Just finished reading this book. First reaction: this is an important book to read and to pass on to others! This book is written in a fictional story format with multiple supernatural events that would cause someone to perhaps discount the core truths that it contains. Discounting the book main points would be foolish.

If a person actually researches the historical events and documents referenced in the story, one is overcome with the sweep and power of real supernatural forces moving at the national and international level. When I was recruited into Federal service from private industry after 9/11, I saw much of what the book speaks of and was troubled but did not pull the threads together as the book did.

The Harbinger presents a compelling argument based on actual facts of why in almost every area of national power and well-being, the United States is rapidly slipping from a historically unheard of preeminence of power and influence to a position of mediocrity and increasing risk of national collapse. The root cause identified is moral failure directly tied to the breaking of a covenant with God established at the founding of our country. In keeping with the principles outlined in the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, the United States received blessings by establishing and keeping a covenant with the God of the Bible, and we are now receiving curses by rejecting of God’s moral authority, as understood in the Judeo-Christian context, from all elements of our national life (government, arts, education, business, etc.).

The book presents events of 9/11 and its aftermath to posit that the United States was called to repent and rather arrogantly rejected repentance in parallel to how ancient Israel was called to repent and ignored increasingly potent warnings to "go its own way."

The claims the book makes are shocking but are they true?.

How do we evaluate the central claims of the book? Assuming the reader believes in the God described in the Bible, to answer, we need to answer three questions: Was America established with a covenant to be a “Christian” nation? Have we rejected God? and, Are we now suffering the Biblical curses listed in the Old Testament?

If the reader believes that the answer is yes to all three questions, then the most important question is “how do we bring repentance and change in America?”

Was America established with a covenant to be a “Christian” nation?

This is often vigorously denied by people who believe that there is no God or generally believe that the commands of God do not have any moral authority in our lives, perhaps to avoid the implications that we have broken faith with God and thus deserve the punishments that come upon us. There are many organizations and "experts" that can argue either side in detail, but I would say the answer is a definite “YES”! Three example primary historical sources that I would point to that demonstrate that we were established as a covenant nation are the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and George Washington’s farewell address.

1) Mayflower Compact (stating that the colonists made a covenant to form a “civil body politic” to advance the Christian faith), says,
“Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic…”

2) Declaration of Independence (stating at the moment of national independence that our rights come from the Creator God)
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…

3) President George Washington’s farewell address (demonstrates the importance of belief in God and Morality the founding fathers had at the time the Constitution was implemented and their belief that it was to be a part of political life).
“Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, “Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice?” And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

"It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?”

Have we rejected God as a nation?

To me the answer is a definite “yes”. One can look at a variety of powerful indicators: what is on our mass entertainment, the numbers of people that will watch or attend football games as opposed to those who attend church services, the subject of books bought on Amazon, etc. Prior to the landmark Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court Decision (370 U.S. 421) that determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools public schools, it was commonly understood that we were a “Christian nation” At that time the United States was coming to the pinnacle of a long period of national ascension. Following that Supreme Court decision, a long string of court decisions, executive orders, laws, and regulations have continually driven any hint of Christian belief from the public square. The Establishment Clause (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion), meant to protect religious institutions from the Federal government has been used to restrict them instead. And the “Free Exercise Clause” of the First Amendment is more and more narrowly interpreted. Even Christian Chaplains in the Military Services are now actively discouraged from using the name of Jesus in prayers.

Are we now suffering the Biblical curses for national disobedience listed in the Old Testament?

This is a complex question but I again I believe that the answer is yes. The “curses” of national disobedience are listed in many places in the Old and New Testament and Deuteronomy Chapter 28 is likely one of the most extensive lists. It says to those who reject God commandments “all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.” The list is long and can be read for itself. Interesting that the various Old Testament lists of the effects of disobedience to God cover several things that only have really taken off since the 1962 Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court Decision banning school prayer. For example, the US now leads the world in per capita prison population that is increasingly being used as slave labor; and a diverse set of other negative trends are growing in intensity; “Mad Cow” disease and other diseases such as the “wasting disease” hitting deer populations; school shootings; abortion; drug use and the rapid increase in mental health issues; massive government and personal debt; dangerous, invasive species of animals; rampant Sexually Transmitted Diseases, such as HIV; loss of control of our borders with the mass of illegal aliens, loss of an industrial base, theft of intellectual property, weakening of our military, being hated more and more around the world. On national lists of health and well-being, we are continually slipping in our global ranking. Additionally, a long list of enemies are building up stocks of weapons of mass destruction that could quite possibly shatter our increasingly fragile critical infrastructures. Some of these enemies are publicly stating their intent to destroy us (and often Israel).

What do we do in response to this book?

While a thoughtful person might start working on a plan that would look like something out of the TV show “Doomsday Preppers” and some some preparations to weather on increasing number of national disasters that will visit the United States as a result of the rejection of God’s commands is reasonable, the heart of the problem is the immorality of the nation. The solution is to return to obeying God. The book ends with a call for individual and national repentance.

The best place to start is to look in the mirror, get on our knees, get a Bible, read it, heed it, and trust in God. For myself, I will be ordering a few copies to pass to others.

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The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future