PAST PROPHETIC DECLARATION
The vision is to be plainly publicised so that "… he may run who reads it." It is therefore in this spirit that we present here some of the prophetic utterances that have been made through Pastor Tunde Bakare in recent history. It is imperative to mention here that the Prophetic dimension of Pastor Tunde Bakare's ministry at present somehow has a primary focus on the nation Nigeria.
At a time when he had nearly concluded arrangements to relocate out of the country, God intercepted the project. In an open vison, God told him: "Nigeria is your Primary place of assignment, Go back; PRAY, PREACH and PROPHESY until revival comes". The threshold of the prophetic presence in Nigeria's political terrain was in 1993. A number of other declarations have since followed. Some are already fulfilled while some others are still pending. Whatever the Lord says, "… though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
1993
Before Chief M.K.O Abiola contested for the presidential election in 1993, Pastor Bakare made prophetic pronouncements dissuading him from participating in the election. "Is there no old man in MKO's house to restrain him because once he begins, he will not come out alive?" Bakare declared. M.K.O. Abiola languished in prison for daring to declare himself the democratically elected President of Nigeria and died in questionable circumstances at the end of it.
In April 1993, while Nigerians eagerly awaited the emergence of a democratically elected president, Pastor Tunde Bakare came with the shocking prophecy that neither of the two existing political parties, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) nor the National Republican Convention (NRC) will attain political power. By the prompting of God, he declared, "SDP will fail, be cut off and swallowed up. The military will fall. Verdict '93: Our God reigns". Eleven days after the June 12 presidential election, General Ibrahim Babangida, then Military President, annulled the election.
In June that same year,Pastor Bakare shared a vision God showed him during a church service at the church. He saw, "two pieces of meat hanged by a tiny thread with labels on them. One piece was labeled SDP; the other was labeled NRC. Then a fat cat dressed in the camouflage uniform of the Nigerian Army came and swallowed up both of them. Then came an arrow from heaven and pierced the cat." He explained that IBB would step down but the cat that was coming would annihilate the political structures. Nobody would be able to remove the cat but an arrow from heaven would pierce him through.
When the exit of General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) from power was uncertain, Pastor Bakare prophesied that either on or before 27th August 1993, he (IBB) would make mistakes that would make him go. Eventually, IBB stepped aside and the Interim National Government chaired by Ernest Shonekan was installed. Dr. Bakare prophesied that the Interim National Government was the "Ishbosheth factor"; a mere stopover. While the press was busy singing the praise of Late General Sanni Abacha as a well-trained soldier through and through, one who was apolitical and not interested in ruling the nation, Pastor Bakare saw the events that were to come. He led the church to pray one theme: "Abacha; that which you want to do, do it quickly." Just as Ishbosheth was disgraced and his head cut off, so would the regime of Ernest Shonekan. Abacha eventually seized power from Shonekan through a palace coup in November 1993.
When General Sani Abacha took over the rein of governance in Nigeria, Dr. Bakare declared according to the revelation of God to him that the character of the new ruler is represented in Psalm 36. When his tenure in power is reviewed, the man clearly lived up to the character represented in those blessed pages
1995
The humiliation of the Sokoto caliphate in 1995 was also foretold by word of prophesy. In Pastor Bakare's words: "1995 is the year of the unprecedented humiliation of the Sokoto caliphate. Its influence in the sociopolitical setup of Nigeria will not only wane, it will die. This (the then) Sultan will not be there by the end of the year". Also, there would be a strong famine, pestilence, and desert encroachment in the northern part of Nigeria. Gen. Abacha being the instrument of fulfillment threw the Sultan into confinement.
On the destiny of Abacha's transition programme, Dr. Bakare had this to say: "In an open vision, I saw over thirty political heavyweights jostling for the presidency of the country. Even with their money, manipulators set in to tamper with election results, which brought in confusion into the whole process. Three ugly things will characterize the transition programme - betrayals, deception and intrigues while the gullible and the desperate will have their political career terribly shattered". The most disastrous of the entire programme according to Dr. Tunde Bakare was that, "the gullible and the desperate will have their political past and future sidetracked, and many of them will be kept permanently in the tunnel." The nation witnessed the fulfillment of these prophecies.
1997
On the alleged coup of December 1997, Dr. Bakare prophesied after death sentence had been passed on the alleged coupists by the trial tribunal and the nation was expecting their execution thus: "just before the killer will kill, he himself shall be killed - expect the night-before miracle"
At the 1997 Christian National Conference in Kampala, Uganda, Pastor Bakare prophesied that "instead of AIDS, God was bringing aid to the people of Uganda." Present in this gathering were some 18,000 Christians from all over East Africa including President Musoveni, Federal Ministers and other government functionaries. A month later, among other financial aids, United States of America wrote off debts of Uganda and gave her financial aid.
