Jesus Christ Arrives in Costa Rica
Travelling on a commercial airliner, José Luis Miranda, a Puerto Rican who calls himself "Jesucristo Hombre" arrived from Miami yesterday afternoon at the Juan Santamaría (San José) international airport, to the arms of a handful of believers.

In the style of the television series "Miami Vice", he was wearing dark glasses, a baseball cap, a gold chain and a Rolex watch. The small crowd braved the afternoon rain to welcome the man who describes himself as a modern Jesus Christ.

Miranda will be at the Cine Magaly in San Pedro this weekend to preach his gospel.

Miranda affirms that he will never die as he is the "son of God", though he was surrounded by more bodyguards than the Costa Rican president, keeping his followers who praised his arrival in Costa Rica to close distance.

"The Catholics and Protestants have lied to us, they are not ready for my arrival, as I came like a thief in the night, as the Bible says. They are so far from the truth that they believe the world will end with my arrival... I am surprising nations because they don't know I am on Earth", said Miranda, who rejects being an impostor or fake, calling the Pope a liar, as was Peter the Apostle, who have been lying to the people for the last two thousand years.

One follower wore a t-shirt that said "ROME LIED".

Miranda had been hailed by the Ministerio Internacional Creciendo en Gracia as the real thing, and has been spreading his message on radio, television and of course, the internet. The group raises money through merchandise sales.

Miranda's own children have qualified his a fake and a fraud, who say their father lives off the money good people send for him to live aristocratically. However, Miranda said yesterday that his children have not accepted him.

Miranda came to Costa Rica accompanied by his wife, however, the woman did not have a visa to enter Costa Rica and was turned away. Miranda said he considered going back with her, but chose however to stay.

Miranda is said to manage a fund worth some us$100 million dollars from donations, who he says he does not touch, but rather is in the hands of his bishops. "Happiness does not come from money, only in the knowledge of how much God loves you", said Miranda who claims to have only us$4.000 in his cheque book, not counting the us$2.000 the Costa Rican bishop, Edgar Cancel, had just given him on his arrival.

Asked about is expensive tastes, like the Rolex watch, the man who calls himself the 'son of God' said it is only a watch and uses it much because it tells him the time.

Some quotes attributed to Miranda:

"Jesus Christ the man lives within me"

"The Pope is a false prophet"

"The cross is the symbol of the curse"

"Don't judges by appearances or what comes out of our mouth. Look at the work"

"There is no sin, it was taken out. My father, who lives in me, said so"