You may have never heard of David Wilkerson. That wouldn't be surprising in that he is a Pentecostal nut job who has been trying to save teenagers for Jesus for many years and wrote a book a long time ago called "The Cross and the Switchblade" which had to do with his "ministry" to hoodlums running loose on the streets of New York City, but hasn't been in the real news much for a couple of eons, thank goodness.Maybe that's why he's parading around telling the world that the HOLY SPIRIT has talked directly to him and the future looks like shit! Well, he didn't say "shit," but that's what he means.
I learned about this amazing event at The Blog for Why Won't God Heal Amputees.com. It was picked up at Wilkerson's blog.
Wilkerson told his readers that he was "compelled by the Holy Spirit to send out an urgent message" - a prediction, if you will.
Yes! And here it is, directly from the HOLY SPIRIT herself! "An earth-shattering calamity is about to happen. It is going to be so frightening, we are all going to tremble -- even the godliest among us."
Wow! The HOLY SPIRIT herself said that!
Wilkerson was told about "fires raging through New York City." (Quick, tell the Fire Department so they can prepare!)
He goes on, directly from the HOLY SPIRIT to you: "It will engulf the whole megaplex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires -- such as we saw in Watts, Los Angeles, years ago. There will be riots and fires in cities worldwide. There will be looting -- including Times Square, New York City. What we are experience now is not a recession, not even a depression. We are under God's wrath. In Psalm 11 it is written, 'If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?'"
What can they do, indeed? My goodness. This is just incredible. The HOLY SPIRIT herself came down from heaven and spoke to David Wilkerson and gave him all this information that he should spread the word around. Isn't that wonderful? We can get prepared! We can all run down to the nearest holy gospel church of God and go "Whoop, Whoop," and garble in tongues and maybe the Lord hisself will spare us from this terrible devastation!
But, wait, as The Blog for Why notes, all of this begs the question: When? WHEN is this devastation going to happen? When? Please tell us when! Doesn't the HOLY SPIRIT who talks to David Wilkerson and no one else want us to know WHEN the shit is gonna hit the fan so we can make preparations and save people from the fires and riots and stuff?
Nope. The HOLY SPIRIT didn't tell David when. What? Yup. No date. No time. You're just gonna have to live with uncertainty!
Or, in Wilkerson's words: "I do not know when these things will come to pass, but I know it is not far off. I have unburdened my soul to you. Do with the message as you choose."
Ah, isn't that nice. He's unburdened his measly, grimy little soul, and the rest of us gotta worry about all this shit that's coming our way!
What kind of God would do something like that? Oh, that's right. The "god" of the Bible! Read all about it! He did all kinds of nasty stuff to his unsuspecting creatures because they didn't play nice with him! He's a jealous god, you know! So you better respect him, or he'll smite you with his mighty, swift sword. Yes, he will! 'Specially if you make graven images, or don't "observe" the Sabbath, or fail to make your sacrificial offering on his altar!
You just won't know when it's coming!
More seriously, the really sad thing about all of this is that a whole bunch of easily deluded sheep who think because someone says the Holy Spirit spoke to him, will believe this crap and will have many sleepless nights worrying about what's going to happen and when.
For that, Wilkerson proves he is an irresponsible moron with serious mental health issues.
There may well be troubled times ahead, but it's more likely to involve economic problems and global warming problems and religious wars such as Iraq and Afghanistan. The people of NYC might want to make some plans related to avoiding high water as scientists are currently quite alarmed at the rapid changes in climate which it appears will lead to rapidly rising seas by 2013!
Forget the rantings of the religious fruitcakes. Pay close attention, however, to what the scientists have to say! The scientists are the ones who have their finger on the pulse of the future; not Wilkerson and his ilk, and you won't find any answers in the Bible.
There's more here from a likely Wilkerson supporter.
And a little video to give you a flavor of Wilkerson's kookiness.
