God's 2011 & 2012 Economic Direction for the USA.
Also see Pat's predictions for 2012:  God's 2012 Economic Direction for the USA.
Also:  No Nuclear Destruction by Fanatics.

Pat Robertson on The New Year - CBN TV - Video available on CBN.com.
Terry Meeuwsen interviews Pat about the year 2011 and what the Lord has spoken to him.
Pat Robertson and Terry Meeuwsen's 2011 new year predictions interview

- January 3, 2011.  A prophecy received by Pat Robertson, founder of The Christian Broadcasting Network.
- CBN.com, The 700 Club, 977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, VA 23463  (757) 226-7000
 

Terry Meeuwsen:  You go up to the mountain top before the first of the year and spend some time alone with the Lord, in prayer, and God gives you some insight into things.  Tell me what happens?

Pat Robertson:  Well, sometimes I've had things that have been so spot on, it's almost frightening.  Other times I put these things out tentatively to see if this is what the Lord has. I'm not some kind of a psychic, so I want everybody to understand that, but I ask God for direction and He very graciously gives it to me from time to time.

But, here are some of the highlights of what I felt that He told me over an extended period of time.  I'm gonna share more of this with our staff, but, here goes; and take it for what you feel ... this is what I'm writing and I'm saying, this is what the Lord said:

"Your country [the USA] is in grave peril.  The leaders have hearkened to the demands of interest groups and led your nation into bankruptcy.

"In two years will come a time of reckoning ... its not now, but its gonna be two years [2 years] from now.  [late 2012 or early 2013?]

Your creditors will demand payment and there will not be enough to satisfy their claims.
Your currency will shrink in value,
your bonds will lose value,
people on fixed incomes will suffer,
unemployment will escalate,
and there will be turmoil."

But He says:  "Warn them now about what is coming.

Tell them to get out of debt, and restrict purchases ... NOW."

Because, you know, if you own your house, and you have whatever you have, and there's no debt against it, you get to keep it, regardless of what happens.  But, if you have debt against it, you lose.

Everywhere, men will be seeking solutions to their problems.
Many will turn to Me.
Many will curse and revile Me.
There's going to be a division coming up, it already is, but it'll be worse.
It will not be a time of happiness:  [but of]
Bitter recriminations, revolutions, increasing turmoil.

Terry:  The ACLJ.

Pat:  The AC-, what'd I say?

Terry:  You said "ACLU."

Pat:  Woo!  No!

Terry:  [laughing] just needed to correct that.

Pat:  "The ACLJ", the American Center for Law and Justice, "will be needed as never before."

The word was:  In 2012 the man who is going to be elected president [of the USA], will preside over quote "an impoverished nation."  It's hard to believe that could happen, but it can [happen] quickly.

Terry:  Well, just as we just saw with that story on Governor McDonnell [turning around the finances of the state of Virginia from red to black since his election a year ago], you know, you can turn things around quickly, but things can fall just as quickly.

Pat:  Well, I don't think this is, in a sense, set in stone [stops reading the prophecy and takes off glasses].  I mean, you know, that's just what's gonna happen if we keep on doing what we're doing.

Terry:  Yeah.

Pat:  And we can change, and obviously its not, uh, but [without change] that's the way it is, and its going to be turmoil and confusion.

And, you know, the Lord said "wise men have offered solutions, and the solutions won't work."  And there's so many people who feel so proud of themselves, but they leave God out of the equation.

Terry:  Yeah.

Pat:  So that's the [pause], but unless we do something, we're, the country's bankrupt now is what the Lord is saying.  It's now.  If you look, you know, we have more debts than we have the ability to pay them.

Terry:  Exactly.

Pat:  So I think its time that we understand that, and we've got an example from Bob McDonnell here in Virginia that says, here's a way we can fix it.

Terry:  Yes.

Pat:  But, its gonna be serious, Terry.  I don't think people realize:

the rate of unemployment,
especially with people on fixed incomes, how they're gonna be hurt, they're gonna be suffering,
and there will be turmoil and bitter recriminations,
and of course around the world, as this strikes,
there'll be rioting, and looting, and all the stuff that goes along with economic problems.

Pat:  Absolutely.

Terry:  And spiritually, getting tuned in to the Lord.

Pat:  Getting tuned in to the Lord.

Remember the parable of the wise and the foolish virgins, the one had extra oil.  [ See Mat 25:1-13 ]

You know [laughs], for Christmas, Gordon got me a little tiny lamp about as big as what I'm showing right now [holds finger and thumb about two or three inches apart], and it was a lamp he filled with oil.  And that's what the foolish virgins, they all had the little lamp, but obviously, it runs out of oil.  So there was a little vial of oil that the smart ones had with them.

Pat:  To refill when it ran out.  And, so they were prepared.  And people who are not prepared, but you just know of a fact, there's gonna be economic hardship.

Terry:  Well, over and over again in the Word [the Bible], it says:  "Let him who has ears, hear."  [ See Mat 11:15, Mar 7:16, Luk 8:8 ]

Pat:  Yeah.

Terry:  And so its a time for us to, you know [gestures], be open to what God's trying to say.

Pat:  Well, it's a realistic message.  It's not a message of disaster.

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Oh, there's something else the Lord said, and I think this is very important.  I forgot this.

He said:  "I am not going to let men destroy the world with nuclear bombs."
And I think that is important.
We worry about North Korea, we worry about Iran, and so forth.
The Lord is NOT going to let that happen, so I think we can take that one off the table.
That's encouragement.

But He did say:  "I'm gonna bring some judgment on people, but they'll know its Me."
It won't be the result of some ...

Terry:  Some man's hand.

Pat:  ... some man's hand, some person who is a fanatic.
He's NOT going to allow men to destroy this world with nuclear weapons.
So that's ...

Terry:  That's an encouragement.

[ Notes:

This prophecy states that God is "not going to let men destroy the world with nuclear bombs."
The Bible makes it clear that the world / earth / mankind is not going to be destroyed by any means, other than as God, the creator of it all, reveals in the Bible.
 
Christ returns ("2nd coming") at Armageddon to begin His millennial (1,000 year) reign on this first Earth (see Rev 19:11-21).  Christ's "2nd coming", and the "end of the world" are two different events, separated by about 1,000 years (see references to these two events in Mat 24:3).  The phrase "end of the world" refers to the completion of all things, including the White Throne Judgment (see Rev 20:7-10, Rev 20:11-15).

The first Earth (our planet) is not destroyed (passed away), and replaced with a new Earth, until after the millennial (1,000 year) reign of Christ on this first Earth (see Rev 20:8-9, Rev 21:1).

If we are members of Jesus' "My congregation" (Body of Christ) (born again Christians, having Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior), we live with Christ in the new Jerusalem (see Rev 21:1),  "throughout all ages" (for an eternity), in a "world without end" (see Eph 3:21).

Background:  Several Japanese cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) were destroyed with nuclear (atomic) bombs near the end of WW2, plus there have been numerous nuclear bomb test explosions since then, and from time to time there have been situations that have brought some countries to the brink of nuclear war, as well as endless threats by fanatics.

This prophecy goes on to state that the Lord is NOT going to let nuclear destruction occur as "the result of some man's hand, some person who is a fanatic."  "That's an encouragement."

Finally, this prophecy may be inferring that in the future, God is not going to let men destroy any additional cities in the world with nuclear bombs, which certainly is, or would be, good news.

However, there are some prophecies that describe nuclear, or other, weapons of mass destruction being used on American cities.  See:  "nuclear or biological strike", "will bomb the [USA's] nuclear warehouses".  See USA's Fall for more. ]