Pat Robertson, one of the most influential televangelists in America, has come out of retirement to claim that God is compelling Russian president Vladimir Putin to fulfill the ‘end times prophecy.’ Russian forces have continued to violently invade Ukraine with no end in sight.

The former televangelist said, “I think you can say, well, Putin’s out of his mind, and yes. But at the same time, he’s being compelled by God. He went into Ukraine, but that wasn’t his goal. His goal was to move against Israel, ultimately.”

The 91-year-old former host of The 700 Club returned to the show to discuss his thoughts on the crisis in Ukraine. He believes that Ukraine was merely a stage for one of the ‘great biblical armies’ that will march to Armageddon in Israel.

Pat Robertson came out of retirement to claim that Putin “is being compelled by God” to invade Ukraine in preparation for a massive End Times invasion of Israel. pic.twitter.com/Pmwybf57Ay

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Robertson has made many predictions in the past. This is the first where he has warned of the end of the world. None of Robertson’s past predictions ever came to pass, which included a doomsday ending in 1982, catastrophic events in 2007, Trump winning the re-election, which would lead to the end of days. The last prediction was a natural ending like an asteroid hitting earth and not a fulfilled prophecy.

Robertson is not the only person to predict the end of days. A poll conducted by Pew Research Center revealed that 22 percent of Americans believe that Jesus Christ will return by 2050. Some believe that we are living in the end times. A majority of these people would also point out several biblical signs like wars, famines, earthquakes and false prophets to support their claims.

Robertson cited passages from the prophet Ezekiel for his claims that point to what Russia is doing in Ukraine as being the precursor for the beginning of the prophecy.

“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.'” — Ezekiel 38:1-6

Robertson then pointed to a map calling the location between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece as a “choke point.” He went on to explain the corresponding biblical names for 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

In closing, Robertson urged viewers to read their Bibles because “it’s coming to pass.”