Introduction
A few years ago, I stumbled across a video of Messianic Jewish author Jonathan Cahn explaining a prophetic mystery revealed in his book The Harbinger. As I listened, my spirit lit up—because what he described echoed revelations the Lord had already shown me years before: that the United States of America is walking out the same prophetic pattern once lived by the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This pattern reveals deep prophetic parallels between America and Israel, where both nations entered into covenant, turned to idols, and faced divine judgment.
Both nations were founded in covenant with God. Both forsook that covenant through pride, idolatry, and injustice. And both received a terrifying warning—209 years after their spiritual fall began.
In ancient Israel, that warning came in 722 BC, when Assyria invaded Samaria. In modern America, it came on September 11, 2001, when terrorists brought down the Twin Towers—the altars of America’s financial idolatry.
This is no coincidence. In this post, I will show you how the events surrounding Jeroboam’s golden calves, the founding of the New York Stock Exchange, and the attacks of 9/11 form a prophetic timeline so precise, so symbolically loaded, and so spiritually significant, it could only have been written by the hand of God.
The Hebrew Language Reveals Prophetic Parallels Between America and Israel
In modern Hebrew, the United States is called אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית (Aratsot HaBerit), a phrase commonly translated as “the allied lands” or “the lands of the alliance.” At first glance, the name simply reflects the structure of the U.S.—fifty united states joined by a constitutional agreement.
But Hebrew is a multi-layered language, and its words often carry deep, prophetic undertones.
The word בְּרִית (berit) doesn’t just mean alliance—it is the very same word used throughout the Old Testament to describe a covenant between God and man:
- God’s covenant with Noah (Genesis 6:18; 9:9–17)
- His covenant with Abraham (Genesis 15:18; 17:2–21)
- His covenant with Israel at Sinai (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 4:13)
Thus, Aratsot HaBerit can also be translated not just as “lands of the alliance,” but as “the lands of the covenant.”
This is no accident.
The name itself suggests what few recognize today: that there are prophetic parallels between America and Israel so deep, they were encoded in the language long before the nation was born.
I believe that whoever first coined this Hebrew name for the United States did so under the inspiration of the spirit of prophecy—perhaps unknowingly. For there is no other nation on earth—aside from ancient Israel itself—that has ever entered into a covenant with the God of the Bible on such a national scale. Not Babylon. Not Rome. Not even modern Israel in its current secular state.
Only the United States.
And like ancient Israel, America has forgotten that covenant. Just as the prophets warned Israel not to forget the LORD who brought them out of bondage (Deut. 4:23; 32:18), America has likewise forsaken the God who established her and blessed her beyond all other nations.
To understand the full weight of this forgotten covenant, we must go back—not to the signing of the Constitution in 1787—but further still. All the way back to a windswept ship in 1630, carrying a group of exiles bound for New England. A people who knew they were entering into a sacred covenant with the God of Israel.
America’s Colonial Foundations: A Covenant Planted in the Wilderness
The founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was not just a spiritual beginning, but the origin point for one of the most important prophetic parallels between America and Israel in recorded history.
The United States didn’t begin in 1776—or even in 1787 when the Constitution was signed. From heaven’s perspective, the true beginning came in 1630, aboard a Puritan ship crossing the Atlantic. Aboard that ship was a man named John Winthrop, who would become the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony—and the prophetic voice that first articulated America’s covenant identity.
While Spain and France had already claimed vast territories in the New World, England was still planting her earliest roots. Jamestown (1607) was the first foothold. Plymouth (1620) followed shortly after. But it was Massachusetts Bay, founded in 1630, that would ultimately give birth to the American soul.
The settlers of Massachusetts Bay were Puritans—dissenters from the Church of England, longing for a place to freely worship according to their understanding of Scripture. Their mission was not merely economic, but profoundly theological. They believed that God had delivered them from the Egypt of Roman Catholic Europe, given them His Word as their law, and was now leading them into a new land—a promised land, where they would live in covenant with Him.
And just like Israel at Mount Sinai, they knew this covenant came with terms.
While still aboard the ship Arbella, Winthrop delivered a now-famous sermon: A Model of Christian Charity. In it, he framed their journey in the language of biblical covenant. They were, in his words, “entered into covenant with Him for this work.” He warned that if they remained faithful, God would bless them and dwell among them. But if they turned to selfishness, greed, and sin, God would “break out in wrath against us… and make us know the price of the breach of such a covenant.”
