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[[Image:StJohnsAshfield_StainedGlass_GoodShepherd_Portrait_cropped.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Jesus Christ]] - depicted with [[Halo (religious iconography)|cross-nimbus]] and lamb.]]
[[Image:StJohnsAshfield_StainedGlass_GoodShepherd_Portrait_cropped.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Jesus Christ]] - depicted with [[Halo (religious iconography)|cross-nimbus]] and lamb.]]
This is a list of '''notable''' people who have made statements claiming to be [[Jesus Christ]] or the [[Second Coming of Christ]] in some aspect.
This is a list of '''notable''' people who have made statements claiming to be [[Jesus Christ]] or the [[Second Coming of Christ]] from [[Heaven]] in some aspect.


==Claimants for being Jesus==
==Claimants for being Jesus==
{{See|Christian new religious movement}}
{{See|Christian new religious movement}}
This prophesy is found in the [[Canonical gospels]] and is part of most [[Christian eschatology]]. The anticipated event is predicted in Biblical [[Jesus and Messianic prophecy|Messianic prophecy]]. Views about the nature of Jesus' Second Coming vary among [[Christian denominations]].

===Ancient claimants===
===Ancient claimants===
* [[Simon Magus]] and [[Dositheos (Samaritan)|Dositheos the Samaritan]]<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Dositheans]: "[[Origen]] states that "Dositheus the Samaritan, after the time of Jesus, wished to persuade the Samaritans that he himself was the Messias prophesied by Moses" (Contra Celsum, VI, ii); and he classes him with [[John the Baptist]], [[Theudas|Theodas]], and [[Judas of Galilee]] as people whom the Jews mistakenly held to be the Christ (Hom. xxv in Lucam; Contra Celsum, I, lvii)."</ref>, mid first century
* [[Simon Magus]] and [[Dositheos (Samaritan)|Dositheos the Samaritan]]<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Dositheans]: "[[Origen]] states that "Dositheus the Samaritan, after the time of Jesus, wished to persuade the Samaritans that he himself was the Messias prophesied by Moses" (Contra Celsum, VI, ii); and he classes him with [[John the Baptist]], [[Theudas|Theodas]], and [[Judas of Galilee]] as people whom the Jews mistakenly held to be the Christ (Hom. xxv in Lucam; Contra Celsum, I, lvii)."</ref>, mid first century
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* [[John Nichols Thom]] (1799-1838), [[Cornwall|Cornishman]] tax rebel who claimed to be the [[reincarnation]] of Jesus Christ and his body temple of the [[Holy Ghost]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} in 1834. He was killed by British soldiers at the [[Battle of Bossenden Wood]], on May 31, 1838 in [[Kent]], England.
* [[John Nichols Thom]] (1799-1838), [[Cornwall|Cornishman]] tax rebel who claimed to be the [[reincarnation]] of Jesus Christ and his body temple of the [[Holy Ghost]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} in 1834. He was killed by British soldiers at the [[Battle of Bossenden Wood]], on May 31, 1838 in [[Kent]], England.
* [[Arnold Potter]] (1804–1872), Schismatic [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint]] leader; called himself "Potter Christ" in 1834.<ref>J. Lowerson, ed. Charlesworth, ''An Atlas of Rural protests in Britain, 1548-1900'' (1983), pp. 139-141: "The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act was designed specifically to cope with the severe problems of rural England and to prevent... a repetition of the 1830s incidents in the epicentres of Kent... There, complex soil patterns, small-scale farming and low investment rates combined with a rapid population surge to produce... dependence on permanent relief of 25% of population... groups of labourers (1835) ...besieged local magistrates in the workhouse... 37 labourers were imprisoned for... up to two years."</ref>
* [[Arnold Potter]] (1804–1872), Schismatic [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint]] leader; called himself "Potter Christ" in 1834.<ref>J. Lowerson, ed. Charlesworth, ''An Atlas of Rural protests in Britain, 1548-1900'' (1983), pp. 139-141: "The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act was designed specifically to cope with the severe problems of rural England and to prevent... a repetition of the 1830s incidents in the epicentres of Kent... There, complex soil patterns, small-scale farming and low investment rates combined with a rapid population surge to produce... dependence on permanent relief of 25% of population... groups of labourers (1835) ...besieged local magistrates in the workhouse... 37 labourers were imprisoned for... up to two years."</ref>
* [[Bahá'u'lláh]] (1817–1892), born [[Shiite]], adopted [[Bábism]] later in 1844,<ref name="Balyuzi35">{{Harvnb|Balyuzi|2000|pp=35–37}}</ref> he claimed to be the prophetic fulfilment and promised one of all major religions and founded the [[Bahá'í Faith]] in 1866<ref name="buck_eschatologic">{{Harvnb|Buck|2004|pp=143–178}}</ref>
* [[Bahá'u'lláh]] (1817–1892), born [[Shiite]], adopted [[Bábism]] later in 1844,<ref name="Balyuzi35">{{Harvnb|Balyuzi|2000|pp=35–37}}</ref> he claimed to be the prophetic fulfilment and promised one of all major religions and founded the [[Bahá'í Faith]] in 1866.<ref name="buck_eschatologic">{{Harvnb|Buck|2004|pp=143–178}}</ref> Followers of the [[Bahá'í Faith]] believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the 5th Buddha Maitreya and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the [[Báb]] in 1844 and then by [[Bahá'u'lláh]]. They commonly compare the fulfillment of Christian prophecies to Jesus' fulfillment of Jewish prophecies, where in both cases people were expecting the literal fulfillment of apocalyptic statements.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="bahai-library1"/>
[[Image:Bahaullah from miller.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[[Bahá'u'lláh]]]]


===Twentieth century===
===Twentieth century===
[[Image:01-jones-jim.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Jim Jones]]]]
[[Image:01-jones-jim.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Jim Jones]]]]
* [[Father Divine]] (George Baker) (1880–1965), an African American spiritual leader who founded the [[International Peace Mission movement]] from about 1907 until his death and claimed to be God.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Gordon Melton |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166561/Father-Divine |title=Father Divine (American religious leader) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |date=1965-09-10 |accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Father Divine]] (George Baker) (1880–1965), an African American spiritual leader who founded the [[International Peace Mission movement]] from about 1907 until his death and claimed to be God.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Gordon Melton |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166561/Father-Divine |title=Father Divine (American religious leader) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |date=1965-09-10 |accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref>
* [[Haile Selassie I]] (1892–1975), the [[Rastafari movement]] which emerged in [[Jamaica]] during the 1930s believes he is the [[Second Coming]] (although he himself did not encourage this belief). He embodied this when he became Emperor of [[Ethiopia]], perceived as confirmation of the return of the Messiah in the prophetic [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[New Testament]] but is also expected to return a second time to initiate the [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] day of judgment. Haile Selassie, also called Jah Ras Tafari, is often considered to be alive by members of the Rastafari movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/rast.html |title=Rastafari Movement |publisher=Religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu |date=2006-09-07 |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref>
* [[Juanita García Peraza]] (1897-1970), was the founder of the "Mita congregation" in 1940, the only [[Protestant]] [[religion]] of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] origin. They claimed that the "Spirit of Life" gave Peraza the new name of "Mita". According to the Mita faith, Mita was the incarnation of the [[Holy Ghost]] on [[earth]].<ref name="MITA">[http://www.congregacionmita.org/siguiente_e.htm]</ref>
* [[Juanita García Peraza]] (1897-1970), was the founder of the "Mita congregation" in 1940, the only [[Protestant]] [[religion]] of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] origin. They claimed that the "Spirit of Life" gave Peraza the new name of "Mita". According to the Mita faith, Mita was the incarnation of the [[Holy Ghost]] on [[earth]].<ref name="MITA">[http://www.congregacionmita.org/siguiente_e.htm]</ref>
* [[Charles Manson]] (1934-), leader of the "Manson family," who ordered his followers to kill in preparation for the end of the world in 1967, believing the murders of in 1969 were intended to precipitate a [[apocalyptic]] [[race war]]. He also claimed to be [[Satan]].
* [[Charles Manson]] (1934-), leader of the "Manson family," who ordered his followers to kill in preparation for the end of the world in 1967, believing the murders of in 1969 were intended to precipitate a [[apocalyptic]] [[race war]]. He also claimed to be [[Satan]].
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==Claimants for being Christ/Messiah, but not Jesus==
==Claimants for being Christ/Messiah, but not Jesus==
* [[Emanuel Swedenborg]] (1688–1772), founded the [[New Church]] on the belief that Jesus is making his second coming by revealing Himself in the spiritual meaning of the Bible. They believe that Swedenborg witnessed the Last Judgment commenced in the spiritual world along with the inauguration of the New Church in the beginning of the year 1757, and was fully accomplished at the end of that year. This Judgement on the Christian church, which took place in the spiritual world, marked the beginning of Christ's second coming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=lj&section=45 |title=''Last Judgment'' passage number 45 |publisher=Smallcanonsearch.com |date= |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref>
* [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] of [[Qadian]] (1835-1908), claimed to be the awaited [[Mahdi]] as well as the promised Messiah ([[Second Coming of Christ]]) being the only person in Islamic history who claimed to be both. He claimed to be Jesus in the metaphorical sense; in character. He founded the [[Ahmadiyya]] Movement within Islam in 1889 envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam, and claimed to be commissioned by God for the reformation of mankind.<ref>[http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in-india/preface.html Jesus in India, Preface]</ref> He declared that [[Jesus|Jesus of Nazareth]] survived crucifixion and died a natural death having migrated towards the east.<ref>http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in-india/index.html</ref>
* [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] of [[Qadian]] (1835-1908), claimed to be the awaited [[Mahdi]] as well as ([[Second Coming]]) and likeness of Jesus the [[promised Messiah]] at the end of time, being the only person in Islamic history who claimed to be both. He claimed to be Jesus in the metaphorical sense; in character. He founded the [[Ahmadiyya]] Movement within Islam in 1889 envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam, and claimed to be commissioned by God for the reformation of mankind.<ref>[http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in-india/preface.html Jesus in India, Preface]</ref> He declared that [[Jesus|Jesus of Nazareth]] survived crucifixion and died a natural death having migrated towards the east.<ref>http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in-india/index.html</ref>
* [[Sun Myung Moon]] (1920-), founder of the [[Unification Church]], who considers himself the [[Second Coming of Christ]], but not Jesus himself in 1954.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission], [[Peter Maass]] ''[[New Yorker Magazine]]'', September 14, 1998. "Moon sees the essence of his own mission as completing the one given to Jesus--establishing a "true family" untouched by Satan while teaching all people to lead a God-centered life under his spiritual leadership."..."Although Moon often predicts in his sermons that a breakthrough is near, Moffitt realizes that Moon may not come to be seen as the messiah in his lifetime."</ref> Although it is generally believed by Unification Church members, that he is the [[Messiah]] and the [[Second Coming of Christ]] and is fulfilling [[Jesus]]' unfinished mission.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission]</ref>.
