The iconic American TV evangelist Pat Robertson, who predicts that then the asteroid will hit Earth Donald Trump was re-elected in 2020 – retired on Monday, according to the Russian president Vladimir Putin he was “forced by God” to invade Ukraine.
“I think you can say that Putin is crazy,” Robertson, 91, said during a special appearance on his old Christian Club Broadcasting Network’s “Club 700” show about the Russian president’s decision to invade the neighboring nation.
“And yes, maybe so,” the aging voice of conservative Christianity, which boasts appreciation. net value between $ 200 million and $ 1 billion, according to the Observer, he admitted.
– But at the same time he is forced by God.
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Television evangelist Pat Robertson, 91, retired on Monday to say Russian President Vladimir Putin is “forced by God” to invade Ukraine
Robertson, who called him leaving his 60-year career as head – and founder – of the Christian television giant in October, spoke to the camera as he told about 1 million daily viewers of the show that Ukraine was just a “venue” for an even greater battle at the End of Time, which will eventually take place in Israel.
“He went to Ukraine, but that was not his goal. His goal was ultimately to go against Israel, “the Christian commentator said, quoting the Book of Ezekiel as he prophesied that the nations that would eventually join Russia would rise up against the Middle Eastern nation in a biblical battle that would end. with Armageddon.
He urged his audience to “read your Bible” before the catastrophic event, because “it will come true.”
The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network made comments during a special event on The 700 Club Monday, saying that the Russian president is destined to lead to “The end of time, prophesied in the Bible.
Referring to a map of the world, Robertson pointed to a crucial “suffocation point” near the nearby nations of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece, and pointed out why Russia may want to control the area.
“And there is the land that was created in Ezekiel 38, and you see how key Ukraine is because you see the land bridge between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey,” Robertson said.
He added that Muslim nations, such as Turkey, would join Putin in the predicted conquest of Ukraine and Israel.
Robertson previously hosted The 700 Club, which has attracted 1 million viewers a day for more than fifty years.
“He will contact Turkey in a little while [land] bridge and they will come together, ‘said Robert, pointing to the map.
“And then, if you look down at North Sudan, you have a Muslim country down there, and here they are. Persia, of course, is Iran.
He then declared, “And this whole area will be mobilized against Israel in the last days,” adding that Armageddon’s subsequent “End of Time” event – which, of course, would lead to the destruction of the world – would be God’s way to I say, “I’ll handle this.”
The conservative television giant said in 2020 that an asteroid will hit Earth five years after the re-election of Donald Trump
Turkey has not supported or expressed plans to join the Russian invasion and has said it supports Ukraine.
The prediction of the elderly television operator is just the latest in a series of unfulfilled prophecies predicting the end of the world, many of which were made in old age.
In 1976, the CBN spokesman predicted that “there would be a verdict on the world” that would end in 1982.
In his 1990 book, The New Millennium, Robertson reiterated that the world would be destroyed on April 29, 2007, USA Today reported.
In 2006, he predicted that the Northwest Pacific would be devastated by a tsunami and that “mass killings” would be unleashed in America in 2007.
None of the events ever happened.
Robertson, pictured here in 1988, served as the voice of conservative Christianity during his six-decade career as a television giant.
Perhaps most famously, Robertson predicts that an asteroid will destroy Earth five years after President Donald Trump won his ill-fated re-election bid in 2020.
So far, this forecast also seems to have failed.
Months before retiring, aging Robertson faced a backlash about calling “critical racial theory” a “monstrous evil” during a June broadcast on The 700 Club.
The commentator has also been criticized in recent years for waging a religious war against the LGBTQ community, which has drawn him even more attention.
Finally, in October, Robertson announced during Friday’s broadcast of The 700 Club that he would retire as host of CBN’s flagship program, 60 years since he founded the company in 1961 in his native Virginia. .
Longtime 700 Club host Robertson announced in October that this would be his last appearance on the program
Robertson has long been a powerful figure in conservative Christianity and even ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988 (see above), trying to ban pornography and change the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.
Television evangelist and conservative political activist Pat Robertson posed in the auditorium for his 1985 TV show The Club, Robertson’s CBN began airing on October 1, 1961.
“Today’s show will be my last to host the 700 Club,” Robertson said at the time, promising to return from time to time if there is a “revelation” to share.
“Thank God for all who participated. And I want to thank all of you, “he said.
Since then, Robertson’s son Gordon has taken over as full-time host.
Robertson has long been a powerful figure in conservative Christianity and even ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988, seeking a Republican nomination in long-term experience against incumbent George W. Bush.
Robertson, in addition to this unique appearance, retired from broadcasting, already teaching exclusively to students at the University of Regent, which he founded in 1977.