In a powerful display of spiritual warfare, author and speaker Rabbi Jonathan Cahn led a prophetic act on the National Mall, where he smashes an altar of Ishtar, symbolizing the breaking of demonic strongholds in America. This act is part of his broader message on repentance, deliverance and spiritual freedom from the forces of darkness gripping the nation.
Speaking at the gathering, Cahn draws parallels between the Yom Kippur scapegoat and the spiritual battle faced today, stating, “At the end of Yom Kippur, the sins are laid on the scapegoat, and the scapegoat carries it out of the land. The darkness is cast out of the land.”
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Cahn emphasizes that the battle is not against individuals but spiritual principalities, citing the ancient pagan deity Ishtar (also known as Ashtaroth in the Bible) as a manifestation of immorality in our culture. “You women of God, you are Esther,” he declares. “And Esther cancels out Ishtar—the sexual immorality that enslaves this culture, that has led to the destruction of marriages, families and life.”
He goes on to unveil the altar of Ishtar, which he explains represents the various evils in society, such as abortion, sexual immorality, and pornography. “This is the altar of abortion, the altar of sexual immorality, the altar of pornography, the altar of transitioning children, and the confusion of sexuality,” Cahn proclaims, as he prepares to smash the symbolic structure.
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In a moment charged with righteousness and conviction, Cahn lifts a hammer and smashes the altar, leading the crowd in a prayer for national deliverance. “We pray, Father, that You would cast out the spirit of Ishtar, cast out the spirit of pornography, cast out the spirit of sexual immorality, cast out the spirit of trafficking of women and children,” he says. “We proclaim the blood of Yeshua, Jesus.”
The event crescendos as Cahn calls for the crowd to “release the roar” in victory, symbolizing the breaking of spiritual chains over the nation. Shofars sound victoriously across the National Mall as he urges those in attendance to pray for deliverance across the country and in their own lives, declaring, “We are going to keep doing it until that altar is smashed and gone.”
The gathering marks a divine moment of spiritual intercession, as Cahn leads the prayer for revival and mass deliverance in America, proclaiming the power of God over the forces which are holding the nation in bondage.
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James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
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