On a recent episode of the Roseanne Barr Podcast, bestselling author Jonathan Cahn delivered an urgent warning about the unseen forces shaping America’s future. Cahn framed the recent attempt on Charlie Kirk’s life, and even the attempt on President Donald Trump, as part of a cosmic conflict rooted in ancient pagan powers described in Scripture.
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“This was demonic,” Cahn said of the Kirk incident. “We’re dealing with a spiritual thing … there’s such a spiritual war for the future of America it’s gotten so intense that it’s actually shedding the blood of a key person in this spiritual war.”
Witchcraft, Jezebel and Modern Curses
Cahn and Barr spoke about the growing influence of witchcraft and the “Jezebel spirit” in American life. “It’s all about witchcraft,” Barr said, adding that she had seen firsthand the dark rituals on the political left.
Cahn recounted reports of witches being paid to curse Charlie Kirk shortly before the assassination attempt. “It’s true and it’s not conspiracy theory,” he said. “There was a woman who paid witches … to place a curse on Charlie Kirk … one of the witches took a photo of Charlie Kirk and burned it.”
He noted the group involved was literally called Jezebel, mirroring the biblical queen who “hunted down righteous people to kill them.”
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The Dark Trinity Returning to the West
Cahn explained that when a nation turns away from God it creates a spiritual vacuum that allows ancient demonic powers to return. “What happened is when Jesus spread forth the gospel … it drove out the gods … but any nation or culture if it once knew God and empties itself of God, what was cast out is going to come back in,” he warned.
He identified three principal forces, the “Dark Trinity”:
- Baal – “This is the spirit that replaces God with paganism. His sign was the bull … with polytheism you don’t have one truth. Everybody has their own truth.”
- Ishtar (Ashtoreth) – “She’s the goddess of sexual immorality … she sexualizes the culture, sexualizes children. The Greeks called her ‘porn’ — pornography comes from this goddess … she said, ‘I am a woman, I am a man’ … one of her signs was the rainbow … the month that she especially possessed the culture was the month of June or pride month.”
- Molech – “Which is [to] offer up your children. That’s what’s happening.”
Cahn said Jezebel herself worshiped Ishtar, tying the ancient goddess to modern leaders and policies. “Whoever was standing for God … like Charlie Kirk … she’s got to kill them,” he said.
The Attempt on Trump and the Priestly Consecration
Cahn argued the recent attempt on President Trump’s life echoed the Torah’s ritual for consecrating priests, which involved the application of blood and removal of shoes. “In order for somebody to be anointed to serve God’s purposes … the blood according to the mystery in the Torah had to touch the ear of the one being anointed,” he said.
He then drew a direct line to what unfolded at the rally:
- The bullet striking Trump’s right ear mirrors the Torah’s requirement that the blood touch the right ear of the one being consecrated.
- Trump’s instinctive act of raising his right hand to the wound reflects the ritual where the blood next touches the right hand.
- Trump being knocked down and losing his shoes parallels the consecration step requiring the shoes to be removed for the anointing to be complete.
According to Cahn, this aligned perfectly with a seven-day consecration cycle. “From the day that the blood touches the ear … the seventh day the man whose blood has been touched is invested to serve God,” he said. Counting Hebrew days from the attempt, Cahn noted the seventh day fell on July 18, the very night Trump officially received the Republican nomination. “Oh, you’re right,” Barr exclaimed as he laid out the timeline.
Prayer as a Shield
Cahn continued by urging believers to recognize their power in prayer. “They tried to shoot him [Trump] … and you know what happened recently? The witches were saying, ‘Our spells aren’t working against him’ … they said he’s got some shield around him … we believe it’s the prayers of Christians, the prayers of God’s people.”
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These events are not random. They are signs of a titanic struggle for America’s destiny, one that believers must meet with vigilance and intercession. “It’s a war,” Cahn declared. “It is a war.”
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
