David
Wilkerson’s prophetic message, first given in September 7, 1992,
has been repeated since the September 11 tragedy
This
warning is not meant to scare you. It’s
meant only for you to take to the Lord and pray. This is what I believe God has shown me:
Thirty
days of chastisement will fall on New York City such as the world has never
seen. God is going to let down
the walls.
There
will be unimaginable violence and looting.
The violence will be so ferocious, it will shock the whole world.
Our streets will be lined, not just with the National Guard, but with
militia.
A
thousand fires will burn at the same time throughout the city. The Los Angeles fires were confined to a few sections of that
city, but New York will be ablaze in all its boroughs.
Fire trucks will not be able to handle it all.
Trains
and busses will be shut down. Billions
of dollars will be lost. Broadway
shows will stop completely. Businesses
will flee the city in an unstoppable hemorrhage.
Such things are expected in Third World countries, but not in a
civilized nation like the United States.
Yet,
in not too long a time afterwards, New York City will go completely bankrupt.
The Queen City will be cast into the dirt, becoming a city of poverty.
You
may ask, “When will all this happen?”
All I can say is, I believe I will be there when it happens.
Yet, when it does, God’s people are not to panic or fear.
Calls
and messages have flooded the David Wilkerson ministry office asking, “Was
the terrorist attack on September 11 the calamity you were prophesying back in
1992?”
No,
not at all. What I saw coming
will be much more severe. Indeed,
if America rejects God’s call to turn back to Him, we’ll face the same
judgments Israel faced. And they
will hit not only New York but also every region in the country.
Even the heartland won’t be spared.
The nation’s economy will collapse, and violence will erupt.
Fires will consume our cities, and tanks will rumble through the
streets.
Perhaps
you wonder, as I have, “Can any of this be avoided?” Yes, absolutely. I
believe we’ll be given a reprieve if our President proves to be a Josiah.
You may well remember Josiah as the king who sought the Lord with all
his heart.
We
all should pray that God would give our President the same spirit that Josiah
had, to tremble at his Word. The
Lord spoke the following to Josiah:
Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof . . . because they have forsaken me, and have (worshipped) other gods. . . But (say) to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the Lord . . . Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, and thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse . . . I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore . . . thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place (2 Kings 22:15-20).
God
told the king, in essence, “As long as you’re in power, trembling at my
Word and relying on me, you won’t see the judgments to come. They won’t happen during your reign.”
I
believe our window of opportunity to respond to God’s call is brief.
We all should pray that our nation repents and turns back to the Lord.
But our most intense prayers should be for our own hearts:
Lord let me tremble not at the disaster, but at your Word. I want to hear your voice in all of this. Cause me to turn wholly to you.