For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Mark 13:22<\/i><\/p>\n
1512<\/b> Over One Thousand \u201cChrists\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
There have been over 1,100 religious leaders in different parts of the world in the last fifty years who have claimed to be Christ and the Savior of the world. Most of these false christs have risen in Africa, in India or in the Orient and have spread into the West. <\/p>\n
1513<\/b> Astronaut\u2019s Step Created False Christ<\/b><\/p>\n
A Christian leader in India informs me, \u201cWe have a man in India who claims that when the astronauts put their foot on the moon, the Lord Jesus Christ came into him and he became Christ. He advised his disciples that he is Christ and in him alone is safety. On hearing this, many people from Germany, Europe and the USA arrived over here and they are staying with him in huts somewhere at the tip of India in Tinnevelly District. Some of them have brought in thousands of gilders and gave it all to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Homer Duncan<\/p>\n
1514<\/b> A Kenyan Crucifies Self<\/b><\/p>\n
One afternoon in 1965, Daniel Waswa, a citizen of Kenya, struggled up a hill and was crucified by his wife at his own direction. As he hung on the cross, he told the gathered crowd, \u201cI am dying for the sins of all Kenyans.\u201d<\/p>\n
After nailing her husband to the cross, the woman collapsed on the ground and died, apparently from shock. <\/p>\n
Waswa\u2019s neighbors knew this was no spur-of-the-moment act. He had talked about it for a year and had told them he had been called by God for this purpose. <\/p>\n
They begged him to let them take him down. He refused all requests. Finally he was taken down still alive, but he soon died from the nail wounds which had become infected. <\/p>\n
Superstitious people now make pilgrimages to the spot where Daniel Waswa died and pray for him to forgive their sins. <\/p>\n
1515<\/b> Issuing Passports To Heaven<\/b><\/p>\n
A woman called \u201cAlice the Prophetess\u201d issued \u201cpassports to heaven\u201d to an estimated 100,000 Africans who joined her holy war of rebellion against the Rhodesian government. <\/p>\n
The forty-five-year-old woman claimed she died, went to heaven, met the big black god, and came back to earth to preach the truth. Then she whipped her followers into a frenzy by standing with her \u201cTwelve apostles\u201d atop ant hills, playing records of the World War II speeches of Winston Churchill. \u201cChurchill,\u201d she said, \u201cwas the voice of God.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before her capture by government forces, the fanatical prophetess led bloody attacks that caused the deaths of hundreds of Africans. <\/p>\n
1516<\/b> Lord Chesta In Jail<\/b><\/p>\n
When northern California police arrested Chesta Arthur Mills, Jr., on charges of malicious mischief, he warned them: \u201cI am to be addressed as Lord Chesta, for I am the second son of God and Lord over all churches.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prisoner also said he would destroy the Santa Rosa jail, where he was incarcerated, in an earthquake at 10:01 p. m. At 9:58 p. m. an earthquake, centered five miles north of the jail, rumbled through the area. <\/p>\n
\u201cLord Chesta, I\u2019m on your side, brother,\u201d one inmate shouted as howls swept the jail. Although the jail (and the inmates) shook, the building wasn\u2019t destroyed. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
1517<\/b> The Boy Guru<\/b><\/p>\n
In November of 1970, a twelve-year old boy made this pledge: \u201cI declare I will establish peace in this world.\u201d These were the words of Guru Maharaj Ji. In three short years he has formed a massive worldwide organization dedicated to removing war and suffering from the face of the earth. <\/p>\n
On November 8th, 9th, and 10th at the Astrodome in Houston, Guru Maharaj Ji set forth his program for world peace. This gathering in Houston was more than just a large festival. It was supposedly a world assemblage to save humanity\u2014the Dawn of the New Age. It was called Millennium \u201973. <\/p>\n
1518<\/b> Mysterious Box To Save World<\/b><\/p>\n
In an English village in 1792, an illiterate domestic servant named Joanna Southcott became mentally unbalanced and announced that she had become the bride of Christ and was to be the mother of the second Messiah. <\/p>\n
Shortly, Joanna was established in London where she became very popular and cultivated 100,000 ignorant and credulous followers called Southcottians, a small sect of which is still in existence. <\/p>\n
The woman made a fortune from the sale of her prophecies, incoherent and written in rhyme, and from the sale of certificates guaranteeing salvation to the purchasers. After long evading the question, Joanna finally prophesied the date\u2014October 19, 1814\u2014when she would give birth to the promised Holy Babe, but nothing happened and she died of a brain disease ten weeks later. <\/p>\n