1998
Dr Bakare had shared with the congregation a vision early 1998 in which he saw General Abacha dying in the midst of two foreign women. In the same vision he saw the shoes of Bill Clinton, the United States of America President, replaced with tissue papers. The Monica Lewinsky saga became blown thereafter.
Afterwards, he declared ceaselessly that,"The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel, Abacha, your time is up". During the same period, at a Conference of Prophetic and Apostolic Churches (COPAC) in Kano, Pastor. Bakare prophesied that, "it was not the first time that the corpse of a head of state would be brought to Kano for burial and it would not be the last. And that the city of Kano should expect the corpse of another Head of State" Abacha died in the early hours of June 8, 1998. According to the prophecy - the cat was pierced through by the arrow from above- The end of a tyrannical rule.
Following General Abubakar's appointment as the Head of State after the death of General Abacha, Pastor. Bakare declared to the nation. Thus saith the Lord; "Abubakar is Saul". According to him, " if General Abubakar will yield to God and serve according to the will of God, he will become the midwife who will be instrument to the birth of David. Through him, a new nation will emerge. But if he has the fear of death and continues as he has said with programme of General Abacha, he will fall with his Armour bearers".
1999
March 7, 1999.
On March 7, 1999, the following the election of General Olusegun Obasanjo as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Pastor. Bakare raised the voice of the Spirit saying, "in a vision, I eavesdropped on the conversation going on in the Heaven. I saw Jesus on the throne called the seat of the Governor and the subject they were discussing was Nigeria. This was what came out of the lips of the Lord:
"Rejoice not oh land, or your joy will be temporary. For I am bringing the nation - Nigeria, the rulers, the priests and the prophets there to my threshing floor. I will judge Saul and his comrades, and after I have finished my purging, then I will restore to you permanent joy" Obasanjo is not your messiah. He is King Agag and the prophetic axe will fall upon his head before May 29.
And I asked. "Lord. How are you going to judge Saul and what has he done?"
God said, "I sent him on an assignment to overtake, to recover, to demolish but he didn't. He spared the fat calves, he spared the big sheep and he brought Agag back to Jerusalem. I will judge Saul and his comrades and after I have finished my purging, then your joy will be permanent"
Pastor Bakare warned that if General Obasanjo were eventually sworn in, either by omission or commission, three things would characterize his regime:
The family situation in Nigeria will collapse
Just like in the days of Ahab, there will be economic crimes perpetrated more than ever before
The occult movement will gain momentum that it will almost become impossible to stop it.
This came to pass during the first term of this regime. The level of blood letting under this regime remains unparalleled in Nigeria’s history, save the civil war years.
2001
Sunday service, June 3 2001, Dr. Bakare made a declaration from God: “Son of man, announce to those who will hear, declare my word to those who will listen, proclaim to all what I am about to do: Vacancy! Vacancy!! Vacancy!!!” says the Spirit of the Lord
“the sound of rejoicing and the sound of wailing in your nation will manifest at the same time. I will suddenly remove and take away the princes I have not chosen and the prophets I did not send. There shall be a vacuum for a moment and there shall be order in a little while, and I will bring princes to power and my prophet shall hear my word. I will no longer hide myself from your people. And the sound of rejoicing shall envelope the nation” says the Spirit of the Lord
2002
•January 1, 2002.
Dr. Bakare described 2002 as “the year of suddenlies, it will be both sporadic and bewildering; it is a year characterised by sudden happenings, master minded by the invisible hand of God. It will fall one upon the other that the hearts of men will fail them…”
He said further “from November 2001, the Lord said to me that Nigeria has shifted gear from the threshing floor to the valley of slaughter, which will be both political, economic and spiritual. He spoke directly into my heart and said within 100 days and 100 ways, I will do a thing that will break the power of hindrances and opposition in the lives of my people”
A series of calamities tore through the nation. The Attorney General of the Federation was brutally murdered in December 2001. Terrible explosions ripped though the munitions dump of the Ikeja military cantonment killing thousands. While the nation was still reeling from the blasts, another ethnic clash erupted in Lagos claiming numerous lives and property. Fear gripped the land. National Encomium, a soft sell weekly magazine did a recap of Pastor Bakare’s recent prophecies and arrived at its own interpretation that the 100th day (going by human calendar) was February 28 2002, the event would be the assumption of power by long expected “tender plant, the man from Adamawa”. There was commotion at the seat of power as a result of this. The principal actors made sure the National Encomium’s projected 28th February doomsday scenario did not meet them in Nigeria.
