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Meet the Florida Pastor Who Says He’s Jesus
Orginally published on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at 1:52 AM
by Todd Rhoades
At first glance, the congregation gathered in a warehouse in Doral, Fla., seems like a typical Hispanic evangelical group. There's the 10-piece band, the singing and swaying, the whooping and hollering. But look a little more closely. There's not a cross in sight. The lectern is emblazoned with a near replica of the U.S. presidential seal, except that it reads in Spanish, government of god on earth. Off to the side stand three burly guys in dark suits with Secret Service-style earpieces. When a door by the stage opens, the guards leap into action. They surround the man with slicked-back hair who emerges and escort him to his seat. When the crowd spots him, it goes wild. People chant, "Lord! Lord! Lord!" It quickly becomes clear that they're referring to him. "It's Jesus Christ himself!" a preacher onstage announces. "Let's welcome Jesus Christ Man!"
In the rapturous eyes of his flock, Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is, in fact, the second coming of Christ. As the head of the Growing in Grace International Ministry, he presides over a sprawling organization that includes more than 300 congregations in two dozen countries, from Argentina to Australia. He counts more than 100,000 followers and claims to reach millions more through a 24-hour TV channel, a radio show and several Web sites. He is supported by the generosity of his devotees, who have launched some 450 businesses to pour cash into Growing in Grace’s coffers. Though de Jesus’ followers worship him, others denounce him as a charlatan. Everyone, however, agrees on one thing: his teachings are incendiary.
Read more here at MSNBC.com...
HT: Keith
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Post Your Comments:Ugh… They never stop coming. Strange little men who need their massive egos stroked.
by the way. Great blog Todd. I read it everyday
From the article link:
“Two years ago at Growing in Grace’s world convention in Venezuela, he declared himself Christ. And just last week, he called himself the Antichrist and revealed a “666” tattooed on his forearm. His explanation: that, as the second coming of Christ, he rejects the continued worship of Jesus of Nazareth.”
That kind of tells you everything.
Even though we are told that there will be false teachers, blasphemers, and the like during the last days, we are always surprised when someone has the audacity to defy Christ like this.
As BishopDave says of his actions last week, “That kind of tells you everything.”
SAWEET! According to the content reported by Bishop Dave, our next dialogue on MMI could be face to face in heaven… Glad he is the “The Antichrist"… it takes the worry off of me being him.
yuck
Wow!
How do Jim Jones, Chuck Manson, The Hail-bop comet cult and guys like Jose Luis do it? I guess it’s a lesson on how easy it is for Satan to deceive - like a walk in the parK!
Tony
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