He ended with this charge:
“We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us… if we deal falsely with our God… we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.”
These were not just poetic words—they were prophetic. They echoed the very warning Moses gave to Israel in Deuteronomy 30, and they became the spiritual DNA of the future American republic.
The themes of the covenant were clear:
- Brotherly love and social justice
- Care for the poor and oppressed
- A society founded on God’s commandments
And just as Israel’s covenant came with blessings for obedience and curses for rebellion (Deut. 11:26–28), so too did this American covenant. The warning was simple and solemn: If we turn aside to serve other gods—wealth, pleasure, pride—we will perish from the good land to which we are going.
Winthrop spoke as a man under the spirit of prophecy. And like Moses before him, his words would echo far beyond his generation.
Winthrop’s Prophetic Warning and the Prophetic Parallels Between America and Israel
John Winthrop’s famous sermon was more than a founding speech—it was a prophetic warning, echoing the voice of Moses as Israel stood on the threshold of the Promised Land. It framed America’s future as a nation in covenant with God, bound by spiritual cause and effect. And within it lay a chilling foresight of what would happen if that covenant was broken.
Winthrop declared:
“If we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken… we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.”
Those words ring with uncanny precision today.
Because that’s exactly what happened on September 11, 2001.
In a single morning, the eyes of the world turned toward the United States—not in admiration, but in shock and horror. The Twin Towers, monuments to American prosperity and global dominance, collapsed in a fiery spectacle broadcast live across the globe. The city upon a hill became a nation exposed, humbled, wounded. A story. A byword.
And that’s not just a poetic coincidence. It’s a prophetic pattern.
Like the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which broke covenant with God and embraced idolatry, America had done the same. And just like Israel’s capital Samaria, which literally sat atop a hill and bore a name that means ‘watch mountain,’ the Massachusetts Bay Colony—called by Winthrop ‘a city upon a hill’—had likewise become a nation being watched, not only by the nations, but by Heaven.
The United States had been entrusted with divine favor and national blessing. But as Winthrop warned, covenant comes with conditions. When a people who have been chosen and blessed turn their hearts to materialism, injustice, and pride, the Lord—who is both merciful and just—withdraws His protection and allows judgment to awaken the sleeping.
Winthrop’s prophetic words were not forgotten by God.
And on that September morning, they were fulfilled with terrifying clarity.
The events of 9/11 can only be understood in light of the prophetic parallels between America and Israel—a covenant made, broken, and visited by judgment.
September 11, 2001: Fulfillment of the Prophetic Parallels Between America and Israel
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the world watched in real time as the heart of American finance and power was struck by terror. Two passenger planes—flown by radical Islamists—sliced into the Twin Towers, reducing them to ash and rubble. The most powerful and prosperous nation on earth was pierced through its pride. And the world, as Winthrop foresaw, had its eyes upon us.
But this was not just a geopolitical event.
It was the prophetic realization of a 371-year-old warning.
As previously shown, Winthrop had warned that if America broke covenant with God, we would become a byword among the nations—a living object lesson in judgment. And what were the Twin Towers, if not modern altars of a false god—Mammon, the Almighty Dollar?
They stood not far from where America was first consecrated to God:
- In 1792, the NY Stock Exchange was founded on Wall Street.
- In 1789, President George Washington dedicated the nation in prayer at St. Paul’s Chapel, just steps from where the Towers would later rise.
- That same chapel—miraculously unscathed by falling debris—became known as “The Little Church That Stood.”
And in a haunting detail only God could orchestrate, the very planes that destroyed the Towers—American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175—both departed from Boston, the birthplace of the American covenant in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
This was not random. It was surgical, symbolic, and spiritually precise.
Even the numbers bear witness:
- In 931 BC, Jeroboam introduced bull worship in Northern Israel—a political move cloaked in religious imagery.
- In 722 BC, after 209 years, Assyria invaded and destroyed Samaria.
- In 1792 AD, America founded the New York Stock Exchange, the altar of a new economic religion—symbolized by the Wall Street bull.
- In 2001 AD, exactly 209 years later, America was struck at the site of its financial idolatry.
The pattern is mathematically and prophetically exact.
The golden calves of Israel…
The Charging Bull of Wall Street…
Two altars. Two apostasies. Two judgments—209 years apart.
These parallels are charted in the comparative timeline charted below:
The Prophetic Indictment: Injustice, Idolatry, and the Worship of Wealth
To fully understand the spiritual significance of September 11, we must ask: Why did God allow it? What was He saying?
