Roy Exum
Pat Robertson, who once graduated from McCallie School, is notably described as “an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister.”
The son of a Virginia Senator, Pat attended boarding school on Chattanooga’s Missionary Ridge during the World War II years (1940-1946) and today, at age 91, he claims Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine might all fit into Biblical ‘End Times’ prophecy.
On Monday, Pat made a special appearance on religious The 700 Club – which he founded – and opened by reading from the Bible.
The following is a loose transcript of what Pat chose from the Bible and shared with a national television audience in a rare appearance. He explained Ezekiel was a prophet who is believed to have written the “ Book of Ezekiel,” and the prophet’s belief was that one day all the nations will come together and rise up against Israel.
Pat Robertson believes this week’s Russian invasion might be a precursor to what would be Armageddon…
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EZEKIEL 38: 1-6: “Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, 'This is what the Lord God says: Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. So I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently dressed, a great contingent with shield and buckler, all of them wielding swords; Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with buckler and helmet; Gomer with all its troops; Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops– many peoples with you.'"
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Referring to a map showing the location of Ukraine, Robertson pointed to a "choke point" between Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece and why Russia might eventually be aiming to control that point.
He continued reading from Ezekiel 38.
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EZEKIEL 38: 18-22. "It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares Lord God, "That my fury will mount up in my anger. In my zeal and in my blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will certainly be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the crawling things that crawl on the earth, and all mankind who are on the face of the earth will shake at my presence; and the mountains will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains," declares the Lord God. "Every man's sword will be against his brother. With plague and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone."
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Robertson also showed a map explaining which biblical names correspond to the modern-day countries.
* -- Gomer = Ukraine
* -- Rosh = Russia
* -- Magog = Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
* -- Persia = Iran
* -- Togarmah and Tubal = Turkey and Syria
* -- Put = Libya
* -- Cush = North Sudan and Egypt
"North Sudan is so-called Cush," Robertson said. "All of those troops there are going to be coming against Israel in the latter days. And God says, 'I am going to take care of it.'"
"But is Putin insane?" Robertson asked ... "Well, yes and no. Because he is being driven to move against Israel because God says 'I'm going to put hooks in your jaws and I'm going to bring you down on them.' Now you get the picture."
Robertson said Putin and Turkish President Erdogan's troops will one day work together to make up a tremendous army in the latter days.
"And I think you can say, 'Well, Putin is out of his mind,' and yes, maybe so. But at the same time, he's being compelled by God," CBN's founder said. "He went into Ukraine, but that wasn't his goal. His goal was to move against Israel ultimately. And he will link up with Turkey across the little (land) bridge, and they will come together. And then, you look down into North Sudan, you've got a Muslim country down there, and there they all are. Persia, of course, is Iran."
"And there is the land that is set up in Ezekiel 38 and you see how Ukraine is key because you see the land bridge between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. And all of that area is going to be mobilized against Israel in the latter days. And God says, 'I am going to deal with it,'" Robertson said.
"So you can look at your map. You can read your newspapers. You can listen to your news. But know of a fact that God is bringing to pass what he prophesied years ago through his servant Ezekiel," he explained. "And you read it in the 38th passage of Ezekiel, one through six, it's all there. And God is getting ready to do something amazing and that will be fulfilled."
Robertson told The 700 Club viewers on Monday to "Read your Bible because it's coming to pass."
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