* [[Sun Myung Moon]] (1920-), founder of the [[Unification Church]], who considers himself the [[Second Coming of Christ]], but not Jesus himself in 1954.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission], [[Peter Maass]] ''[[New Yorker Magazine]]'', September 14, 1998. "Moon sees the essence of his own mission as completing the one given to Jesus--establishing a "true family" untouched by Satan while teaching all people to lead a God-centered life under his spiritual leadership."..."Although Moon often predicts in his sermons that a breakthrough is near, Moffitt realizes that Moon may not come to be seen as the messiah in his lifetime."</ref> Although it is generally believed by Unification Church members, that he is the [[Messiah]] and the [[Second Coming of Christ]] and is anointed to fulfill [[Jesus]]' unfinished mission.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission]</ref>.
[[Image:Sunmyungmoon.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Sun Myung Moon]]]]
[[Image:Sunmyungmoon.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Sun Myung Moon]]]]
* [[Jung Myung Seok]] (1945-), in the 1970s Jung was a member of the [[Unification Church]], before breaking off to found the dissenting group<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cnrs.fr/Cnrspresse/n400/html/en400foot03.htm| title=After the Moon sect: South Korea and indoctrination through the sacred game of football| publisher=[[CNRS]]| last=Luca| first=Nathalie| month=March | year=2002| accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref> now known as [[Providence (religion)|Providence Church]] in 1980.<ref name="guru">{{cite news|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2006-08-03|title=Guru said to have raped prospective brides before mass weddings}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2006-07-28|title=Concerns raised about cult led by fugitive}}</ref>He also considers himself the [[Second Coming of Christ]], but not Jesus himself in 1980.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/claims-sect-using-social-groups-to-recruit-members/2007/03/09/1173166991757.html| title=Claims sect using social groups to recruit members| publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| date=2001-03-10| accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref> He believes he has come to finish the incomplete message and mission of Jesus Christ, asserting that he is the Messiah and has the responsibility to save all mankind.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/117_2823.html| title=Suspect of Corrupt Cult Founder Arrested in China| publisher=[[The Korea Times]]| date=2007-05-13| accessdate=2008-02-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070913080827/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/117_2823.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-13}}</ref> He claims that the [[Christian]] doctrine of resurrection is false but that people can be saved through him.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/113_19368.html| title=Cult Leader Extradited to Korea| publisher=[[The Korea Times]]| date=2008-02-21| accessdate=2008-02-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080401134040/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/113_19368.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-01}}</ref>
* [[Jung Myung Seok]] (1945-), in the 1970s Jung was a member of the [[Unification Church]], before breaking off to found the dissenting group<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cnrs.fr/Cnrspresse/n400/html/en400foot03.htm| title=After the Moon sect: South Korea and indoctrination through the sacred game of football| publisher=[[CNRS]]| last=Luca| first=Nathalie| month=March | year=2002| accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref> now known as [[Providence (religion)|Providence Church]] in 1980.<ref name="guru">{{cite news|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2006-08-03|title=Guru said to have raped prospective brides before mass weddings}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2006-07-28|title=Concerns raised about cult led by fugitive}}</ref>He also considers himself the [[Second Coming of Christ]], but not Jesus himself in 1980.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/claims-sect-using-social-groups-to-recruit-members/2007/03/09/1173166991757.html| title=Claims sect using social groups to recruit members| publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| date=2001-03-10| accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref> He believes he has come to finish the incomplete message and mission of Jesus Christ, asserting that he is the Messiah and has the responsibility to save all mankind.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/117_2823.html| title=Suspect of Corrupt Cult Founder Arrested in China| publisher=[[The Korea Times]]| date=2007-05-13| accessdate=2008-02-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070913080827/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/117_2823.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-13}}</ref> He claims that the [[Christian]] doctrine of resurrection is false but that people can be saved through him.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/113_19368.html| title=Cult Leader Extradited to Korea| publisher=[[The Korea Times]]| date=2008-02-21| accessdate=2008-02-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080401134040/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/113_19368.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-01}}</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Messiah]]
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* [[Messiah complex]]
* [[Second Coming of Christ]]
* [[Second Coming of Christ]]
* [[List of avatar claimants]]
* [[List of avatar claimants]]
* [[List of Buddha claimants]]
* [[List of Buddha claimants]]
* [[Jewish messiah claimants]]
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* [[People claiming to be the Mahdi]]
* [[List of messiah claimants]]
* [[List of messiah claimants]]
* [[Unfulfilled religious prophecies]]
* [[List of people who have been considered deities]]
* [[List of people who have been considered deities]]
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* [[Messiah]]
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* [[Messiah complex]]
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* [[People claiming to be the Mahdi]]