The answer lies in the very sin that brought down the Northern Kingdom of Israel—a breach of covenant through injustice and idolatry.
After Jeroboam led Israel into false worship, the nation’s moral foundations began to rot. Greed consumed its leaders. The poor were oppressed. The divine laws of equity, mercy, and care for the vulnerable were discarded in favor of power and profit.
God sent the prophet Amos to confront them:
“They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals… they trample on the heads of the poor and deny justice to the oppressed.”
(Amos 2:6–7)
“You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore… though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them.”
(Amos 5:11)
It was this economic injustice, fueled by pride and idolatry, that sealed Israel’s fate.
And America followed the same path.
In the decades leading up to 9/11, our culture increasingly bowed to the god of Mammon. Corporate greed skyrocketed. Billion-dollar empires were built while the middle class crumbled. And all the while, the Twin Towers stood as temples of that financial religion—housing multinational banks and trading firms, many of which profited from debt instruments, speculation, and government bonds that disproportionately burdened the poor.
The Towers were not just buildings—they were modern high places, altars upon which a covenant people sacrificed truth, justice, and mercy in exchange for profit, pleasure, and pride.
God had warned in Deuteronomy 15 and 24 that the poor must never be oppressed or forgotten. The early American covenant—articulated by Winthrop—had included this very stipulation: that those with wealth would care for those in need.
But instead, our financial institutions became engines of exploitation.
In the eyes of the Lord, the justice system was rigged, the economic scales were weighted, and the covenant had been trampled underfoot. So just as He did with ancient Israel, God allowed a divinely orchestrated disruption—a warning. A shaking.
And He did not speak vaguely. He struck at the very heart of our national apostasy:
- At the very ground where America was first consecrated to God
- At the altar of its financial idolatry
- Using planes that launched from Boston, the city where the original covenant was made
The indictment was as clear as it was devastating:
“You have forsaken your covenant. You have worshiped the bull. You have devoured the poor. Return to Me.”
Prophetic Parallels Between the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the United States
The United States does not merely resemble Israel in a few symbolic ways—it walks in the very same prophetic footsteps as the Northern Kingdom, established by Jeroboam in rebellion against the house of David. Both nations began with covenant intentions. Both broke away from perceived political tyranny. And both turned quickly toward false worship, injustice, and national pride.
The chart below illustrates just how extensive these prophetic parallels truly are:
| Northern Kingdom of Israel | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Founded in rebellion against the Davidic monarchy | Founded in rebellion against the British monarchy |
| Rebelled over high taxation under Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:4) | Rebelled over “taxation without representation” |
| Jeroboam instituted golden calf worship | Wall Street bull becomes a national idol |
| Worship centers in Bethel and Dan | Financial center established on Wall Street |
| Entered into covenant with God at Sinai | Entered into covenant via the Puritans (1630) |
| Abandoned justice, oppressed the poor | Same: injustice, wealth inequality, corporate greed |
| Warned by prophets (Amos, Hosea, etc.) | Warned by watchmen and prophetic voices |
| Assyrian attacks on Samaria in 722 BC, 209 years after golden calf worship is instituted. | September 11th attacks, 209 years after NYSE founded. |
| Samaria (capital) built on a hill | “City upon a hill” imagery used by Winthrop |
These are not surface-level comparisons. They reveal a deep, divine pattern—a repeating prophetic template in which covenant nations who turn from God follow the same spiritual trajectory, often down to the smallest details.
“Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction…”
(1 Corinthians 10:11)
If we are willing to see it, the handwriting is on the wall—and the pattern has been revealed.
The 209-Year Prophetic Pattern Revealing Parallels Between Ancient Israel and Modern America
One of the most staggering confirmations that the United States is walking in the footsteps of the Northern Kingdom of Israel is found in the timing of national apostasy and judgment. The parallel is so precise, it can only be described as prophetic.
📜 Ancient Israel:
- In 931 BC, King Jeroboam I led the Northern Kingdom into rebellion—not just politically, but spiritually. To prevent the people from going to Jerusalem to worship, he erected two golden calves, placing one in Bethel and the other in Dan (1 Kings 12:28–30). These idols became the heart of a state-sponsored substitute religion, cloaked in the language of Yahweh worship but corrupted by idolatry and convenience.
- From that point forward, every king after Jeroboam continued in his sin. The golden calves remained at the center of national life—symbols of independence, power, and prosperity.
