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| Elya Ber Wachtfogel, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe of South Fallsburg, put on Shabbos clothing last week when he heard news of the movement of Russian warships. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for 70 years.” |
Pat Robertson: Putin is "being compelled by God" to invade Ukraine and fulfill biblical prophecy
"You read your Bible, because it's coming to pass," the former televangelist says
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine has blown up into a conflict of horrific atrocities against civilians, nations around the world have lined up to condemn it — even historically neutral countries such as Switzerland.
But former televangelist Pat Robertson, who came out of his retirement to weigh in on the situation, sees something even grander in the whole affair — according to him, Vladimir Putin is being willed by God to conduct the invasion, as a way of triggering the End Times.
"I think you can say, well, Putin's out of his mind, and yes, maybe so," said Robertson. "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."
"God is getting ready to do something amazing, and that will be fulfilled," said Robertson. "And what Putin is doing, by moving as he is, to set up Ukraine as a staging ground for one of the armies, and then across is Erdogan in Turkey, and you've got between them that little Dardanelles area. And it's going to happen. So I say, that is what's coming up. Is Putin crazy? Is he mad? Well, perhaps. But God says, I'm going to put hooks in your jaws and I'm going to draw you into this battle, whether you like it or not. And he's being compelled, after the move into the Ukraine, he's being compelled to move to get a land bridge, and then across the Dardanelles with Turkey, and watch what's going to happen next. You read your Bible, because it's coming to pass."
Contrary to Robertson's claim, Turkey — although often friendly with Russia — has not backed Russia's war and is firmly supporting Ukraine in the conflict. Additionally, as a NATO country, an attack on Turkey by Russia would compel a counterattack by the entire NATO alliance.
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I'm not going to argue that Robertson is sane but he happens to be correct al pi the possuk of lev melochim byad Hashem. The Gaon & R' Chaim Volozhiner have Torah on this. Putin can't make one move unless the idea was put in his head min Hashomayim.
ReplyDeleteIt's a difficult argument to make about rishus/evil. There would be no accountability for rishaim, "I could not help it it was min Hashomayim."
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to look far back....
I don't know if NATO would automatically run to defend Turkey. They might instead suggest Turkey use the Russian weapons it's been buying to defend itself.
ReplyDeleteAs for "God put it in His head", unless we are told specifically by a Navi or the Torah, then how can we say that? At its worst, that kind of thinking spawns the "The Holocaust was a punishment from God and Hitler, y"sh, was just His messenger."
Agreed Garnel ---
ReplyDelete"I could not help it it was min Hashomayim."
ReplyDeleteDach zich they have no argument altz megalgelin choyva al ydei chayav. Putin & the frierdik were already huge reshoyim before their bechira was taken away. There is also a mussag the Chasam Sofer gets into in Nach that it's possible to have mostly no bechira with a minority % of bechira, where they still willingly or enthusiastically participate in the persecutions.
"The Holocaust was a punishment"
There are gedolim who said as much & I don't recall anyone arguing on them. The Tosafos Yomtov said Tach Vetat came from bizayon beis haknesses utefilah. The nosei kelim on Shulchan Aruch state it was from openly calling Vilna the new Yerushalayim. While the ancient Litvaks had some sort of frum albeit misguided reason for saying so, the Maskilim later said the same of Berlin while moired beMalchus Shomayim.
I agree to totally disagree Brisker.
ReplyDeleteIf there are any mareh mekomos not like I quote, I would like to see them.
ReplyDeleteMareh mkomos from Achronim on this particular situation and or the the last 100 years of slaughtering do not apply. That is my opinion.
ReplyDeleteIt does say from before the Achronim that every tragedya until Moshiach has a chelek of puraniyus from the Chait Kadmon & the Eigel.
ReplyDeleteAnd Yaakov Avinu davened that Germany should not destroy Klal Yisroel.
And Bilam prophesized the Gulf War. This was sort of a flipside to the Holocaust. Think about it, Saddam yms acting completely irrational which caused many beneficial outcomes like the gantze velt being loichem for unzerra toyvos. If Saddam was even somewhat in control of his own mind, he would know that actions like harassing & kidnapping NATO ambassadors on top of plundering Kuwait & threatening Saudi Arabia, would blow up in his face.
These are difficult topics of "Ikrei Emunah". Not be be reconciled on a blog.
ReplyDeleteEin zach we can all agree on is that Margo's sycophant Tuvya Chaim Neuhoff is 2.0 of Saddam's propaganda minister "Baghdad Bob"!
ReplyDeleteFunny stuff!
ReplyDeleteTo all these folks who still have not understood the severity of the situation and that all of us are in the midst of WW3 fighting the brutal רשע מרושע dictator:
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Russian missile hits an elderly woman in Kharkiv and tears off her leg (she has later died):
https://twitter.com/yoshkinkrot/status/1498265581119811587
Civilians at the central square in Kharkov (one of the largest in Europe) being hit by Russian missiles this morning:
https://twitter.com/yoshkinkrot/status/1498551457888583682
Charred bodies of a family being killed this morning in Kiev by Russian missiles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZtE-9SKTg
Putin blew up Babi Yar today to take out a radio transmission tower there instead of sending commandos to just destroy the tower which is what any civilized leader would have done. The Nazis exterminated something like 35,000 Yidden there in 48 hours, dumping them in Babi Yar's ravine.
ReplyDeleteHe's also blowing kidergartens & using banned WMDs called hyperbaric. See the Times of London report quoting CIA files of how utterly destructive that technology is.
This from the same two face Putin who has been boasting that Russia was on the side of good for saving the Jews from the Nazis.
"The jury is still out" on whether Louis-Lazer Scheiner is all talk or will fundraise for bnei kollel way beyond ex-CEO Aaron Kotler.
ReplyDeletehttps://web.archive.org/web/20200817170126/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244516407.html
Well, Lazer's gelt derveil does not appear to be very kosher
https://vinnews.com/2022/02/28/chabad-son-and-father-from-dniepro-serving-in-ukrainian-army-waiting-for-russians-to-see-what-we-have/
ReplyDeletePutin sending the 40 mile convoy toward Kiev was calculated for today to make choizek fun Biden before the State of the Union.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/jerry-lewis-sexual-assault-harassment-investigation
ReplyDeleteYossel Levitch aka Jerry Lewis has been outed as a molester.
I figure UOJ will crack some jokes here at my expense so the oylam has gotta believe me when I say that that Yossel ripped off my telethon einfall, not the other way around! Would old rabbi Cunin tell you a lie?
The brother of "rabbi" Bleich who purports to lead Ukrainian Yidden is a front man for a lot of Scheiner's dirty work. And there is a lot more to it than what the above Miami Herald article reported!
ReplyDelete"Would old rabbi Cunin tell you a lie?"
ReplyDeleteThe Bleichs are cousins of Lubav molester Pinny Lew who 770 kicked out of shlichus after he tried to forcibly gain "carnal knowledge" of his Mexican cleaning lady in North Carolina. And he is the same Pinny Lew earlier working for Rubashkin who was moonlighting as an armed robber around Postville, Iowa, that left a store cashier paralyzed for life with a bullet in her spine. Chabad really pulled all their protekzia to keep Lew out of prison, but eventually grew tired of the systematic cover ups he required.
ReplyDeleteThis is all very interesting now that it's emerged that Yankel Bleich is a molester with a preference for mid-teen girls, and his brother who is Scheiner's bag man has a violent & criminal history