[Dave]

From Cahn’s Harbinger
"But there was another civilization that was likewise founded on God’s word, dedicated to His will, and consecrated to His purposes, from its very inception – America. Those who came to these shores four centuries ago to found a new civilization did so by dedicating it to God, committing it for His purposes and glory. America was to be a city on a hill, a civilization to which others would look. It was to be a holy commonwealth. And so they modeled it after Israel of the Bible. They brought forth its first governments in the name of Jesus and for the glory of God."

As I think most of us would agree that the above information is not rooted in accuracy and thinking about the possibility that every seven years God could pour out his wrath considering the Shemitah I think Cahn got it wrong and I don’t know if it was intentional so as to have us distracted because he is a Christian Jewish Rabbi or what but God isn’t upset with America for the reasons he cited. God may be upset with America but He is most likely upset with the immorality of the Jews and the turning away of the Jews from God’s chosen Son and America’s support for Israel which harbors the largest concentration of Jews in the world. Many of them are atheists and only go through the motions when they enter the synagogue. I am certainly not anti-Jewish as many of my friends are of Jewish heritage and attend church with me. But, I just think he got it wrong. Maybe God is upset with America but it is because of America’s unwavering support for Israel. We have poured billions into that country. If God has poured out his wrath on anyone it has been Israel and the Jewish people over the past 2000 years and the Bible spells it out as why:

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders had gathered. Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has blasphemed!...what is your verdict? They answered, “He deserves death. Then they spat in his face and struck him; and some slapped him. They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor….Jesus stood before the governor...the chief priests persuaded the crowds to…have Jesus killed…they shouted…Let him be crucified!...His blood be on us and our children". Matthew 26:57, 65-67 27:2, 11-23, 25 (NRSV)

Yes, Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 (NRSV) and Paul notes in Acts 17, “…God has overlooked the times of human ignorance…” Acts 17:30 (NRSV) However, Paul writes in 1 Thess., “For you, brothers and sisters…suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone by hindering us…Thus, they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins; but God’s wrath has overtaken them at last.” 1 Thess. 2:14-16 (NRSV)

Later in the 3rd century the church father Origen said: “It was right that the city in which Jesus underwent such sufferings should be completely destroyed and that the Jewish nation be overthrown” (Against Celsus 4, 22)

I am not going to illustrate with more information but I think we are fully aware of the history of the Jewish nation and God has time and again given them an opportunity to turn to Him but they continually reject Him. That is why Cahn got it wrong. God may be upset with America for its unwavering support for Israel but not for the reasons cited by Cahn.