John Hagee spent most of yesterday’s “Hagee Hotline” explaining to his viewers how the current crisis in Ukraine is a precursor to the invasion of Israel as foretold by the Book of Ezekiel that will usher in the Last Days.

As Hagee explained, the Gog and Magog prophesied in Ezekiel 38 are Russia and its leader which, along with Iran, Germany, Turkey, Libya, and various Arab nations, will lead a ground invasion of Israel “in the Last Days.”

“That’s right now,” Hagee said. “What you are seeing happening on the television screen is the Russian bear coming back to life, wanting to be a global super power. It’s going to take all of the nations it can with them and there will be, at some point in the future, a land invasion lead by the Russians.”

But when that invasion takes place, God will destroy five out of every six invading soldiers by causing a massive earthquake as well as a deadly hail storm that will kill thousands of them, while even more will die when God confuses the various armies and causes them to kill one another with friendly fire.

In the end, Hagee assured his audience, “Israel is going to be victorious and defended by the hand of God”: