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The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World

Book review by Terry James

Any validation needed that this earthly sphere now has an end-times portal opened from the dark dimension is provided hourly by news feeds around the world. Things going on make people ask –perhaps make you ask: “What on earth is going on?”

Demonic powers and principalities in high places are more and more active as the unseen entities against which we struggle, like the Apostle Paul warned as recorded in Ephesians 6: 12. But the “unseen” part of this increasingly obvious Truth has, in this writer’s view, burst in the open for all to witness at this late hour of the Age of Grace.

And I believe that my longtime friend Jonathan Cahn has been appointed by Heaven’s Providence to bring to light in dramatic fashion just where Planet Earth’s inhabitants stand at the moment on God’s Prophetic Timeline.

This Appointment, I believe, was scheduled many years ago when Jonathan’s first book, The Harbinger, burst upon the scene. This is what I wrote in reviewing that book:

A phenomenon has taken place in the book publishing world. The secular book market–headed by the New York Times’ Best-Sellers list—has let slip through its normally anti-Christian critics’ hands a book of profound significance. It is, on the surface, a work of fiction that is at the same time deeply ingrained truth from the only source of truth there is–the very Word of God.

Not since Hal Lindsey’s Late, Great Planet Earth and Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins’ Left Behind series has such a volume been allowed to reach such a mass audience by those who control that level of mega sales in the book publishing industry. First-time author Jonathan Cahn outlines the stunning fact about The Harbinger with the simple understatement from the opening page: “What you are about to read is presented in the form of a story, but what is contained within the story is real.”

Since his writing The Harbinger, Jonathan’s books have continued to present Truth, though in novelistic form. His storytelling is fiction only in terms of literary genre identification. The stories in each succeeding volume have presented absolute Truth from God’s Word, and now we have what I believe is the most important work by Jonathan Cahn to this point in time. And I believe it is no coincidence that God has chosen a Messianic Jew –a Rabbi who accepts Christ as the Messiah- to reveal this satanic intrusion, which any Believer under Holy Spirit Enlightenment cannot miss.

The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World is a story that reveals historical and occultic secrets of how this assault from the dark dimension began and has progressed. It is an ever-increasing and ongoing assault by those hellish entities in high places.

Absolute proof of this assault came upon Jonathan Cahn himself when on American Airlines flight 618 from Dallas to New Jersey recently. He was attacked by a 67-year-old man who sat beside him, who had been friendly in conversation, but suddenly became enraged when he saw the book cover on Jonathan’s laptop screen. It was a suddenly changed passenger, possessed, no doubt, by demonic influence, who had, finally, to be restrained by being duct-taped to the seat until the plane could land at an airport to which it was diverted.

There could be no more profound Truth about this intrusion by the dark forces than this story that was published worldwide. However, the demonic aspect will never be exposed by secular media, of course.

Here is the link to a video Jonathan Cahn produced, explaining that demonic assault:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcJW526c-wE&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D

Here is what Prophecy Watchers says in their newsletter about Jonathan Cahn’s astounding book:

Jonathan Cahn has returned with another mysterious look into the past and future of our world. When you explore his new book, The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World, be prepared to enter a world of mystery and biblical intrigue. From the very first chapter, Jonathan spins a page-turning tale that you won’t be able to put aside.

IS IT POSSIBLE…

– That there exists an ancient mystery that lies behind the events of the modern world?

– That an ancient object created over 2,000 years ago is altering the course of world history?

– That there is a secret behind the events of our age, the past, present, and the future?

From a mysterious stranger carrying a single page from an ancient document, Cahn takes us down a dark road that leads to Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, and straight to the occult altar of sacrifice … Pergamon … a place the Bible calls the seat of Satan. Be prepared for a history lesson woven into this fascinating mystery, taking us back to biblical times, to the place where this altar to Zeus once stood.

The Altar of Pergamon, an archaeological journey worthy of an Indiana Jones film, traces the path of the ancient altar, its rescue from its dark past, and eventual move to Germany. An occult presence would soon arrive on the scene, leading to World War 1 and 2, the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War, and the threat of nuclear war. Just a coincidence? Or is there more to the Pergamon mystery than meets the eye? After the altar was moved to Germany, the Third Reich came to power, and Hitler used this altar as his platform to spread his Jewish hatred to the masses.

Ironically, in 2008, our former President, Barack Obama, had a replica of this altar to Zeus built, and he used it as HIS platform for his Democratic inaugural acceptance speech in Denver, Colorado. Is it a coincidence that America has been on a downward moral pathway ever since? Will our country’s internal road to destruction follow the curses the altar of Pergamon brings? Are the Internet, the Deep State, and the New World Order all part of the ancient prophecies of the Bible and the Pergamon connection?