While this was going on, Dr. Bakare had declared to the church; “I saw one who has become a political demagogue pursuing the prophet of God wanting to kill him at all cost; I see in that vision that the prophet will hide here, the man will come with his troops, but all of a sudden, the one that was pursuing became pursued”.
February 28 came and passed and nothing of the sort happened. Pastor Bakare was away in Ghana when he called his lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi to inform him of his arrival back in Lagos and that he might be arrested on arrival. He was arrested upon arrival by the SSS, and released hours later after interrogation.
2003
January 1, 2003.
Dr Bakare described 2003 as “The year of unusual happenings…”
“Towards the end of the second quarter of the year 2002, I had a terrifying vision. In the vision, I was by a swimming pool alone and I was about to swim. The moment I jumped into the pool to begin to swim, the concrete slab of my swimming pool split into two and the water of the pool carry me towards the fence of my residence. The moment the water hit my residence, it split into two and it became a big river. I was not in charge of the river anymore. The river took me to a place where I saw unusual creatures. They were crabs but they had no shells; every part of them was like the flesh of fish. But what was unusual about these creatures is that everyone of them spoke in one accord with a human voice. They said to me,
"Welcome to the colony of witches."
I started wondering what I was doing there. Then they said to me,
"Do not disturb us because it is not yet our time"
But something in me could not wait. I took one of them with a fist, smashed it. I came round and I discovered I was in my room. God did not speak to me about the vision until December 2002. He began to explain the vision to me. The first split - is unusual happenings.
I announce the 'God factor' to you in the politics of Nigeria in the year 2003. The punch of Jehovah God Almighty will smash the citadel of witches. All those who gang up to ruin this nation, the punch of Jehovah will scatter them.
In my prayers the Lord said to me, unusual happenings, unusual openings and unusual miracles. The hearts of men will fail them this year because their hopes will be dashed; they thought they are in charge. Expect the 'God factor' this year. This is the year when the land will vomit those that think they have Nigeria in their pocket "Expect the 'God factor".
The year 2003 lived up to its billing as the year of unusual happenings worldwide. Among others, it was the year the US led a rag tag “coalition of willing” nations amidst worldwide condemnation on a unilateral invasion of Iraq over weapons of mass destruction (WMD), weapons that are yet to be unearth amidst intrigue and counter accusations. It was the year the US armed forces suffered more casualties after the cessation of hostilities than during the war itself.
In Nigeria the macabre political dance in Anambra state that started with the July 10 abduction of the executive governor of the state
2007
1. God is purging His firmament of �shooting stars.�
The first thing that God will do in 2007 that would shock His Church is that He would purge the firmament of �shooting stars.� Those who love to have the pre-eminence in the Church; those who have become tin gods, those who have taken over the temple from Lord of the temple, who have become lords of the temple; God says their time is over!
2. God said to me, �I am restoring the ministry of my saints. I am going to anoint ordinary people to do extraordinary exploits.� The grace of God is coming upon saints to do extraordinary things. You don�t have to leave your profession because the anointing of God is coming upon you to do the extraordinary things right there. No more spectator Christianity! The Lord told me that there will be more and more Grace, more and more People, more and more Power, and more and more Glory. There will be more people on God?s side like never before and more grace and power will be given to them to do great exploits for God (2 Cor. 4: 15; The MSG, NLT).
3. The Lord said in 2007, many will perish by prosperity. I have a fearful message for those who preach and embrace the message of prosperity without purpose in the church, who think that godliness is a means of gain. I saw a whirlwind rolling through the church of the living God, not only in Nigeria, but also in the nations of the earth. And God told me that it is hurricane prosperity. Those who have manipulated and told a lie over the years will be destroyed by this hurricane prosperity. Although year 2007 is a year of increase, do not compare it with the counterfeit prosperity that is being preached over the years through another spirit, typifying another gospel. Run from any prosperity that is not rooted in righteousness but in deception and sharp practices! There is hurricane prosperity. (Dan 8:15-25, Jer 17:11).
