Back in 2005 I heard two messages given by Jonathan Cahn titled “The Harbinger and The Chapel.” This year I heard him deliver the same messages in Texas and I read his book titled The Harbinger. Something began to stir in me and I knew I had to seek the Lord for how He would have me respond to the knowledge He had allowed me to hear not once, not twice but three times. The Harbinger presents a very compelling message that points us to September 11, 2001 being, at the least, a warning from God to America.
September 11, 2001, was a day that changed our nation forever. I will not be getting into the details of the book, as it would be best for you to read it for yourself. However what I want to share is that God made a way for me to go to the site you know as Ground Zero in New York with a team of prayer warriors. We went on a prayer tour of the site with a friend of mine who lost her husband on 9/11. Bruce served as a NYC Fireman. Since that day his wife, Anne, has held onto the hem of the garments of the Lord. God has faithfully poured out His abundant grace upon her and her girls. She has been used mightily on site as she shares her story to those who come on the tour.
There are nine harbingers in the book. We went to pray and respond by faith to the harbingers under the leading of Holy Spirit. Yes, I believe 9/11 was surely, at the least, a warning to America to wake up but so much more I believe it was a warning to the Church. Apart from God and left to our own arrogance and selfish ambitions we will likely cease to exist. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Ps. 33:12)
I want to share some of the blessings of our day with you.
Once we got through security, we entered the area of the former Twin Towers, truly hallowed ground. At the reflection pools water spills down into a vast space. The names of all who went down with the towers or in the plane or Pentagon that day are printed out on tablets all around. At night a light shines under them illuminating the names. Water is under the names that you can touch and then put water on the name of your loved one or friend. It is quite sobering as you pass thousands of names. But the names that caught our eyes were the names of women who had next to their name – “and her unborn child”. Praise God, the smallest precious lives that were lost on 9/11 were honored and recognized. May we as a nation finally recognize all unborn children and value their life.
We traveled to the site on the path train and found out that the day when buildings collapsed, windows of most building shattered, but the walls of the path train stood firm holding back the river. What an amazing blessing. So many more would have perished if the walls had collapsed.
The planes hit as people were arriving for work. If the first plane had hit even 15 minutes later thousands more would have likely died having arrived at their place of business.
The plane that crashed in PA, due the bravery of those on board who refused to let the terrorists fly that plane into a Federal Building, landed one mile from a school building. One more mile and it may have killed children in school.
There was a stone titled “Freedom Stone” that was to be the cornerstone of the new Freedom Tower which is now called Tower One. Leaders in NYC said it was a symbol of “that revolutionary spirit of defiance.” But God apparently was thankfully not going to allow that spirit of defiance to be the cornerstone. It had to go back from whence it came. We were so thankful. No, the new tower must rise up out of the ashes of a repentant people anxious to turn from our godless ways.
We gave thanks to the Lord for the blessings in the midst of tragedy. We praised His name. We sounded the shofar and we spoke the Word of the Lord, “Arise and shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come your light and kings to the brightness of your rising.”
Patricia L. Wenzel
WOC Graduate
The devotional above referenced The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn, Front Line, 2011.
Victory Call 