.J., says an otherwise obscure passage in the Book of Isaiah is since Sept. 11, 2001, being uncannily re-enacted in the U.S. just the way it originally played out in the time of the great prophet of Israel leading to the nation’s captivity and dispersions.

In a new book,“The Harbinger,”Cahn reveals what he calls “an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America’s future and the collapse of the global economy.”

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“Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, prophetic omens of warning,” he says. “The same nine harbingers are now manifesting in America with immediate ramifications for end-time prophecy.”

The key to decoding the harbingers, he says, is found in understanding the seemingly innocuous words of Isaiah 9:10 (King James Version), what it meant to Israel and how the history seems to be repeating itself in America today.

“The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.”

These words were first uttered by leaders in Israel and in response to a limited strike by Assyria on the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali – an attack the prophet makes clear is actually part of a limited judgment by God against apostasy. It wasn’t meant to destroy the nation, but to awaken it, according to most commentaries.

But, says Cahn, Israel didn’t take the cue. Instead, the response from the people in Isaiah 9:10 is one of defiance. The brick buildings were toppled, but they vowed to build bigger and better. The little sycamore trees may have been uprooted, but they vowed to plant bigger and better cedars in their place.

God, speaking through Isaiah, explains what will happen as a result of their pride and arrogance and failure to heed the harbinger: Bigger and more potent attacks will follow. Because neither the northern kingdom of Israel nor the southern kingdom of Judah truly repents, the first is eventually swept away by Assyrian invaders and the latter is carried off into captivity by the Babylonians for 70 years.

But what does this have to do with the United States of America – particularly what the U.S. experienced on 9/11 and since? Cahn has found some eerie parallels.

“In the aftermath of the attack, the nation was stunned,” said Cahn, “Everyone was trying to make sense of what had happened – this unprecedented attack on America. The very next day, September 12, then Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle presented America’s response to the world. And what did he say?”

Daschle said: “America will emerge from this tragedy as we have emerged from all adversity – united and strong. Nothing … nothing can replace the losses of those who have suffered. I know there is only the smallest measure of inspiration that can be taken from this devastation. But there is a passage in the Bible from Isaiah that speaks to all of us at times like this.”

He then went on to read Isaiah 9:10:
“Daschle has no idea what he is doing here,” explains Cahn. “He thinks he’s offering comforting words to a grief-stricken people, but he is actually embracing the spiritually defiant and arrogant words of the children of Israel, proclaiming the ancient and ominous vow of the leaders of that nation. He doesn’t realize it, but he is actually inviting more judgment on the nation.”

It might be of some significance that Daschle, one of the most powerful men in the nation when he spoke those words, later fell into disgrace – to the point where he couldn’t even serve in Barack Obama’s Cabinet.

That might have been the end of the story – if no other top leader in the nation uttered those strange and obscure words after 9/11. But that’s not the case.

On the third anniversary of the attack, Sept. 11, 2004, another powerful U.S. senator running for vice president that year and who would famously run for the presidency four years later, gave a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus.

This time, John Edwards’ entire speech was built on a foundation of Isaiah 9:10: “Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord’s Word to get us through,” he said. He then read Isaiah 9:10. He went on to talk about how America was doing just that – rebuilding with hewn stone and planting cedars:

“Like Daschle, Edwards thinks he’s invoking inspirational and comforting words from the Bible, but he’s actually inviting judgment on America,” says Cahn. “He’s repeating the vow that provoked God to bring calamity on ancient Israel.”

Daschle and Edwards were hardly alone among U.S. leaders in making similar statements, as Cahn’s“The Harbinger”reveals.

But aside from such statements, which could be chalked up to political talk and coincidences, is there anything else linking Isaiah 9:10 to 9/11?

The book is full of shocking parallels. There was actually a very famous sycamore tree felled in the attack on the World Trade Center. It was replaced by trees in the same genus as the cedar. There have been many plans made to rebuild the twin towers bigger and better and a large “hewn stone” was actually quarried out of the Adirondack Mountains in New York and brought to Ground Zero as a cornerstone.

“The parallels are truly stunning,” says Joseph Farah, founder of WND, who is producing a video documentary about Cahn’s findings. “They are too numerous and too powerful to relate in news story form. In fact, they are overwhelming in their number and their exactitude. I am persuaded God is trying to tell America something and Rabbi Cahn has found the key to unlocking the message.”

Farah says events continue to unfold that seem to link directly to the message of Isaiah 9:10 right here in the United States.

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Look what the president now thinks is worthy of special treatment.
Posted: December 11, 2011
6:14 pm Eastern
By Dave Tombers © 2011 WND

Want a job with the federal government?

You may want to list your sexual orientation – preferably one of the alternative lifestyle choices – to enhance your chances.

That’s after an executive order signed by President Obama makes it a goal to hire people who reflect his ideals of “diversity and inclusion.”

Presidential Executive Order 13583, signed without fanfare on Main Street, has since been touted as an effort to strengthen America. It’s described by the administration:

A commitment to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion is critical for the federal government as an employer.

By law, the federal government’s recruitment policies should “endeavor to achieve a work force from all segments of society.

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One federal executive praised the order, saying the “United States is at its strongest when we embrace all of our talents, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.”

In a nine-page strategic plan launched by Obama’s signature, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, within the Office of Personnel Management, set a new bar for the recruiting, hiring, and retention of federal workers:

As the nation’s largest employer, the federal government has an obligation to lead by example.

It goes on to say, “In order to cultivate high performing organizations for the 21st century, the federal government must tap into the rich resources of our global community and ensure fairness and justice in the workplace.”

