I have been asked to begin to post excerpts from the book David Wilkerson wrote in 1973 regarding a vision the Lord gave him. I do not put David Wilkerson on a pedestal…he was just a man with faults and failures like all of us and like most of the characters in the Word of God (with the exception of our Lord). What the Lord showed him does not conflict with the Word at all and…a true test is: is it coming to pass as he said it would? My heart and prayer is that as you read, the Holy Spirit will stir your heart to draw near to Jesus and without any doubt…I know He will draw near to you. My plan is to post a few sections per week. Here is the first….. The Vision by David Wilkerson (copyright 1974) I have had but two visions in my lifetime. The first came to me in 1958, when a vision of God took me from a little town in Pennsylvania to New York City to work with teen gangs and drug addicts. That was not a false vision. Now, years later, its reality is shown by the youth centers spread all around the world. Gangs and addicts have not only been converted, but many are even preaching the gospel as ministers and missionaries. A second vision came to me this summer (1973). It is a vision of five tragic calamities coming upon the earth. I saw no blinding lights, I heard no audible voices, nor did I hear from an angel. While I was in prayer late one night, these visions of world calamities came over me with such impact that I could do nothing but kneel, transfixed, and take it all in. At first I did not want to believe what I saw and heard. The message of the vision was too frightening, too apocalyptic, too discomforting to my materialistic mind. I couldn’t shake it off. Deep in my heart I am convinced that this vision is from God, that it is true, and that it will come to pass. Yet this vision has caused me to do some very real heart-searching. I have been afraid that most people won’t believe it, or that I’ll be branded as some kind of fanatic. I shared this vision with some of my closest friends and associates and have been warned against publishing it. Who wants to listen to a message of economic confusion in a time of great affluence? Who wants to be told judgment is coming when so many can’t even cope with life as it is? Who will ever believe that the religious freedom we now enjoy will soon be threatened and that a Jesus revolution will turn into a Jesus revulsion movement? In spite of my fears and apprehensions, I can no longer shake off a conviction that this vision must be published. If I understand divine guidance at all, God has instructed me to speak out. I have tested the vision by the Word of God, and Scripture correlates its message. Parts of this vision will come to pass in the very near future. Some of the events are more distant. But I believe all the events mentioned will happen in this generation! I believe we are already in the time the Bible refers to as “the beginnings of sorrows.” This world faces tribulation of unbelievable proportions, and even now the Earth is reeling under the impact of the first sampling of God’s wrath. It seems that nearly everybody is wondering what is happening to nature, to moral standards, and to society. I believe that what is happening now is supernatural and is out of the reach of man’s control. Many who read this book will find it easy to forget its message during these “breathing spells” of good times. It’s hard to think of judgment when you are basking in the sun on a warm beach. Earthquakes, famines, floods, and other disasters seem so far away when you are racing across a lake in a high-powered speedboat. It’s difficult to imagine hard and tragic times when money is flowing, when freedoms are taken for granted, and when TV comedies make life appear to be so free and easy. Nevertheless, God warns of sudden disaster when all men are crying peace and safety. The flood of Noah’s age came when men were eating, drinking, marrying, divorcing, and living high. The multitudes who mocked the “unbelievable vision” of this prophet were suddenly faced with the fury of God’s wrath. Before you put aside this vision as the ramblings of a fanatic, hear this! Suppose it is true? What if I have really heard from God? This vision could be the actual warning from God through a human being to a lazy, slumbering world. Remember too, the Bible says: “in the last days your young men shall see visions…” Then, friend, it is time to get ready. It is past time to prepare. The hour is late and time is getting short. Read this book with an open heart; then get into the last chapter for the solution.
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