She left to mankind a mysterious box with the request that it be left sealed until its contents were needed to solve the problems of a great world crisis. When opened in 1928, it was found to contain a dicebox, novel, puzzle, lottery ticket, a lady\u2019s nightcap and horse pistol. <\/p>\n
\u2014Freling Foster<\/p>\n
1519<\/b> \u201cGet Out Of America\u201d Fizzles<\/b><\/p>\n
January has come and gone but the United States has not. Therein lies the need for some tall explaining by Moses David Berg, secluded founder of the controversial Children of God sect. Berg had ordered all his followers out of America, predicting the country would experience the judgment of God before the end of the month. <\/p>\n
Leaders of the Children were quoted by newspapers in various countries as saying that Comet Kohoutek would explode and America with it. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
1520<\/b> Waiting For John Frum<\/b><\/p>\n
In a recent issue of National Geographic<\/i> magazine I read a fascinating article entitled, \u201cA Pacific Island Awaits Its Messiah.\u201d The Christ referred to is not the Lord Jesus, but a legendary figure called John Frum. The author, Dr. Kal Muller, points out that the islanders think this person will be either a \u201cbeneficent spirit,\u201d a \u201cgod come to earth,\u201d or \u201cking of America.\u201d The third description has its origin in the fact that U. S. troops occupied the area during World War II, and their presence was accompanied by many material benefits. The people therefore concluded that John Frum had finally arrived. <\/p>\n
Although they later experienced keen disappointment when the soldiers left, their hopes did not die. To this day they frequently march with bamboo \u201crifles\u201d slung over their shoulders and the letters USA painted on their bodies. They are still looking for their messiah who they think will usher in \u201cprosperous, work-free millennium of unlimited earthly goods.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Richard W. De Haan<\/p>\n
1521<\/b> \u201cLike Christ Ascending\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
David Bowie, described as \u201cthe hottest freak rock superstar,\u201d was in Toronto for a show. Here is part of the reporter\u2019s description of what went on:<\/p>\n
With his face bathed in green light and his clothes in purple, he climbed into a throne-like seat that rose up behind him. In his hand he held a white telephone which amplified his voice like a cannonshot over the crowd. <\/p>\n
And suddenly, still sitting there, the throne began to move\u2014out high above the audience. Carried by a massive boom, it dipped low\u2014and the arms reached up for him. But Bowie only sat there singing, his face impassive, his eyeballs white in the light. Then slowly he stretched out his arms as the boom carried him up and back, into blackness, like Christ ascending. <\/p>\n
The screams. The pulsing, pounding music. The wafting cloud of pot. The flashing, spinning lights. The crowd exploding. David felt right at home. It was perfect, precision-timed showmanship. <\/p>\n
1522<\/b> Proving Self By Words<\/b><\/p>\n
It is related of the famous artist, Paul Gustave Dore, that when he was traveling from one country to another in Europe he lost his passport, which was required to be shown by every traveler. He was anxious to cross the border that day, so he said to the police, \u201cI am sorry, but I have lost my passport; I hope you will let me pass without it; all that I can say is that I am the artist, Dore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh,\u201d was the reply, \u201cYou cannot deceive us. Many persons try to pass, claiming to be some distinguished character.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Dore entreated, and so an officer finally said: \u201cWell, we shall soon see whether you are Dore or not. Take this paper and pencil, and sketch that group of peasants standing there.\u201d It took but a few minutes for the great artist to make the picture, and in such masterly manner was it done that the officer was at once convinced. <\/p>\n
\u2014Commonwealth<\/i><\/p>\n
1523<\/b> Living In Luxury<\/b><\/p>\n
Guru Maharaj Ji, the teenage leader of the Divine Light sect lost another disciple. Mahatma Vijayanand, who contended that the leader was luxury-loving, walked out in the middle of a flurry of press releases. He said the leader possessed fifteen cars, besides motorcycles, motorboats, hotel rooms and had sumptuous meals while the hungry millions in India are starving. Sour grapes, suggests the press spokesman of the guru, who pointed out that Mahatma was upset at being appointed to work in a Divine Light grocery store. <\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Deceit ; False Cults ; Occultism ; Matt. 24:5, 24; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; I John 2:18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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