I'm reading Jonathan Cahn's Harbinger II. Lots of uncanny parallels between America's fall with ancient Israel's fall. But in America's case, there is still hope that the Great Awakening will bring America back to God and we will not suffer the same fate as ancient Israel.

Quick context from page 112: "In the last days of ancient Israel, nine harbingers appeared in the land, warning of national calamity and coming destruction....The same harbingers of warning, the same nine signs of a nation under judgment have now manifested on American soil." The first harbinger was 9/11 when the enemy was allowed to strike America. When God warned the Israelites to turn away from their evil doings or lose God's protection, they did not heed the warning. The Assyrians came in and rained destruction on the northern kingdom of Israel. After the destruction, there was a reprieve period where the people had a chance to heed the warning. But the Israelites did not. "Instead, they hardened themselves and responded in defiance. They made a vow. The vow was recorded in Isaiah 9:10. And from that vow and verse come the seven other harbingers. They said this: The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars. ....They wouldn't repent. They wouldn't be humbled. They wouldn't change their course ... Instead, they would come back stronger and greater than before. It was a vow of defiance." (pg 114)

Okay, long story short on that: America did the same thing after 9/11--like literally the exact same thing even down to Senators John Edwards and Tom Daschle (both Dems for people who don't know) quoting that exact passage from Isaiah in speeches regarding 9/11. But it gets weirder: "On 9/11, in the last moments of destruction, the North Tower of the World Trade Center began to collapse. As it plummeted to the ground, it sent forth a metal beam into the air. The beam struck an object, a tree growing in the soil at the corner of Ground Zero. The tree was a sycamore as in the prophecy." That tree was later replaced at the location of the downed sycamore--not with another sycamore, but, indeed, with a cedar tree, which was called "The Tree of Hope". That tree has since died. See this 2014 article for more info on that: https://coercioncode.com/2014/08/11/americas-tree-of-hope-dies/

But here's what I'm a bit surprised about. (I'm only 119 pages into the book so maybe the author will address it later, and I've just not gotten there.) The sycamore tree that was destroyed on 9/11--the root system of it was preserved and turned into a "work of art" which was installed in the courtyard of the church where the original sycamore had been. This piece of "art" is called "Trinity Root"--18 feet tall, 25 feet wide cast in bronze, but painted RED. It looks like a big red spider to me. It reminds me of the giant creepy spider sculptures that are around the world at places like the Guggenheim and the Tate Museums. (example of one of these "art works": https://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/2007/oct/03/spider?page=with:img-1 )

Here's the thing though: the church had the sculpture removed. It was taken to Connecticut. Much to the consternation of the artist, who is all sorts of offended by them moving it. Here's the article dated 7/7/2016 from the New York Times where they are seem very supportive of the artist's offended viewpoint.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230421180645/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/nyregion/artist-still-in-shock-after-trinity-church-uproots-and-breaks-his-9-11-work.html

But I'm wondering if this isn't a sign that things started to shift at that point. 7/7/2016 is the date of the article. President Trump's number being 7's are often talked about. And this monstrosity masquerading as "art" was painted red. Why? Why have the tree roots represented as red? A giant red spider feels pretty satanic to me.

Maybe some of you all know more and can give me your thoughts. Maybe I'm seeing something as satanic looking that other people would see as innocent. Your thoughts and insights would be appreciated.