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Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Vision of secret rapture. David Wilkerson - Cross and the Switchblade. View PDF When society no longer rejects their sin as abnormal and fully accepts them and encourages them in their abnormality, and when the church no longer preaches David Wilkerson's statements are followed by media references in Robert C.
March The rise of the neo-Pentecostal movement in recent years has once We are in the birth pangs of the last days as the Bible says and as David David Wilkerson David Wilkerson, Tappan, N. The book was subtitled A Thrilling Prophecy of the. Coming of Armageddon. First paragraph, chapter one—. Sudden destruction is coming and few will escape.
If we all trust God, anything can happen. Over the last 16 years, God has continued to expand the vision and. David Wilkerson was beside me, A year later, Pastor David launched. Walking to the pulpit I have lost sight of the vision God gave to me years ago.
David was a man loved by God. Don't allow your unbelief to screen out the vision of View PDF Vision. But who was David Wilkerson?
More often than not, we saw the fruit of his faith in God rather than the man himself. When Wilkerson moved to New York from rural Pennsylvania in to confront the gangs who ran the streets, he was a skinny, pound man.
After the initial publicity that brought him face to face with some of the most dangerous young men of the city, he largely flew under the radar of the media, using the Word of God and a bit of tough love to help men and women of the street escape the destructive spiral of drugs and violence.
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Homosexual and lesbian ministers will be or- dained and given places of authority in this church union, and will be heralded as a new breed of pioneer introducing new concepts of love and evangelism. I see coming, in nearly every major city in the United States and around the world, homosexual and lesbian churches catering exclusively to the spiritual needs of their own kind, with full recogni- tion and support from organized religion.
Sunday school and church literature will be distributed in study curriculum suggesting to children and teen- agers that homosexuality is a normal and accept- able form of Christian sexual practice.
Most tragic of all, I see the day coming when the majority of homosexuals will no longer seek help from the church. This super church will accommodate itself to the weaknesses of man's flesh and will set out to comfort mankind in their sins. Guilt complexes will be blamed on old- fashioned "sin condemning" preachers who speak out against the hang-ups of those who were once considered candidates for help and counseling.
New teaching efforts will be focused on an attempt to enlighten men on how to live with their problems and, in fact, to enjoy these weaknesses as "gifts from God. Nude dancing in certain of these member churches will be excused as "artistic forms of wor- ship.
As a result, many will be given over to reprobate minds, creating a new form of mental illness that will not respond to any kind of treatment. Public nudity in any form is creature-worship.
Nudity in the church will not go unanswered by God. The inevtably Bible clearly states that this form of worship leads to severe mental problems. Although nude dancing will not become wide- spread, it will continue to be accepted by many church leaders as a legitimate expression of wor- shippers seeking to find "the beauty of soul through the beauty of human form.
I believe the super world church will condone certain occult practices. Already some church groups in Haiti have incorporated certain aspects of voodoo into their form of worship. Study commit- tees will be established to "defang" the devil and remake his image into one of a bland nonentity, not to be feared.
In some of the most respected, wealthy churches in the country, seances will replace prayer meet- ings. A growing number of ministers will be in- trigued by the supernatural claims of spiritualistic and satanist groups. I see the day coming when those ministers who have never been very close with God will become very close to the devil.
Satan will appear as an angel of light to deceive, if it were possible, the elect, the chosen of God. Sa- tan's own ministers will appear as angels of light and they will attempt to spread the message within the ranks of the church that Satan is not an enemy, but a friend. The super church will never officially accept oc- cult practices outright, but phrenology, palmistry, fortune telling, and horoscopes will be widely re- spected.
I see a great and supernatural union of all the true followers of Jesus Christ, bound together through the Holy Spirit and mutual confidence in Christ and His Word. This supernatural church of Bible believers will become a kind of underground fellowship and will include Catholics and Protes- tants of all denominations. It will bind together young and old, black and white, and people of all nations.
While the visible super world church gains politi- cal power, this invisible supernatural church will grow tremendously in spiritual power. This power will come from persecution. The persecution mad- ness that is coming upon this earth will drive these Christians closer together and closer to Jesus Christ. There will be less concern for denomina- tional concepts and more emphasis on the return of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit will bring together, in one, people from all faiths and walks of life. Although this supernatural church already exists around the world, in days to come it will become politically more and more invisible. But as persecu- tion becomes more intense, this body of believers will become almost radical in its evangelistic ef- forts.
