1969

PREDICTIONS

Several times near New Year Robertson has announced that God told him several truths or events that would happen in the following year. "I have a relatively good track record," he said. "Sometimes I miss."[59]

1982: DOOMSDAY

In late 1976, Robertson predicted that the end of the world was coming in November or October 1982. In a May 1980 broadcast of The 700 Club he stated, "I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world."[60]

2006: PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN TSUNAMI

In May 2006, Robertson declared that storms and possibly a tsunami would hit America's coastline sometime in 2006. Robertson supposedly received this revelation from God during an annual personal prayer retreat in January. The claim was repeated four times on The 700 Club.

On May 8, 2006, Robertson said, "If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms."

On May 17, 2006, he elaborated, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest." [61]

While this claim didn't garner the same level of controversy as some of his other statements, it was generally received with mild amusement by the Pacific Northwest media. The History Channel's initial airing of its new series, Mega Disasters: West Coast Tsunami, was broadcast the first week of May.

2007: TERROR ATTACK

On the January 2, 2007, broadcast of The 700 Club, Robertson said that God spoke to him and told him that "mass killings" were to come during 2007, due to a terrorist attack on the United States.

He added, "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."[62]

When a terrorist attack failed to happen in 2007, Robertson said, in January 2008,

"All I can think is that somehow the people of God prayed and God in his mercy spared us."[63]

2008: WORLDWIDE VIOLENCE AND AMERICAN RECESSION

On the January 2, 2008, episode of The 700 Club, Pat Robertson predicted that 2008 would be a year of worldwide violence. He also predicted that a recession would occur in the United States that would be followed by a stock market crash by 2010.[63]

2008: MIDEAST MELTDOWN

In October 2008 Robertson posted a press release on the Georgian Conflict speculating that the conflict is a Russian ploy to enter the Middle East, and that instability caused by a predicted pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran would result in Syria's and Iran's launching nuclear strikes on other targets.

He also said that if the United States were to oppose Russia's expansion, nuclear strikes on American soil are also pending.

«We will suffer grave economic damage, but will not engage in military action to stop the conflict. However, we may not be spared nuclear strikes against coastal cities. In conclusion, it is my opinion that we have between 75 and 120 days before the Middle East starts spinning out of control.» [64]