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

The fourth seal, which Kaplan now has, shows a tower. Kaplan comments to Goren that he thought it looked like the Tower of Babel, a fictional tower that was intended to reach up to heaven, but the building of which was thwarted by God developing multiple languages among the builders. Seeking a tower in New York City, Kaplan goes to the Empire State Building and looks over the city. The prophet appears and tells Kaplan that he is not in the correct spot. The tower of the prophecy is more conceptual, as it is the premise of building back stronger after the Assyrian invasion of 732 BCE. The tower in modern America is the Freedom Tower that is built on Ground Zero, the location where the World Trade Center once stood. The prophet quotes several biblical commentaries that interpret Isaiah 9:10 as showing defiance after the Assyrian invasion, which the prophet then connects to comments by American leaders and figures following 9/11. The American leaders consistently speak about building back stronger and larger after 9/11 in an act of defiance, which the prophet says is a defiance against the warning sent by God in the form of the 9/11 attacks.