This invisible church will receive supernatu- ral unction and Holy Ghost power to continue preaching the gospel until the ends of the earth have heard. Charismatic Catholics who consider themselves members of the invisible supernatural church of Jesus Christ will face an hour of grievous persecu- tion. The Roman Catholic church is about to "pull in" the welcome mat to all Catholics who speak with tongues and who lean toward Pentecostal teachings concerning the Holy Spirit.
High-level political pressure will be placed on priests to "put the fire out. The honeymoon is about over. Catholic magazines will soon begin to speak out against the movement within its ranks and call for a purging.
It will begin as a slow trend but will gather momentum quickly, until all Catholics in this movement will eventually face real persecution from within their own church. The Charismatic movement within the Catholic church will become so powerful and widespread it will appear to some leaders as a threat to those who do not understand what it means.
More than , may be involved in the Charismatic Catho- lic movement within a short time. Those not in this movement will accuse it of lacking social concern and of being too oblivious to the traditions of the church.
They will be accused of turning away from the Virgin Mary and negating the authority of the Pope. Let every Catholic who boasts about having "the baptism with the Holy Ghost" prepare for persecu- tion.
It will not happen overnight, but most as- suredly the day is coming when every Catholic who has experienced a "Pentecost" will be forced to de- termine how meaningful their "baptism" really is. Some will be forced to return to tradition and will allow their experience to lie dormant. Many others, however, will begin to discover that they have more Christian love, fellowship, and spiritual rapport with other Protestants and Catholics who have cen- tered their lives around the person of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Many will not believe me, but I see a day coming when many Protestants as well as Catholics must "come out from among them. Their fellowship will not be based on the experience of speaking with tongues, but will be centered on the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Persecution of Charismatic Catholics by the hier- archy of the church will not stop the renewal with that church. Instead, the ministry of the Holy Spirit will accomplish great miracles, and the numbers of Catholics joining "renewal" groups will increase under persecution. Emphasis on "speaking with tongues" will dimin- ish. Instead, there will evolve a "spiritual broth- erhood" ministry, based on solid Bible teaching and mutual love and understanding for other true fol- lowers of Jesus Christ.
There is at present tremendous freedom for the preaching of the true gospel on radio and television. Never have the doors been so open to ministers of Christ in all the media. Christians now own and operate their own radio and TV stations, and they are at liberty to pray for the sick, raise money, and promote the gospel in any way they see fit.
Persecution and harassment are coming. There is a sound of change in the air. Christ-cen- tered radio and TV programming will become the target of satanic forces determined to force them off the airways. Already, there is a behind-the-scenes movement to establish a kind of rating system for all religious radio and TV programming.
Liberal church leaders will attempt to establish a kind of screening board and to force themselves on the FCC as the final au- thority on all paid and sustaining free time on the media. No program would be aired without their approval. The result would be a bland "Christless" gospel that offended no one. The doors, now wide open, are slowly but surely going to close. Christian radio and TV stations should begin to expect persecution and harassment.
Atheistic and antichrist forces are even now prepar- ing litigation against certain religious stations and evangelists. Satan will use every tactic at his disposal to remove all Christ-centered pro- grams from the media. The message I receive for all those ministries using the media to spread the gospel is this Work while it is yet day, for the night cometh when no man can work. This is the daytime of freedom and opportunity, but the nighttime of harassment and persecution is not far off.
When that nighttime of persecution comes, perhaps few, if any, will be effectively minis- tering through the media.
Look for Hollywood to step up its attack against true religion with more expos-type movies. The film Marjoe was the most brazen attempt by sa- tanic forces to put down and ridicule all religion having to do with the blood of Jesus Christ. Revi- valists and evangelical ministers will continue to be stereotyped as Elmer Gantrys, charlatans, cheats, and money-mad comedians.
More and more movie makers will attempt to de- bunk puritanical moral values. Gospel-preaching churches and ministers will come under special at- tack, while at the same time the occult and witch- craft will be glorified and sensationalized. I see coming a sophisticated attempt by intellec- tuals to "preach out" in films against all "revival type" Christians. TV comedy shows will become bolder and bolder in poking fun at Christ and true Christians. Come- dy writers will mete out blow after blow through comedy shows designed to put down sacred tradi- tions.
