Here are some quotes from Wilkerson’s book “The Vision” written in 1973:
A Crash is Coming
“The United States government is going to overreact to the confused economical developments.”
“I see a flurry of near-panic decision being made by various government agencies, but these hasty efforts to shore up the economy will backfire.”
“The President of the United States will make one, and possibly two, national radio and TV appearances to reassure the nation that all is well and that the best of economic times is just ahead.”
“WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE ARE LEAN YEARS AHEAD FULL OF MONETARY CONFUSION AND DESPAIR. THE WORLDS GREATEST ECONOMISTS WILL BE AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN THE CONFUSION, AND AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS OF FEAR WILL DEVELOP. A FALSE ECONOMIC BOOM WILL PRECEDE THE RECESSION, BUT IT WILL BE SHORTLIVED.”
“The auto industry is going to be hurt badly. Makers of recreational vehicles are going to get hit very hard. Appliance inventories will pile up, and sales will fall off drastically.”
“Almost every economic indicator will be gloomy. It will be spotty at first, but will eventually affect nearly all industry. The worlds greatest economists will be at a loss to explain it.”
“There is worldwide economic confusion just ahead. In my vision, this is the clearest thing I have seen. Many praying people now share this very same vision.”
“Not only is the American dollar headed for deep trouble, but so are all other world currencies. I see total economic confusion striking Europe first and then affecting Japan, the United States, Canada, and all other nations shortly thereafter.”
“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. Countries that now control huge amounts of Western currency are going to be in very deep trouble also. Arab countries will especially be hurt.”
“I believe we are going to witness the bankruptcies of some of this nation’s major and most popular corporations. I see tremendous difficulty arising for credit corporations. There are going to be many people unable to pay off their heavy obligations to major credit card companies, causing near-chaos.”
“Thousands of small businesses will also be forced into bankruptcies. Three, and possibly four, of the major religious denominations will be forced to operate with a skeleton organization due to a lack of funds. More than a few churches are going to have to pull back. All but a few of the radio and television ministries will have to be abandoned.”
“Tight money will trigger a wave of uncertainty and fear. Those who have money will hold it in reserve.”
More by David Wilkerson (written in 1973, same book):
“I see many of the last Christians who were once lovers of God becoming shipwrecked by their obsessive love for pleasure. Lovers of God find no pleasure in drugs, illegitimate sex, alcohol, tobacco or smut. The devil knows that. Most of these fleshly pleasures offend and repulse the Christian.”
“I see thousands of Christians sitting in theaters exposing themselves to degrading influences they once abhorred. They have not given themselves over to any particular sin but they have become very comfortable in their addiction to off-color movies, numerous parties, socials and wine-tasting. They really love God but they love their pleasures even more. They are not really sinners before God, just strangers to Him. They have become so busy swinging and trying to live a liberated Christian life that they have changed drastically without knowing what they have become.”
“Christians have become social gadabouts who can’t find one hour any more to talk to God in a secret closet of prayer.”