People who argued that Jesus Christ is

Others call themselves Jesus Christ or Messiah, others claim to be the second coming of Christ, and some are presented as the incarnations of the divine.

Despite the differences in their messages or their religious perceptions, everyone shares a common characteristic: the belief that they fulfill a divine role.

This phenomenon, though rare, has been recorded in many countries and cultures, causing discussions, challenges and sequences of believers.

Potter « Christ »

Arnold Potter came into the world in 1804 in the New York County in Herkimer. There is no reference to a particular star, wise or manger associated with his birth.

He was baptized in the Mormon church and became a partner of the founder of faith, Joseph Smith.

While traveling to Australia to carry out a missionary work, Potter claimed that Jesus Christ entered his body during some kind of supernatural experience.

He then called himself « Potter Christ, Son of the Living God » and wrote a book that, he said, were dictated by angels.

He returned to the United States, gathered a small group of fans and settled in Iowa. In 1872, he told his followers that it was time to take over the sky.

Jumped out of a cliff, but gravity intervened. His disciples picked up his body and incinerated him.

Jesus from Australia

In March 1963, Maxine and Allan Miler in hiccups, South Australia, without knowing that they had given birth to a « deity », called their son Allan John Miller.

Allan John himself, Aj to his friends, claims that he was ignoring his divine capacity until about 2003. It was then that he recovered the memory that he had existed in the past. Back to the first century of the Christian era. In the Middle East. In the form of Jesus Christ.

In 2007, AJ met with Mairy Suzan Luck. Now this was a truly stunning coincidence, because it turned out to be the « reincarnation » of Maria Magdalene. Who was expecting this?

The two became a couple, just as AJs had been done, 2,000 years earlier.

AJ is a truly modern Messiah, who operates a website called Divine Truth, through which he preaches his lessons.

Is the Messiah of Texas arson?

David Koresh, born in Texas as Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of the religious sect of Branch Davidians of the « Seventh Day Adventists ».

Source: BBC

He claimed that he was the « lamb of God », as stated in the revelation, and that he was chosen to « open the seven sealed books » of the Bible.

Through his sermon, he gained fanatics and gathered weapons on his team’s farm in Waco, Texas.

In 1993, authorities tried to invade the band due to charges of illegal weapons and abuse.

The siege lasted 51 days and ended in a tragic way: a fire broke out (probably from the inside) and claimed the lives of 76 people, including Koresh.

His case remains one of the darkest chapters of American history around religious leaders and fanaticism.

Bessarion the Soviet

Sergei Torop was a traveler in the Soviet Union before experiencing, as he says, a « spiritual awakening » in the early 1990s.

Shortly after the fall of communism, he claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ and was named Vissarion.

Founding the Church of the Last Testament, he moved with his first faithful to Siberia, where he created a self -sufficient community with strict ecological, spiritual and moral rules.

He taught the avoidance of technology, strict vegetarianism and life in harmony with nature, while considering Christianity altered.

By 2020, his community numbered thousands of members.

That year, Russian authorities arrested him for « physical and psychological damage to the faithful », sparking reactions and questions about the limits of religious freedom and control.

José luis de jesús miranda

José Luis de Jesús Miranda, born in Puerto Rico, founded the religious movement « Creciendo en Gracia » (growing up in Grace), which gradually acquired tens of thousands of followers in America.

He initially claimed that he was the Apostle Paul incarnated, but later directly stated that he was Jesus Christ incarnated – and not only: he proclaimed himself and the antichrist, saying that the title is not negative, but symbolizes the transcendence of traditional Christianity.

He believed that the concept of sin was overcome and that his followers no longer needed forgiveness.

He had created an extensive media network, and was often displayed by number 666, which he considered « divine symbolism ».

He died in 2013, leaving behind a controversial spiritual heritage.

‘Jesus of South Africa’

Moses Hlongwane, known as « Jesus of South Africa », is a modern -day South African who since the early 2010s states publicly that he is Jesus Christ in His second.

He comes from the Emachibini area and has created a small community of believers who call him « Lord ».

It often wears white or golden robes, imitating Christian iconography, and teaches that he came to complete the divine plan.

In 2016 he married a public ceremony, stating that his wife is the « heavenly bride » given to him by God.