![]() ![]() "If somebody tells us drink some Kool-Aid and we'll go to heaven, that's not true. Just by finding de Jesus, they say, they have achieved their purpose. He may wield influence over them, but his followers say don't expect them to go the way of people who believed in David Koresh and Jim Jones. In a show of the sway he holds over the group, 30 members of his congregation Tuesday went to a tattoo parlor to have 666 also permanently etched onto their skin. So far, de Jesus says that his flock hasn't been scared off by his claims of being the Antichrist. Antichrist means do not put your eyes on Jesus Christ of Nazareth. "Antichrist means don't put your eyes on Jesus because Jesus of Nazareth wasn't a Christian. ![]() "Antichrist is the best person in the world," he says. The Antichrist is not the devil, de Jesus tells his congregation he's the being who replaces Jesus on Earth. All are gifts from his devoted followers.Īnd what about the tattoo of 666 on his arm?Īlthough it's a number usually associated with Satan, not the son of God, de Jesus says that 666 and the Antichrist are, like him, misunderstood. He travels in armored Lexuses and BMWs, he says, for his safety. During an interview, he showed off a diamond-encrusted Rolex to a CNN crew and said he has three just like them. He says he has a church-paid salary of $136,000 but lives more lavishly than that. De Jesus flouts traditional vows of poverty. If Creciendo en Gracia is an atypical religious group, de Jesus also does not fit the mold of the average church leader. The church calls itself the "Government of God on Earth" and uses a seal similar to the United States. ![]() His followers, he says, literally can do no wrong in God's eyes.
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