Eventually these shows will be punctuated with four-letter words, and anything will go. Tele- vision programming will become absolutely blas- phemous and millions of unbelievers will be able to sit in front of their TV sets laughing and mocking as subjects once considered sacred are undermined. I am not suggesting TV comedy writers have joined some kind of conspiracy against God or reli- gion. What I perceive is writers trying to compete with one another to see who can do the best job of "putting down" sacred traditions and teachings.
It is a very subtle attack against the teachings of Jesus comedy Christ, camouflaged by comedy. The worst is yet to come. The most anti christ comedy ever devised will be aired on network TV, without opposition!
There is coming an attempt to tax churches and church-related organizations. Atheistic forces, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, will push this matter all the way to the Supreme Court. A temporary setback will not stop them from push- ing for Congressional action. A legal setback by the courts will not stop their long-range action.
In spite of recent court decisions, we will eventu- ally have taxation of churches. It will begin as an insignificant kind of nuisance tax, but will soon burgeon into a monster-size tax that will push some independent churches and missionary societies near bankruptcy. Church-related businesses will be taxed first.
That will soon be followed by taxation of all church-owned properties, including parsonages. Church buildings will be exempt. Some very serious court battles lie ahead in re- gard to this issue, and even Supreme Court deci- sions can be overturned. I do not see church budgets or church buildings being taxed in the near futurebut I do see taxa- tion of church-related enterprises coming soon.
I see a "snowball" effect and the government will one day be so deeply involved in taxation of church properties that an entire catalog of guidelines will be needed.
The IRS may, one day, become one of the most powerful weapons against the church. Government agen- cies are soon going to be delving into the private books of almost every nonprofit religious organiza- tion.
Those who do not comply with stringent guidelines will be forced to shut downand there will be no recourse. I see three distinct ways in which Satan will at- tempt to undermine Christian education. Christian schools, colleges, and universities will not escape the coming hour of persecution and harassment. First, expect political harassment, red tape, and very acute financial problems.
Federal and state aid will come with more and more strings attached. Second, expect an almost unexplainable student mood of apathy, unrest, and disrespect for leader- ship. Third, expect the faculty to be infiltrated by teachers and professors who are unwitting tools in the hands of Satan to undermine the foundations of faith and leadership.
Satan will attempt to wrest the leadership of these schools and institutions out of the hands of true men of God and place them in the hands of compromising liberals who will not at- tempt to check the movement toward agnosticism. Some campuses will experience spiritual awaken- ings, but they will be short-lived and will not affect the great masses of students. Those who believe in the power of prayer will suffer less. Those who give priority to spiritual matters will experi- ence supernatural intervention and help.
For cer- tain, there is trouble ahead on the campus. The fi- nancial squeeze will be formidable, and only a mira- cle will keep some schools open. A few will not sur- vive. The Jesus revolution among young people will level off, and undisciplined followers will return to their drugs, their free sex, their old ways of life. Persecution will separate the sheep from the goats. Only totally surrendered disciples will be left standing when the fog clears. The time is soon coming when it will no longer be popular to be a Jesus person.
Jesus songs will not be on hit parades and His name will no longer be a commercial asset to Broadway or Hollywood. The world that once used the name of Jesus so promis- cuously is going to turn on Him and put Him down.
I see a replay of the first recorded Jesus move- ment in history. Jesus came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey to the hurrahs and hosannas of thou- sands caught up in the excitement of a Jesus move- ment. Young and old alike ripped branches from palm trees and spread their jackets on the ground so the little donkey could walk over them. They cried, "Jesus, Jesus! Hosanna to the King! A very short time later that same Jesus stood before an angry crowd that screamed, "Crucify Him! Away with Him! The modem Jesus movement has had its crowds, too.
They have sung the praises of Jesus. Jesus has really been in. But look what is happening today. Many joy- poppers are going back to their drugs, and a Jesus "revulsion" movement is springing up. Young devil worshippers and occultists are becoming a nucleus of a "hate Christ" type of movement, whose chief aim is to harass Jesus people and refute the claims of Christ.
Out of this Jesus movement is coming a hard core of true Jesus people who have completely repudiated their old way of life. They have forsaken their old habits and are committed to a life of ser- vice to Jesus Christ. My message to true Jesus people is loud and clear. Prepare for the coming persecution. Prepare to face these "hate Christ" clubs in school. In many places, Christian young people who take an open stand for Christ will be verbally stoned by those their own age.
