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their best-known spokesman.
Accordingly, Wilkerson became
an outcast overnight. His books
were removed from churches'
bookstores, and he was per-
sonally condemned as a
"fearmonger." In like manner,
mainline churches - both Evan-
gelical and non-Evangelical - also
denounced the book, arguing that
Wilkerson must be a "false government took over both the nation have incorporated Christ and true Christians. Tele-
prophet" because "God no longer
speaks in visions."
Wilkerson had anticipated this
response because he addressed
it at the beginning of his book by
pointing out that the Scriptures
say that in the end times, God will
give his servants visions and
dreams. Joel 2:28-29 states: "It
will come about after this that I will
pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
and your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your old men will prophecy was this: "A revived
dream dreams, your young men
will see visions. Even on the male
and female servants I will pour out
My Spirit in those days."
In accordance with this passage
in Joel, Wilkerson revealed that
his prophecy for America had
come from a vision given to him in
April 1973, and for that reason, he
titled the book, The Vision. Wilkerson's second category of
Wilkerson also pointed out at the
beginning of his book that he did
not believe that most of the
prophecies in his vision would be
fulfilled in his lifetime, and that
proved true when he was tragi-
cally killed in an auto accident in
East Texas in 2011. However,
many of the prophecies contained
in his vision have been fulfilled
since 1974.
His first category was "Worldwide
Economic Confusion." He wrote:
"It is not really a depression I see
coming - but a recession of such
magnitude that it will affect the
lifestyle of nearly every wage
earner in America and around the
world. This, of course, was
selling explicit sex magazines aries and ministers."
Great Recession in 2008. Wilker- that will make Playboy seem
son further asserted that "some almost puritanical." This, has We can see this antichrist spirit
of the nation's major corporations become a reality with the publi- operating at all governmental
will declare bankruptcy." In fact cation of sleazy magazines like levels today. Wilkerson also
the 12 largest bankruptcies in U.S. Quicky, ADHD Sex, Carnival, and stated that the entertainment
history have occurred since 2001. Hustler. industry would focus on demean-
ing portrayals of Christians and
Wilkerson further predicted that Wilkerson declared that "stu- Christianity and would blas-
because of the recession, "The dents will be told that homosexual pheme all that is sacred: "TV
auto industry is going to be hurt love is normal." In recent years comedy shows will become
badly." This was fulfilled when the several school systems all over bolder and bolder in poking fun at
Chrysler and General Motors teaching units designed to por- vision programming will become
during the Great Recession. tray homosexuality as normal - absolutely blasphemous."
Concerning gold, Wilkerson even at the elementary school
predicted that "the price of gold is level. This effort has even infil- Need I bother to say this has been
going to rise astronomically but trated books and magazines fulfilled? Yet, despite the fulfil-
will not be sustained over a long aimed at children. A good exam- ment of these very specific
period of time." When Wilkerson ple is a recent Archie comic book prophecies contained in Wilker-
published his book in 1974, the that featured a same-sex son's vision, some have con-
price of gold was $183 per ounce. marriage on its cover. He also tinued to claim he was a "false
At the end of 2014 it was $1 200 wrote: "The homosexual commu- prophet" because some of his
per ounce. nity will become so militant and predictions have not yet been
brazen that they will flaunt their fulfilled. But the same could be
Wilkerson's last economic related sin on network talk shows." said of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
and Daniel because all of them
Roman Empire will eventually In the Church world, Wilkerson made prophecies 2 500 years ago
become the power base for a predicted that "homosexuals and that still have not been fulfilled.
super world leader who will arise lesbians will be ordained and How do we know they are not false
to restore economic order." This given places of authority." The prophets? Because they made
has been partially fulfilled in the Episcopal Church elected its first prophecies about their day and
formation of the European Union homosexual bishop in 2003, and time that were fulfilled and they
which became a super-national since that time, many of the also made prophecies about the
political organization in 1992 with mainline denominations have first coming of the Messiah that
the Treaty of Maastricht. sanctioned the ordination of were fulfilled. So we can be
practicing homosexuals. confident that their unfulfilled
prophecies concerning the end
predictions related to what he Wilkerson's fourth category was times will also be fulfilled.
called "Drastic Weather Changes "Problems with Youth." Since this
and Earthquakes." He summed it had always been the focus of his The Bible says that the test of a
up by saying: "The world had best ministry, he had more predictions prophet is whether or not his
prepare for weather changes that in this category than any other. He prophecies come true: "…when
cannot be explained by any other said he saw youth hating their the word of the prophet comes to
word but 'supernatural'. The parents and rebelling against pass, then that prophet will be
world is about to witness the them, even to the point of betray- known as one whom the Lord has
beginnings of great sorrows ing their parents. He also saw truly sent" (Jeremiah 28:9). Thus,
brought about by history's most them enslaved to alcohol and if I were to prophesy that America
drastic weather changes, earth- drugs and predicted the legali- will be destroyed by a nuclear
quakes, floods, and terrible zation of marijuana. There would attack, you would have to wait
calamities." Worldwide weather- also be an astronomical divorce until our nation was destroyed to
related disasters have increased rate. determine whether or not I was a
from an average of 300 per year in false prophet - and you might
the 1980s to almost 1 000 per year Wilkerson's fifth and last cate- have to wait several hundred
in 2010. gory of prophecies contained in years. But, if I were to say America
his vision was what he called will be destroyed by a nuclear
The third category of predictions "Persecution Madness." He attack before 1 January 2016, and
in Wilkerson's vision he labelled predicted the growing perse- that did not happen, then you
"A Flood of Filth." (Again, keep in cution of Christian believers: "I would know that I am a false
mind that he was writing in 1974). see an hour of persecution prophet.
He wrote: "We are facing a moral coming such as mankind has
landslide… Satan is going to open never before witnessed. This will Wilkerson did not give dates for
the floodgates of Hell and seek to be a persecution of true Jesus any of the prophecies in his
baptize the world in erotic filth, believers that will soon arise like a vision, except to say that all the
smut and sensuality." The evi- many-headed monster out of the predictions would not be fulfilled
dence of this is all around us and sea." in his lifetime. Therefore, it is
in our homes through the impossible to declare him to be a
invasion of TV filth. And the In the last ten years in our nation, "false prophet" at this point in
corruption of entertainment is Christianity and Christians have time. Some of the unfulfilled
exactly what Wilkerson predicted: become the object of ridicule, prophecies are very ominous.
"Movies and TV programmes will defamation, harassment and They include that the U.S. will
feature the exploitation of every outright persecution. Wilkerson experience the worst earthquake
sex theme, with an emphasis on even predicted that Christian in its history in a place least
blood, violence and occult prac- harassment would become offi- expected; the taxation of chur-
tices." Movies and TV program- cial government policy. "An ches, ministries and Christian
mes are doing this today. antichrist spirit will enter the schools will be instituted and TV
hearts of certain men in high will feature full nudity and X-rated
Further, Wilkerson warned that places in government and in the porno movies.
"there will be movies glamou- judicial system, causing these
rizing rape." He also predicted officials to engage in legal But for me, the most ominous
that "thousands of news-stands manoeuvres designed to harass statement in his book was this
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