Jonathan Cahn takes readers on a fascinating journey through biblical history, world events, and prophecy as he explores the mystery surrounding the ancient altar of Pergamon.

I agree with that great Prophecy Watchers’ synopsis of this book by my friend Jonathan Cahn. Can there be any doubt about the Truth bound up in this telling of the mysteries of Pergamon more than the attack from that other dimension I believe took place on that flight Jonathan experienced?

You will find this book as fascinating and intriguing as did I, I’m convinced.

The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World

Author: Jonathan Cahn

Publisher: FrontLine, an imprint of Charisma Media

ISBN: 978-1-63641-615-1

To order, go to the following:

https://booksbyjonathancahn.com/

Let that headline settle in your mind and heart. You don’t even have to be pro-Israel to find it disturbing. And it may be one of the most significant “signs of the times” today.

One of my favorite writers, Jonathan Brentner, states, “The steadily intensifying antisemitism of our day points to the reality of the rapidly approaching Tribulation period. It’s one of the more distinguishing signs of our time because it aligns with so many prophecies that predict hatred for Israel and the Jews during the last days.”

U.S. Democrats

Almost all members of the Democrat Party in Washington have turned on Israel. They have approved financial aid to Israel since 1950 and much more after 1973. In recent years, it has been $3 billion a year—which they now wish to cancel. According to Pew Research, eight out of ten Democrats view Israel unfavorably. Consider that as recently as 2015, most all Democrats were pro-Israel.

When the October 7 slaughter took place, Leftists decided that was the time to switch sides and cheer for the barbarians—not Israel!

The Jews Are on Everybody’s List

Britain’s most senior police officer warned that antisemitism has reached unprecedented levels, saying Jewish communities face their greatest threat to date as authorities confront a series of attacks and rising tensions. It is not uncommon today to hear people state that the Jew-hatred of the 21st Century is comparable to the hatred that led to near genocide of the Jews in the 1930s.

Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, said British Jews are being targeted by a wide range of extremist actors, which he linked, in part, to the influence of social media. He states, “The ghastly fact is that Jews are on everybody’s list, all of those hateful groups, whether you’re extreme right, whether you’re extreme left, whether you’re Islamist terrorist, whether you’re right-wing terrorist,” he told The London Times.

Bad Theology Leads to Anti-Semitism

Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel in Virginia writes, “In the year following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, over 10,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in the U.S.—an increase of 140% over the previous year—and the most ever since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking antisemitic acts in 1979. On college campuses, in workplaces, among ‘influencers’ and politicians, even in some circles of the church, antisemitism is raising its ugly head.”

Hamrick continues, “We’re seeing pastors today who refuse to support Israel because they’ve been influenced by replacement theology’s faulty interpretation of Scripture, and there are terrible repercussions for giving place to this damaging theology. When the church entertains the idea that God has somehow replaced His covenant with the Jewish people, it provides fuel for the fire of those who would do Israel harm.”

And never forget that it was replacement theology that allowed many in Germany to go along with Hitler’s slaughter of the Jews.

Dark and Disturbing

The outstanding online Christian newspaper Harbinger’s Daily reports, “Once again, Canada has received a failing report card on its treatment of its Jewish community. The results were not only terrible—the findings were dark and disturbing.”

Writer Robert Gottselig of Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry in Canada concluded in the Harbinger’s Daily article, “The report described Canada as facing a ‘national crisis of antisemitism.’”

“Fleeing” to Israel for Safety?

From 2021 to 2025, antisemitic incidents increased by 46% in Argentina, 60% in Canada, 64% in the United Kingdom, 124% in France, 131% in the United States, 215% in Germany, and 270% in Australia. As the headline to this article states, this is the greatest threat to Jews ever because this time it is global.

From Argentina to Australia, Jewish people across the globe report hiding their Jewish identity in public and questioning whether they have a future in their home countries. And yes, God allows some of this calamity as it drives many of them home to Israel. Indeed, tens of thousands are seeking safety in Israel.

What You Can Do

Robert Gottselig makes the following suggestions to Bible-believing Christians: “Reach out and stand with the local Jewish community. Go to your local synagogue, call the rabbi and take him for lunch or coffee. Tell him that, as a Bible-believing Christian, you love and stand with Israel and the Jewish people.”

He concludes, “Support ministries like the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry that bless Israel and share the gospel—the good news of Israel’s Messiah— with the Jewish people. Above all, be a Christlike witness, responding with truth from God’s word, compassion, and courage.”

How Odd of God to Choose the Jews

And always “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6). It is, in fact, a commandment! Christians may be their last loyal friend. Someone once wrote: How odd of God to choose the Jews, but not so odd as those who choose the Jewish God, yet spurn the Jews.

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