4. The Lord said, �I am releasing the anointing of Deborah upon the Police Force.� Concerning the state of insecurity in Nigeria, I see the rise of a �Super Cop.� This Super Cop was a woman of great influence and authority. She began to change the Police Force as she was speaking to men with authority. She began to give instructions to men in the Police Force, and they were taking command. To some, she gave honey. To others, she stung them to death and the spate of insecurity began to wane. When I asked the Lord what this meant He told me that He allowed the state of insecurity for a while, but because of what He wants to do, He will stop it. (Judges 5:5-7). This vision prompted me to go into an in-depth study of the life of Deborah. Then I gained understanding just as Daniel did. This is the interpretation of the vision: It is a strange leadership that advances poverty and oppresses the people that releases violence in the city and nations. In other words, it is the multiplication of poverty that breeds armed robbers. When men sit on what belongs to others, others will also take gun in order to take part of what they thought is theirs. Any constitution that will not bend will have to break. The Super Cop will sting the corrupt to death, but release honey to those who will do the work, because enlightenment has come. The veil is removed from the eyes of our people. Expect the tide of insecurity to begin to wane in our nation, as you see the emergence of this Super Cop.
5. �Mr. President, think not that you are going home with bitterness in May 2007,� says the Spirit of the Lord! Congratulations to those president elects and vice-president elects. Congratulations to men of good will that are doing their best to steer the ship of our nation in the midst of confusion and horse trading that is going on. But the Lord sent me to you, and as many as could take this message and give it to our President, that the grave he is digging is about to cave in and he will fall into it, because bitterness is much more devastating than betrayal. Vengeance has no foresight. whatever weapon you are using to hit somebody else, remember what is called boomerang! This is what I hear from the Spirit of God: �Bitterness is more devastating than betrayal. Betrayal is something others do to you; bitterness is something you do to yourself.� The hardest time to be gentle is when we know we are right but somebody else is wrong. It is when somebody else�s destiny lies in our hand that we know whether we are gentle, humble, or not. I don�t know whether the Vice-President betrayed the President in 2003, but what is going on is nothing but the manifestation of bitterness. But it will only destroy the one who harbours it. It does not matter how many good things we do, when we allow bitterness to come in, and we withhold forgiveness from those who hurt us; we are not free and they also are not free. This is what the Spirit of God said to me concerning those who are manipulation the power process in Nigeria: �What the wicked fears will hit him.� It is not your job to block another person�s chance. Let God be God and let man be man. What the wicked dreads will overtake him (Pro 10:24 NIV). MAY NIGERIA SURVIVE AND FULFILL HER GOD-GIVEN DESTINY. This is the word of God concerning Nigeria for the year 2007. Amen.
March 2007
1. The iniquity of the Amorites is complete. Therefore, the land will vomit the Amorites. God is wiping the Nation like a dish.
2. The rod of the Lord�s help shall begin to execute the oppressive Heads of countries, beginning from Nigeria and then to Africa and other parts of the world.
3. The lives of those who are after the life of Pastor Tunde Bakare shall be thrown out like a stone from a sling.
4. Tomorrow, before the sun is hot, Nigeria would have been delivered. By the time the sun is hot, you shall receive help.
17th of May, 2007: The Vision of Nigeria's Economy
Dr. Tunde Bakare described the vision he saw on Thursday, 17th of May, 2007. He then went further to give the interpretation:
�Today, shortly after praying, I went into a vision. This is the vision upon my head:
I found myself in a corporate setting among the big wigs in the corporate world. Nigeria�s business tycoons and barons of industry were present at this meeting. I sat on a table. And on this table was a foremost lawyer and industrial guru sitting beside me. Shortly after we exchanged pleasantries, he got up to move forward to greet other people. After taking a few steps to greet them, he suddenly suffered a debilitating stroke and collapsed headlong. Then a young man got up immediately to begin to shove him on the floor until he managed to push him into a couch. I got up from where I was, laid hands on him and prayed.
Now to backtrack a little, twenty years ago, 1987 to be precise, I saw the same man. I was taken into his home town in the Spirit. I entered the house in the Spirit. He was casually dressed, playing Christian music on a grand Piano. I said to myself, �So this man is a Christian!� Then I heard a voice in the Spirit that said, �No, he is not a Christian; he is just playing Christian songs!� Subsequently, I found out that he was deep in the occult--a member of the Amorc. Eventually, a time came that we had an opportunity to meet. I wanted to witness to him to share with him what I saw in the Spirit, but the Holy Spirit restrained me . He said it wasn�t yet time!
This man suffered a debilitating stroke. So, as I laid hand on him and prayed in the name of the Lord, he said amen but he was weeping bitterly. And he said to me: �This shameful and embarrassing situation had happened to me before. I suffered this at the airport before; this is the second time. I hope I will recover.� I prayed for him again, and the vision ended.