- Then in 722 BC, after 209 years, God’s judgment came. The Assyrian Empire invaded, destroyed Samaria, and carried the ten tribes into exile.
📜 Modern America:
- In 1792 AD, during President Washington’s first term, a group of bankers signed the Buttonwood Agreement—establishing the New York Stock Exchange under the shade of a sycamore tree on Wall Street.
- That moment laid the foundation for what would become the financial capital of the world. And the symbol of that power? A massive bronze bull.
- Just like Jeroboam’s calves, the Wall Street bull became a cultural icon—a modern golden idol, representing wealth, strength, and national prosperity.
- Then in 2001 AD, exactly 209 years later, America was struck at the very site of this economic altar. The Twin Towers collapsed, the financial system shuddered, and the world watched in awe and terror.
When viewed side by side, the timelines of the Northern Kingdom and the United States reveal astonishing prophetic parallels between America and Israel, even down to the year.
✨ The Pattern Is Prophetic:
| Northern Kingdom of Israel | United States of America |
|---|---|
| 931 BC – Golden calves erected by Jeroboam | 1792 AD – Wall Street and NYSE founded |
| Idolatry becomes national religion | Idolatry of Mammon becomes cultural norm |
| 722 BC – Assyria destroys Samaria | 2001 AD – Twin Towers fall in terror attack |
| 209 years from apostasy to judgment | 209 years from foundation to judgment |
This is not merely symbolic. This is a precisely timed prophetic pattern—a “history of things to come,” as Sir Isaac Newton once put it. A divine fingerprint. A timeline written by the Author of time itself.
“Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.”
(Acts 15:18)
Like ancient Israel, America entered into a covenant. Like Israel, she turned to the bull. And like Israel, after 209 years, she received a warning.
The question is not whether the pattern is real—it is.
The question is whether we will recognize it, respond to it, and return to the God of the covenant.
The Covenant Remembered
From Heaven’s perspective, the United States is—and always has been—a covenant nation. Though secular historians may ignore it and modern leaders may forget it, God has not forgotten. He remembers the prayers of the Puritans. He remembers the consecration at St. Paul’s Chapel. He remembers the cry of a nation that once dedicated itself to His purposes.
And like Israel before her, America has broken that covenant.
She has exalted the golden bull of prosperity. She has trampled justice and devoured the poor. She has glorified rebellion, perverted truth, and called darkness light. And in 2001, the God of the covenant allowed the hedge to be lifted—not out of hatred, but out of mercy. To wake us up before it was too late.
Even the details were prophetic:
- The planes that struck the towers took off from Boston—the city where the covenant was first spoken in 1630.
- The Twin Towers fell on the very grounds of consecration, where the nation’s first leaders once prayed.
- And at the center of it all stood a bull, just as one had once stood in Bethel and Dan.
“You who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say,
‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
But I will raise up a nation against you…”
(Amos 6:13–14)
This was not a random tragedy. It was a prophetic moment, echoing a 209-year-old pattern traced all the way back to Jeroboam’s rebellion.
And yet—God is still merciful.
He has not cast off His covenant people. He is still calling us back. He is still saying:
“Return to Me, and I will return to you.” (Malachi 3:7)
“Choose life, that you and your seed may live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
America’s fall is not inevitable. But repentance is non-negotiable.
The eyes of the world are still upon us.
And the eyes of the Lord are searching—watching—for those who will humble themselves, remember the covenant, and stand in the gap.
And as the towers burned, an instrumental version of Billy Joel’s “She’s Always a Woman” played over the World Trade Center plaza—uninterrupted, unnoticed. The lyrics—though silent in that moment—describe a woman who is strong, unfaithful, and deeply loved. A woman who hides her heart, wounds without meaning to, and breaks what she was meant to protect.
It was as if God let a love song play over a nation in judgment—not to mock, but to mourn. To whisper that He still remembers His bride, even when she forgets Him.
God often speaks in hauntingly beautiful ways—and often does so in a way where no one even notices that He’s speaking.
“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things not yet done.”
(Isaiah 46:9–10)
The purpose of this post is not to condemn, but to awaken—to call this nation back to her covenant, by recognizing the prophetic parallels between America and Israel that now stand fulfilled before our eyes.
The covenant still speaks.
The question is—will we listen?
For an extensive and detailed analysis of the 9/11 prophecies in the book of Amos, check out this article.
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