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 00:22, 19 December 2010

Jesus Christ - depicted with cross-nimbus
and lamb.

This is a list of notable people who have made statements claiming to be

Second Coming of Christ from Heaven
in some aspect.

Claimants for being Jesus

Further information: Christian new religious movement

This prophesy is found in the

Christian denominations
.

Ancient claimants

Medieval claimants

  • Adalbert, a bishop who claimed miraculous powers circa 744. The Pope excommunicated him. [3]
  • Tanchelm of Antwerp (ca. 1110), who violently opposed the sacrament and the Eucharist.[4]

Eighteenth century

  • Ann Lee (1736–1784), a central figure to the Shakers[5] who thought she "embodied all the perfections of God" in female form in 1772.[6]

Nineteenth century

[[[Bahá'u'lláh]]

Twentieth century

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Jim Jones
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David Koresh
  • Branch Davidian
    religious sect, proclaimed that he was "the Son of God, the Lamb" in 1983.
  • Maria Devi Christos (1960-), founder of the Great White Brotherhood in 1990.[29]
  • Ecopolis Tiberkul in Southern Siberia in 1990.,[30][4]
  • David Icke (1952-), of Great Britain, has described himself as "the son of God", and a "channel for the Christ spirit" in 1991.[31]
  • Hale-Bopp.[32]
  • Matayoshi Jesus (1944-), In 1997 he established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he is the God and Christ.[6][33]

