2009 Prophecy

Transcript: Prophecy spoken by Pastor Chuck Balsamo

January 11, 2009 at Destiny Family Center, Stuarts Draft, VA

Warning: This is a very difficult message to swallow. Please read the entire prophecy and you will find new passion for your journey! God never gives a warning without giving hope. This prophecy really is a message of hope for a better tomorrow… for all who choose to build it.

The Season of Jeremiah: Prophesying Through a Captivity

World Forecast

I believe the earth is preparing for her final judgment. I believe sin is reaching a crest. Lawlessness is almost full blown.

I believe in 2009 we’re going to see more and more birth pains; signs that humanity is exhausting the patience of God. For the Spirit of God will not always strive with man, that’s what the bible says., you can go to Romans 1 and take a look at that. There is a point at which God will say, “Enough!” The entire world will be brought before His throne.

Terror will not be stopped before the return of the Lord; I believe God has said this to me. We will witness seasons of apparent peace, but the evil of terror is around forever. Future generations will always have the threat of terror. For a growing population of the earth is being possessed with end-time Satanic strategies.

I saw a vision of a gigantic banner flying with the word PEACE in bold capital letters. Political leaders and religious leaders will make bold claims about unifying the world this year. These are more and more signs that the end is near. Peace is going to become a huge topic, I saw. People are going to begin to realize that things are out of control. Worldwide they’re going to recognize that.

There is a cry for a savior. There is a cry for a messiah. Worldwide, universally, politically and religiously, the earth is beginning to yearn for a savior. All of these are setting us up for what the bible declares is the rise of the Antichrist . (I’m not trying to flip you guys out, I’m just giving you what God showed me).

National Forecast

America’s heading for the Judgment of God. I see weeks of national mourning just ahead. Yet in our pain we will refuse to turn to the Lord.

I see a very large sector of the American population hardening their hearts toward the Christian church. It’s happening in January and February and persecution is coming to the Christian church in America.

Any solutions presented by this new presidential administration will not be permanent solutions; for we are raging against the hand of God. Yes, we are determined and we will put up a good fight. God will allow us to exhaust every last surge of human effort on our way to epic devastation. If this nation does not return to God, we will collapse in the not too distant future.

I realize it’s inconceivable for any of us to imagine the collapse of so great a nation. We feel safe because of our east and west coast ocean buffers. But we have been drifting as we have been sleeping. Our enemies have been creeping closer and closer while we have deceived ourselves into think we are secure.

We are vulnerable. All of our vital organs are wide open. Unless the Lord helps us we will be struck with deadly blows, several deadly blows. War and economic oppression are only the initial signs of what is coming. Famine, pestilence, natural disaster, civil disaster, war within the physical borders of the continental U.S.

(I go back to a vision the lord gave me a couple of years ago when I was on my way to the Roanoke Airport. And I looked out my widow to my left. My father-in-law was driving. I was on my way to preach at some meetings. I was in the back left side, my wife was on the right, heading South on I-81. I looked out the window and I saw missiles blowing up in the direction of Norfolk. I thought, ‘Could it be God? Could missiles make it to American soil?’)

This is our pride. This is our arrogance: that we are so safe , that we stand secure. This is why we are so emboldened, so resistance against God these days. I wrote down what He said, “The majority voice (our majority voice) is saying we do not want Him (God) to rule over us in any way whatsoever.”

We are going to see millions of unbelievers, and many mainstream believers who once saw the value of prayer refuse to acknowledge the Lord in any way. As the ungodly once respected and even appreciated a praying church; this year, they will spit on our prayers.

Church Forecast

As I mentioned in the National segment of this prophecy, 2009 will mark the beginning of a sudden persecution of the church here in America. I see a spirit of rage entering into the hearts of the reprobate. They will inflict pain upon the Christian population. Death threats, arsons, tortures and killings against the men and women of God; I saw that very clearly.

Besides these more obvious physical threats will be the less obvious dangers. Many will seek to seduce the anointed ones (God’s leaders). There will be an infatuation in the hearts of wicked people to humiliate anointed leaders, and rip down their spiritual authority. I saw a perversion against religious leaders; a movement in our land to sleep with men and women of God. This will be a big year for lustfulness and perversion. I see a perverted surge especially upon children and upon the Church.

Keep yourselves pure; people of God. Live accountable to one another this year. Safeguard yourselves in radical ways from these deadly arrows.

Besides death and perversion, there will be an ever increasing spirit of tolerance and acceptance demanding God’s holy people to remove every last biblical standard. “2009 is only the beginning of these things”, I felt like God said. The Christian church must be ready to respond in love, just like Jesus and His disciples did. We must overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, according to Revelation 12. Not loving our own lives even unto death. We must love our persecutors and offer them mercy and salvation even right up to our very last breath.

When I was praying I saw religious leaders, good religious leaders being killed. I thought, my God, I know in years past John Hagee was shot at and I know different things have happened to different people, but I just see a violent uprising against the Christian church.

In all of this the church must become a force for intercession in this backslidden nation. See Luke 13: “Why cumbereth anymore the ground with this tree? Cut it down!” But the intercessors prayed and said “give us one more year and we will dung about it and we will work it and if it doesn’t produce fruit, then come back and destroy it. But give us one more year.”

You know whenever Jeremiah prophesied his warnings, certain leaders turned to God themselves, and lead intermittent revivals. There was Josiah who was a king right before, just years before the final destruction of Judah. He was a righteous king and had brought tremendous reform. We can have a revival in the next couple of years in America. We can see God move in our land again.

But there is a calling, there is a calling for the church to wake up this year and to be serious about following the teachings of Jesus Christ. God said, “I will spare this land for the sake of my righteous ones who have not soiled there garments with evil deeds”. (Revelation 3) “But first I will shine a bright light of judgment on the body of Christ. I will expose the hidden things. This will be a year for my people to come clean. This is a time to humble yourselves. Stop acting righteous without living in the fear of the Lord. If you don’t humble yourselves, I will soon humble you. So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God and He will lift you up.” That’s what the Bible says.

God says, “I will expose hypocrisy this year. Stop pretending. Stop judging others for the same things you do yourselves. Hurry up and show mercy before you reap the judgment you have sown. This is a year for church people to forgive and forget.” That was tough for me to swallow when I was writing it down. It was tough for me to swallow when I wrote that because the fear of God came over me, I have to live this stuff and this calls for me to take action. I wrote: “It is a time to let people off the hook. If you forgive others, I will forgive you. If you condemn others I will come down hard on you this year.” God said. “I’m going to shine a spotlight on the church. The whole world will see the good, bad, and ugly this year. This is a year of reform for the Christian church.”

My Prayer 

I want to pray right now: Father that you would begin to cause the church to rise up with hope. There is no greater hope that is found than the hope that is in the message that Jesus brings. Father this is our year to go out into the world and to give them Jesus full blast. Not holding anything back. It’s a year to live for you. It’s a year for boldness. It’s a year for courage. It’s a year for bold decisions and crazy actions. Father we call right now over this congregation that we would rise up with healing in our wings. That we would rise and shine. That we would rise and shine in a time when gross darkness covers the Earth. That Father You would be lighting us that You would be shinning on us. We need you Father.

Here is the perfect song for this message.

Jake Hamilton, The Anthem