This revulsion movement against Christ will be personally directed by Satan and car- ried on by those who are deeply committed to the occult. The day may come when Bibles will be plucked from their arms and ripped apart by a laughing crowd of mockers. The harassment may eventually become so violent and widespread that Christian young people will either harden them- selves like steel to withstand it or crumble before it and deny their faith.
There will be "Satan evangelists," mostly young people who will actually preach about the power of Satan and who will zealously work at making con- verts.
Ouija boards, tarot cards, horoscopes, and occult books will be passed around and devoured by young people seeking truth. We are going to pay a price for what we believe. Do not think that Christians can escape the trial that is coming. Your endurance will be tested. It will come upon us so undetected and so subtly that we will not recognize it at first.
But when it begins, it will fall upon us with lightninglike strokes. The world will not believe what is happening, because it will fall as a madness upon the earth. Those who have lived under terrible religious persecution will enjoy a limited period of freedom. God has promised to pour His Spirit out upon all flesh, and that includes the peoples behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains.
God is bringing to pass a temporary truce be- tween the East and the West for the express pur- pose of getting the gospel into these Communist countries. Japanese and Korean Christians alone can be used of God to reach thousands in China. Christians in West Germany can reach those in East Germany. The path to Russia is through Fin- land. A tremendous move of the Holy Spirit in Fin- land can and will spill over into Russia. Ironically, while the doors are beginning to close on this side of the Curtains, the doors will begin to open on the other side.
And, after a short period of freedom and spiritual awakening among many, the doors will suddenly close, and the persecution mad- ness will begin with intensity and engulf all those nations.
Don't let anyone fool you. For many will come claiming to be the Messiah, but will lead many astray. You will hear of wars. The nations and kingdoms will rise against each other. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places. Sin will be rampant everywhere. The Good News will be preached through- out the world and then shall the end come. Matthew ,12,14 Living New Testament.
A dictionary defines "tribulation" as distress, af- fliction, and sufferingand this great tribulation is to be a time of unbelievable suffering and crises. God, by His Holy Spirit, is calling mankind to pre- pare for the end of all things. He is allowing nature to pound this earth with one crisis after another to warn of the approaching day of wrath and judg- ment.
Can we believe the predictions of Jesus? In an age of increased knowledge, of great scientific achievement, can we really accept the idea of a world in complete chaos? Are the Bible prophecies to be taken literally? Will there be a final world war involving every na- tion, as described in God's Word?
Will there be even worse famines, plagues, earthquakes, floods, and other severe weather changes as clearly de- scribed in the Bible? God's Message to the Unprepared Will we see war, acts of terrorism, and violence all around? Will there be a collapse of all moral standards and lawsas well as a worldwide depres- sion with runaway inflation and devastated econo- my?
Is there really going to be a short period of frag- ile peace on earth when men everywhere are yearn- ing and crying for a return to tranquility? And will that time of fragile peace precede the impending doom predicted in the Bible? Can we really believe the Bible when it states that men will one day say, "We will outlive all these crises. We will have peace and prosperity. Is there really an. Armaged- don coming? The human mind is boggled by Bible prophecies if they are taken literally.
If we believe the literal interpretation of the Bible, there is coming a finale world war and tribulation in which over two billion people will be killed. Death will come from war, famines, plagues, earthquakes, floods, and severe weather changes worldwide. People in Noah's day didn't believe a flood of judgment was coming to the earth, and they spent their time in revelry, laughing at the crazy prophet who was preaching a vision.
The Bible says, "They knew not until the flood came and took them all away. They will not accept vi- sions or predictions of impending doom or judg- ment. Yet, with all the scoffing and ridicule this kind of message receives from intellectuals and church leaders, the great majority of young people today are concerned with apocalyptic prophecies. Nowa- days it is not only Christians who are expecting an end of the world as predicted in the Bible.
Even Time magazine recently did a serious treatment of the subject. There are now many thinking scien- tists and intellectuals, behaviorists and technicians who also warn that world history could likely come to a cataclysmic end in the near future.
The message of this vision will be called a fanati- cal attempt to scare the unconverted. Others will fault it because of all the "wrath and judgment. His personality.
Even a surface check of God's Word will easily prove it. Paul the apostle said: Knowing the terror of the Lord we per- suade men. II Corinthians If you think my vision is scary or "too far out" let me give you a clear chronology of what the Bible predicts is coming. R4 W The Physical Object Pagination p. Community Reviews 0 Feedback? Christian books from shyN Loading Related Books. October 7, August 10, May 17,
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