Twenty First century

  • Wayne Bent (1941-), End of the World Cult in 2000, also known as Michael Travesser of the Lord Our Righteousness Church, also known and the Strong City Cult. He claims; "I am the embodiment of God. I am divinity and humanity combined."[34] He was convicted on 15 December 2008 of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in 2008.[35]
  • Thomas Harrison Provenzano[7] (1949–2000), convicted murderer who possibly was mentally ill. Provenzano compared his execution with Jesus Christ's crucifixion.[36]
  • José Luis de Jesús Miranda (1941-), Organizer of Growing in Grace who claims that the resurrected Christ "integrated himself within me" in 2007.[37]

Claimants for being siblings of Jesus

  • Hong Xiuquan (1814–1864), Self-proclaimed "little brother" of Jesus Christ. He formed an army that fought in the Taiping Rebellion, which ultimately caused the deaths of over 25 million people in 1851.

Claimants for being Christ/Messiah, but not Jesus

  • Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), founded the New Church on the belief that Jesus is making his second coming by revealing Himself in the spiritual meaning of the Bible. They believe that Swedenborg witnessed the Last Judgment commenced in the spiritual world along with the inauguration of the New Church in the beginning of the year 1757, and was fully accomplished at the end of that year. This Judgement on the Christian church, which took place in the spiritual world, marked the beginning of Christ's second coming.[38]
  • promised Messiah at the end of time, being the only person in Islamic history who claimed to be both. He claimed to be Jesus in the metaphorical sense; in character. He founded the Ahmadiyya Movement within Islam in 1889 envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam, and claimed to be commissioned by God for the reformation of mankind.[39] He declared that Jesus of Nazareth survived crucifixion and died a natural death having migrated towards the east.[40]
  • Second Coming of Christ and is anointed to fulfill Jesus' unfinished mission.[41]
    .
Sun Myung Moon
  • Christian doctrine of resurrection is false but that people can be saved through him.[47]
  • Apollo Quiboloy (1950-), founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ religious group, who claims that Jesus Christ is the "Almighty Father," that Quiboloy is "His Appointed Son," and that salvation is now completed. Proclaims himself as the "Appointed Son of the God" not direct to the point as the "Begotten Son of the God" in 1985.[48]
  • David Shayler (1965-), former MI5 (British Security Service) officer and whistleblower who gained notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for his passing secret documents to the press. Who declared himself the Messiah On 7 July 2007 Shayler claming to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.[49]

People named "Jesus Christ"

  • GG Allin (1956 –1993), punk rocker, whose real name was Jesus Christ Allin and possessed a large cult following. He was given this messianic name because his father, Merle Colby Allin Sr., then 33 years old, told his wife, Arleta Gunther, then 20 years old, that Jesus Christ himself had visited him and told him that his newborn son would be a great and all powerful man in the vein of the Messiah.[50]

See also

Notes

  1. ISBN 0-19-512370-0.(meta-citation
    )
  2. ^ I, Jesus—Son of God—acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: 1. I am about to return to my Father's Kingdom. 1A. This "return" requires that I prepare to lay down my borrowed human body in order to take up, or reenter, my body (biological) belonging to the Kingdom of God (as I did appx. 2000 years ago when I laid down the body that was about 33 years old in order to reenter my body belonging to the Kingdom of Heaven). Marshall Applewhite (1995). UNDERCOVER JESUS SURFACES. alt.consciousness.mysticism. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
  3. ^ "After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God."Cgunson
  4. ^ Link to a BBC article on his statements and claims.
  5. ^ For the past three weeks the face of "the master", as her followers call her, has smiled out from laminated posters tied to traffic lights and road signs advertising the event and bearing the message: "See the living god". Mullins, Andrew (June 20, 1999). "Cult warning on travelling 'god'". The Independent (London).
  6. ^ Followers of Suma Ching Hai claim she is the living reincarnation of Buddha and Jesus Christ, and go so far as to drink her bathwater and buy up her used personal items, marketed as "Celestial Clothing." One disciple bought her sweat socks for $ 1,100 because "when the Master leaves the physical world, at least I will have her socks." Phillips, Andrew (January 13, 1997). "Cash and the campaign". Maclean Hunter Limited.
  7. ^ In an article from The Guardian he states: "It's all very complicated", he starts quietly. "But to keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ. That which was promised must come to pass. And it was promised in Israel 2,000 years ago that I would return, that I would come back to finish what was started. I am not God (My emphasis). And it is a mistake to see Jesus as God. But I am the living word of God the Father. Everything that God wants to say, he says through me".
  8. ^ "Killer Who Said He Was Jesus Is Executed". CBS News. June 21, 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

