The Harbinger and the Shemitah
As Jonathan Cahn's The Harbinger continues on and is now followed by The Mystery of the Shemitah , coupled with recent books on blood moons and the like, Christians should wonder about the recent spate of books covering supposed mysteries of the end-times. The question that believers need to ask is whether we should read the Bible like unbelievers read Nostradamus - searching for words or phrases that seem similar to current events. For instance, a tetrad of lunar eclipses appearing reddish in hue may remind us of verses like Joel 2:31 and Acts 2:20, but simple context reveals that this astronomical event is not what these verses refer to (has the sun also darkened?). Similarly, looking to Isaiah 9:10 for similarities to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 is a fruitless endeavor unless something in Isaiah 9 indicates that God meant for countries around the world to take this prophecy as a warning to them. Does God call countries everywhere to repent? Yes, but the pr
