An Australian man is stirring up
waves in the country by claiming to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, and
has even said that he has vivid memories of the crucifixion.
“When you are one with God you
are not in a state of fear, and you have quite good control over your body’s
sensations and the level of pain that you absorb from your body,” said Alan
John Miller, a 50-year-old ex-software professional from Queensland, according
to Sky News.
The man not only claims to be the
reincarnation of Jesus Christ but says that his partner, Mary Luck, is the
reincarnation of Saint Mary Magdalene, who, according to the Bible, traveled
with Jesus as one of his followers and was the first person to see him after
his resurrection.
“I have very clear memories of
the crucifixion, but it wasn’t as harrowing for me as it was for others like
Mary who was present,” Miller explained.
The Australian said that his
memories of his supposed life as Jesus include performing miracles, such as
resurrecting people from the dead – “including a friend of mine Lazarus, who
most people know is mentioned in the Bible,” he said.
Miller has set up a website
called Divine Truth where he tries to convince people that he is
indeed the Jesus of the Bible.
“Just a little over 2,000 years
ago, we arrived on the earth for the first time. My name then was Yeshua ben
Yosef, or the Jesus of the Bible, the son of Joseph and Mary. Mary’s name then
was Mary of Magdala, the woman identified in the Bible as Mary Magdalene. Mary
was my wife then, and the first person I appeared to after I was crucified,” he
claims on the website, saying that he began “remembering” the details of his
life on earth as Jesus after going through a divorce in 1997.
Miller goes on to explain that
from the 1st until the 20th century, he has “led from the heavens” in a mission
to discover more spiritual truth, which was “fueled by my personal desire and
passion to become ever closer to God.”
The ex-software professional
conducts seminars intended to helping people develop a personal relationship with
God, and distributes DVDs and literature that seek to spread his message on a
global basis.
“There were lots of people in the
first century who didn’t believe I was the Messiah and were offended by what I
said – and in fact I died at the hands of some of them,” Miller told Sky News.
It is not clear how many
followers Miller currently has but some, such as the Rev. Dr. David
Millikan, a Uniting Church Theologian who has worked in the area of cult
investigation in the past 30 years, said that such a movement could have a very
negative social effect for its followers.
“The danger is you’ll be drawn
closer and closer into his web to a point that you lose access to your social
life, you spend all your money, you’ll have the curses of all your family
ringing in your ears and you may well lose your relationship,” Millikan
observed.
Miller has a Youtube channel where
he has answered more than 40 video questions about divine truth.
No comments:
Post a Comment