In my humanity I thought the end of this man has come. But I was taken into the second vision.
In this second vision, I saw one of the members of the OASIS of The Latter Rain Assembly. She wrote me a letter. In the letter, there were four points of the devastation and lack that her family, husband and children were going through. Then as I began to pray, I saw the third vision:
I found myself in the car park of my house. As I was driving in, someone had blocked the place I should park my car. It was dark because there was no light. Then I saw someone in the dark meddling with a car. So I took torchlight and beamed it on the person. It was my late uncle. I asked him if I could give him a helping hand. Then I sent for an electrician. The electrician came and fixed the light. And as I was about to pay him, I brought out twenty-three pound sterlings. But the man asked for twelve pounds remuneration. I gave him the twenty-three pounds, and I asked for the balance. Then, as I turned to my uncle to help him fix his flat tyre, he suddenly turned to IBB (General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd.)), the former military Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I looked at him sternly and asked him, �What are you doing here?� Then I came to myself.�
This is the interpretation:
Thus says the Lord, �The Nigerian Economy is about to suffer a debilitating stroke. That means the current economic bubble is about to burst. Consequently, the nation will be brought to her knees, and if care is not taken, the severity of the famine will pave way for discredited leaders to look like saints and take over again.�
The man that suffered a debilitating stroke in the first vision represents the best of Nigerian Economy. The economy is about to suffer stroke. It will impact the high, the low, and the mighty people, even within the church. It will be so devastating; nonetheless, God has a plan for His people.
The person I saw in the second vision typifies the severity of the famine in the land while the third one stands for the discredited leader that will want to take advantage of the famine to get into power.
The Lord told me the reason for the stroke that will hit the economy is a result of bloodshed in the land. There would be no formula that could fix it except we revisit the issue and intercede for mercy (2 Sam 21:1-22).
It doesn�t matter how severe the famine would be, God�s covenant people would be protected. There is a protection of God over everything that belongs to God�s people. Famine is one of the yardsticks that God uses to show the difference between His people and those who are not His. Because as severe as the famine was in Gerar in the days of Isaac, he sowed in that year and received a hundredfold (Gen 26:1-12).
Therefore, let us thank God for revealing these things to us. Let us pray for God�s mercy, that He may send succour to us from His sanctuary. May the giants of the land be slain once and for all, so that Nigeria can truly fulfill her destiny. May the wickedness of the wicked be upon him, for the Lord will not destroy the righteous with the wicked. Those who have made a covenant with God will be exempted from this famine. There is hope for Nigeria!
2011
A Dictator Is Coming – Pastor Bakare
(the following is an excerpt from a popular newspaper)
The running mate to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in this year’s election, said during his sermon at his Lagos-based church today that the dictator that is coming would be very ruthless.
He said the cleansing that the former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, carried out in his country would be a child’s play compared to what the coming Nigerian dictator would do.
Pastor Bakare said the coming dictator may not necessarily be a military man, adding that Nigerians should be prepared to face the consequences of failing to choose the right leaders.
According to him, when one refuses to learn from past blunders one’s future destiny is destroyed.
He said what is about to happen in the country cannot be prayed or wished away because prayers cannot change prophecy.
Bakare, who was preaching on the topic: ‘The Prophet As A Sign To The Nation’, said MKO Abiola, Kudirat Abiola, Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Ransome-Kuti and others who died in the course of the struggle to entrench democracy in the country did not die in vain.
He said just as his house got burnt and is now being rebuilt, that is how the coming dictator would cleanse the country to pave the way for a new Nigeria.
He assured that his prophecy would be fulfilled soon.
Last Sunday, he also spoke about the coming dictator, quoting Prof. Alexander Tyler who said “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves a largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority will always vote for the candidate promising the most from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policies and is always followed by a dictatorship.”
He said this happened in 1983 when former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s government was toppled by the military and the reign of dictators followed.
The fiery preacher expressed worry over the state of the economy and lambasted those belly-aching over the introduction of Islamic banking.
He said those doing so are just chasing shadows whereas what is urgently needed is to save the economy that is now in dire strait.
He those who are not comfortable with Islamic banking should go and start their own Christian banking, adding that investors are only interested in banks that will offer them low interest rate, not minding the names such banks are called.
references from: http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/default.aspx?a=1216&z=45
http://www.latterrainassembly.org/synopsis_content1.php?id=4&msgid=2103
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/07/17/a-dictator-is-coming-pastor-bakare/
