Joel Kontinen

Riots and Looting in Major U.S. Cities? Famed NYC Pastor Predicts Impending Disaster



Posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009

by Joel Kontinen
http://joelkontinen.blogspot.com/

Reverend David Wilkerson recently posted a message warning of an imminent calamity that would be felt in major US cities and elsewhere. The NYC Times Square Church pastor did not give details of what might cause this to happen but urged his readers to be prepared for potential food shortages.

David Wilkerson is not an ordinary doom and gloom prophet. He has repeatedly pointed out that he is not a prophet but a pastor. However, for many years he has been predicting a major economic downturn. In 1973 Rev. Wilkerson wrote The Vision in which he predicted a number of things that many readers found hard to believe such as the opening of the Iron Curtain, the rise of homosexual activism, and the queer climate conditions many now associate with global warming. He has not always been accurate with all of his details but as a whole, his predictions have been fulfilled to a degree many would regard as amazing.

David Wilkerson did not post his warning in order to make headlines or for financial gain. He already is a household name throughout the world and his books sell extremely well. He rose to prominence in 1962 after he wrote the book The Cross and the Switchblade with John and Elizabeth Sherill. The book recounts his ministry to gang members and drug addicts in New York City. Translated into over 30 languages, over 50 million copies have been sold and it was made into a film with former pop star Pat Boone playing the part of David Wilkerson.

Recently, Rev. Wilkerson started writing a blog of daily devotions. Last week, he felt that the Holy Spirit urged him to warn of an impending disaster. " I do not know when these things will come to pass, but I know it is not far off", he writes. You can read his blog post at:

http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/urgent-message.html

Still skeptical? It might be good to remember that a few weeks before 9/11 Rev. Wilkerson also issued a warning.

Joel Kontinen is an author and translator currently living in Finland. His bacground includes an MA in translation studies and a BA in Bible and Theology. He mostly writes about origins issues.
 
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» left by Marijo Phelps
45 days 5 hours ago.
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When Mick andI first married we attended Brother Dave's church in his warehouse in Van, Texas before he moved back to NY - incredible man of God!
» left by Joel Kontinen 44 days 19 hours ago.
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Thanks Marijo. I've read several of his books. I do agree that he was a man of God.
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