VERO BEACH — Is our nation on the brink of destruction? Was the 9/11 bombing of the Twin Towers the first “harbinger” of what’s to come? Rabbi Jonathan Cahn thinks so, and his book, The Harbinger, describes how nine harbingers are currently being manifested in America.
Stanford Erickson, a Vero Beach resident, author, journalist and frequent contributor to the Press Journal’s Op-Ed page, will discuss the mystery of the nine harbingers on Monday, Feb. 2, at the Book Review Breakfast sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in the Richardson Center of the Mueller Campus, Indian River State College, 6155 College Lane, Vero Beach.
The event begins with a continental breakfast on the veranda at 9:30 a.m., followed by the book review at 10 a.m. The Book Review Breakfast is free and open to the public.
A harbinger is “a person or thing” announcing or signaling the imminent arrival of another – a sign, an omen, a portent. Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, nine prophetic omens of warning, which they did not heed.
In The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future, Rabbi Jonathan Cahn suggests that the same nine harbingers are now appearing in America. The key to decoding the harbingers is found in the seemingly innocuous words of Isaiah 9:10, what these words meant to ancient Israel, and how history seems to be repeating itself in America today.
While The Harbinger is a work of fiction, it leads readers to consider whether this ancient mystery may hold the secret to recent American events such as 9/11 and the Great Recession, and whether these events could be prophetic warnings about what is yet to come. It makes its millions of readers wonder whether leaders and others have been listening, or whether the innate defiance in the face of catastrophe may be an unfortunate response.