So now the federal government apparently will be going overseas to hunt for workers who meet Obama’s ideals regarding sexual orientation or gender identity.

The policy aligns with a just-released report that the Obama administration intends to make the United States the global sex cop, with plans to try to intervene in the workings of other nations where homosexuality is not promoted as well as plans to create special provisions for homosexuals and those with other lifestyle choices to gain special admittance to the U.S.

Among the provisions is a specific call for the U.S. government to “enhance” its work to provide services to “LGBT refugees and asylum seekers.”

“Who knew when Reagan was talking about being a shining city on the hill the city would turn out to be Sodom,” said Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth, an Illinois organization active in revealing the truth of homosexuality.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chimed in on the comprehensive, government-wide strategy regarding LGBT rights with a speech to the “global community” in honor of International Human Rights day.

“The Obama administration defends the human rights of LGBT people as part of our comprehensive human rights policy and as a priority of our foreign policy,” she said.

Clinton then announced the formation of a Global Equality Fund to help advance the policies. The U.S. will start the fund with “more than $3 million,” but Clinton urged all other countries to join in.

The White House website has a section devoted to informing the LGBT community of the “historic” efforts Obama has advanced for them: “The Obama administration has taken decisive actions and made historic strides to advance Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality and strengthen LGBT families and communities, and continues to do so.”

On this White House blog, John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, praises the efforts of the OPM and Obama to “institutionalize equality in the nation’s largest workforce.”

While recently visiting the LGBT center of Colorado, Berry said he has a strategy to “bring equality to the OPM, from dismantling the discriminatory policies of the past to actively encouraging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals to work in and for our government.”

In another White House blog, Hilda Solis, secretary of the Department of Labor, announces how she and Obama have redefined federal rules regarding hiring discrimination.

In April, I issued an order to change my department’s equal employment opportunity policy to add gender identity as a protected category.

I did that because it was the right thing to do and because no one should be denied a job or a promotion because of their gender identity or how they choose to express it.

Solis also lists other achievements in her tenure as secretary of labor: “Last year, we announced that the Family and Medical Leave Act applies to loving families with two mothers or two fathers. If you act like a parent, do the work of a parent and raise a child like a parent, then you are a parent, as far as my agency is concerned.”

The concerted efforts by Obama to advance the LGBT movement are evident throughout the federal government that promised to bring “change” to America.

Shaun Donovan, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, touted several more accomplishments at a recent “Transgender Equality” awards ceremony.

I was proud to represent an administration that has done remarkable work to advance equality for transgender people.

Indeed, whether it’s the record number of transgender appointments President Obama has made to the federal government, the Office of Personnel Management’s announcement prohibiting gender identity discrimination for federal employment, or passing a hate crimes bill that represents the first-ever federal civil rights legislation to include the words ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity,’ the Obama administration has treated the fight for equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community not as an issue, but as a priority.

The “change” that Obama brought with him to Washington also apparently is spreading. Just ask former Macy’s employee Natalie Johnson of San Antonio.

She saw a man walking out of the fitting room reserved for women at the San Antonio, Texas, Macy’s and “politely told him that he could not go back in because it was for women only.”

She pointed out that Macy’s has a religious nondiscrimination policy and the actions violated her beliefs.

Macy’s fired her.

Matt Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel, says, “Macy’s has essentially opened women’s dressing rooms to every man.”

In a related development, a White House statement called the “Presidential Memorandum – International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons” instructs federal agencies to promote “rights” of LGBT persons. .

“In order to improve protection for LGBT refugees and asylum seekers at all stages of displacement, the Departments of State and Homeland Security shall enhance their ongoing efforts to ensure that LGBT refugees and asylum seekers have equal access to protection and assistance,” Obama wrote.

He explained that federal workers must be trained to help LGBT members in their desires.

Did you watch the Republican debates last night? Anderson Cooper failed to ask a single question about Iran at the Presidential Debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. Why not? Is it newsworthy to hear from the candidates how they would defend and protect America and our allies from Iran?

Only the uninformed would deny the growing threat of Iran, emboldened by the mullahs’ audacity. If you question this, then consider the latest headlines:

• Reuters: Iran could make atom bomb material despite hurdles, says new report
• Reuters: Iran nuclear issue to grow more urgent: UK’s Hague
• Agence France Presse: Iran ‘most significant’ threat to world: Canada PM
• Time magazine: Will the Washington Bomb Plot Force Obama into War with Iran?
• Fox News: Iran Says Its New Cruise Missile Can ‘Sink Giant Warships’
• ABC News: Iran to Send Navy Ships Near U.S. Coast.

The good news is that several of the COP candidates did reference the Iran threat on their own at the CNN debate in Las Vegas.

Appeared with notorious racist group while campaigning in Selma, Alabama

Posted: October 03,2011
By Aaron Klein
© 2011 WND

Newly resurfaced photographs show President Obama appearing and marching with members of the New Black Panther Party as he campaigned for president in Selma, Ala., in March 2007.

BigGovernment.com posted the photographs, reporting the images were captured from a Flickr photo-sharing account before they were scrubbed. In the photo to the right Barack Obama is seen with New Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz an a uniformed member of the New Black Panther Party at a march in Selma, Ala., in 2007 (Big Government.com)

The photos are reportedly featured in a book set to be released tomorrow by J. Christian Adams, the Department of Justice whistleblower in the New Black Panther Party, or NBPP, voter intimidation case.

Read more: Photos: Obama marched with New Black Panthers