References

  1. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Dositheans: "Origen states that "Dositheus the Samaritan, after the time of Jesus, wished to persuade the Samaritans that he himself was the Messias prophesied by Moses" (Contra Celsum, VI, ii); and he classes him with John the Baptist, Theodas, and Judas of Galilee as people whom the Jews mistakenly held to be the Christ (Hom. xxv in Lucam; Contra Celsum, I, lvii)."
  2. ^ Pierre Labriolle, Le Crise du Montaniste (1911); Christine Trevett, Montanism: Gender, Authority and the New Prophecy, ISBN 0-521-41182-3, p. 2|7.
  3. ^ Shepard, 1:6-7
  4. ^ Beulertz, S. (ed. ) 1999: Tanchelm, in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, vol. 8, col. 455. Stuttgart-Weimar
  5. ISBN 9780316127677
  6. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/ann-lee Answers.com Mother Ann Lee (section Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Ann Lee)
  7. ^ J. Lowerson, ed. Charlesworth, An Atlas of Rural protests in Britain, 1548-1900 (1983), pp. 139-141: "The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act was designed specifically to cope with the severe problems of rural England and to prevent... a repetition of the 1830s incidents in the epicentres of Kent... There, complex soil patterns, small-scale farming and low investment rates combined with a rapid population surge to produce... dependence on permanent relief of 25% of population... groups of labourers (1835) ...besieged local magistrates in the workhouse... 37 labourers were imprisoned for... up to two years."
  8. ^ Balyuzi 2000, pp. 35–37
  9. ^ Buck 2004, pp. 143–178
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference autogenerated1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference bahai-library1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ John Gordon Melton (1965-09-10). "Father Divine (American religious leader) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  13. ^ "Rastafari Movement". Religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu. 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ISBN 2-7089-6855-6
    .
  16. ^ Tumminia, Diana G. When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 240 pp. ISBN: 9780195176759
  17. ^ Summary of INRI CRISTO’s life
  18. ^ Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People. Dutton, 1982. ISBN 0-525-24136-1. p. 476-524.
  19. ^ "Notes and Queries: Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth, the man who smashed Michelangelo's Pieta in 1972?". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2006-06-08.
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  22. ^ "He identified himself as the 'grand master of the celestial lodge, the architect of the universe'"Crimelibrary
  23. ^ Miami Herald(October 15, 2001). "the old message of self-esteem has been crowded out by one that elevates their leader to Grand Master of All, the God of the Universe, the Grand Potentate, the Everlasting Father and the persecuted Messiah."
  24. ^ Douglas Martin (May 9, 2007). "Yahweh ben Yahweh, Leader of Separatist Sect, Dies at 71". New York Times. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  25. ^ Judith Coney, Sahaja Yoga: Socializing Processes in a South Asian New Religious Movement (1999) p27 "She began her mission of salvation in earnest, establishing a reputation as a faith healer ... Then, on December 2nd 1979, in London, she unequivocally declared her divinity to her followers: '[Today] is the day I declare that I am the One who has to save the humanity. I declare, I am the one who is Adi Shakti, who is the Mother of all the mothers, who is the Primordial Mother, the Shakti, the purest desire of God, who has incarnated on this Earth to give meaning to itself...' Since then, she is most often understood by her followers to be the Devi, the Goddess of Indian mythology, returned to save the world."
  26. ^ ::Sahaja Yoga-Tamil:: Adi Sakthi By Thirumoolar
  27. ^ Guru Puja. 2 December 1979. Dollis Hill Ashram, London, UK "But today it is the day I declare I am the One who have to save the humanity. I declare I am the One who is Adi Shakti [Holy Spirit] - who is the Mother of all Mothers, who is the Primordial Mother, the Shakti [power] of the Desire of God - who has incarnated on this Earth to give meaning to itself, to this creation, to human beings, and I am sure that through My Love and Patience and My Powers I am going to achieve it. I was the One who was born again and again. But now I have come in My complete Form and with complete Powers."
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