Man Who Says He's Jesus Says He's the Antichrist
Sorry, bub, that's job's already taken!
Posted on 02/14/2007 4:10:45 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(CBS4) DORAL -- If you thought it was shocking when we first introduced you to a local preacher who claims to be Jesus Christ, you’ll want to sit down for this.
More than 12 members of a Doral based church showed up at a South Beach tattoo parlor to get the numbers 666 tattooed on themselves, all as a show of faith to preacher Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, who is now sporting a 666 tattoo of his own.
"I am Jesus Christ man," he said in front of our cameras. “The second coming of Christ."
In September 2006, which was less than 6 months ago, the founder of the "Growing in Grace Ministry" was billing himself as the second coming of Christ. However, now Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda says he's the Antichrist.
At a recent church gathering at its headquarters in Doral, Miranda rolled up his sleeves and showed off the mark of the Antichrist. He had tattoos of three S's on one arm and the number 666 on the other, which is considered by many to be the devil’s number.
When we asked his daughter and follower, Joann de Jesus, if it was the sign of the devil, she said no.
"Jesus of Nazareth , when he died on the cross, he killed the devil," she said, all while getting her own '666' tattoo done.
But de Jesus, who preaches that the devil and sin do not exist, isn't necessarily declaring himself the devil. FIU religion professor Daniel Alvarez thinks he may be playing on an ambiguity of the word Antichrist, meaning taking the place of Christ. In other words, because he claims to be the second coming of Christ, he rejects the continued worship of the old Christ: Jesus of Nazareth.
Amid applause CBS4’s Ileana Varela attended one of his worship meetings. Our camera captured Miranda preaching the following:
"Anyone who doesn’t believe in me will be miserable."
Critics say this is yet another publicity ploy by the flamboyant preacher known to sport Rolex watches and drive fancy cars, paid for by generous donations from followers around the world. And we know at least one former member who feels the number 666 fits de Jesus to a “t”.
"He's the devil,” said former member Regina Albarracin.
Ileana Varela: But he says the devil doesn't exist.
“It’s him,” she answered.
Thousands of worldwide members of this church are expected to follow the trend of getting the tattoos.
Baptist ping
They walk among us....
You must be a Quinn & Rose fan. Me too.
I think he must have taken some serious drugs and then sat through a marathon of "Omen" movies.
I am Spartacus!
This is too good. He already got the Rolex and the cars, etc. claiming to be Jesus, the donations must have been dropping so now he's the Devil.
I just saw the thread from the other day but really enjoyed it.
They walk among us
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1783546/posts
Jesus speaking here.
If God disapproved of it then, I would think He still disapproves of it.
In Revelation, the Antichrist causes all to receive a mark on their hands of foreheads in order to buy or sell.
Rev 13:16 & 17 16. And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.Rev 14:9 - 11 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
God says that if you receive this mark, you're eternally condemned. Not to say that any tatoo will do that but it appears that even at the end, God does not look favorably on it.
In other, better news, this blasphemy and false prophecy is NOT the unpardonable sin. These lost souls can still repent, so long as the Holy Spirit strives with them. Psalm 2
It's not the tattoo or mark itself that condemns. It's that those who receive it (WILLINGLY) are committed to spurn the Word, which is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
"Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong."
I've heard marijuana called "Grass" but not "Grace". It must be the street name for the really potent stuff laced with PCP.
I never thought of referring to a drug ring as a ministry.
Another Fruitcake Ping
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Pretty sure he's a Dhimmicrat, along with this guy:
'Impaler' sinks his teeth into governor's race (Vampire running for office)
Star Tribune | January 12, 2005 | Dane Smith
Posted on 01/12/2006 10:05:01 AM EST by NYer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556688/posts
Jonathon Sharkey on Coast-to-coast tonight (1:30am EST)
Coast-toCoast | 01/14/06 | Perdogg
Posted on 01/14/2006 8:17:16 PM EST by Perdogg
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1558259/posts
"Her Heinous, The Bride of Satan"
And I'm the Easter Bunny!
Anyone against Christ is "anti Christ".
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