Jesus Christ The Man May
Face Deportation On His
Next Visit to Costa Rica
The next time Jesus
Christ the man comes to
Costa Rica he may face
deportation, according
to the Director de
Migración y Extranjería
- immigration service -
Mario Zamora.
José Luis de Jesús
Miranda, made his
appearance this weekend
in Costa Rica at the
Complejo Picacho, en
Paraíso de Cartago,
before a crowd of his
followers, made up
mainly of foreigners.
Costa Rica is the only
Central American country
that has allowed entry
to the controversial
preacher.
However, this may be his
last.
Zamora said that Miranda
entered the country as a
tourist, however, in
reality he was here
taking part in
activities different
than tourism, violating
his entry status.
Zamora added that the
next time Miranda comes
to Costa Rica on the
same basis, he may face
deportation.
Miranda is the founder
and leader of Creciendo
en Gracia (Growing In
Grace International
Ministry, Inc.) a
ministry that teaches
the doctrine of Grace
and is based in Miami(
Doral ), Florida.
Miranda's followers
believe that he is the
reincarnation of God on
Earth, Jesus, the
apostle Paul, an angel
and an archangel. He
refers to himself as the
Antichrist and exhibits
a "666" tattoo on his
forearm. He has also
previously referred to
himself as "Jesus Christ
in the flesh".
Miranda "preaches to
followers in some 35
nations, mostly in Latin
America, and has 287
radio programs and a
24-hour Spanish-language
TV network." Creciendo
en Gracia has been
described as a cult by
cult expert Rick Ross,
and others.
Much of the controversy
began to rise after
Miranda made comments
about the Roman Catholic
Church. According to
Miranda, the "Catholic
Church is evil" and he
has told his followers
to burn pictures of the
pope and protest outside
of churches.
Also, Miranda claims
"there is no sin." He
has stated that murder
and theft are only wrong
because "society
has made them wrong".
Miranda has been labeled
as a "con man" due to
his comments about
children in his
ministry. He claims the
youth in his church are
the "super raza" or
"super race" because
they have been brought
up "pure with no stain
of religion." He also
went on to say Miami was
the center of his faith
because "that is where
Hispanics are." "Miami
is the bridge for all
nations," said Miranda,
"That's where Hispanics
are, and then eventually
I'm going to find a lot
of beautiful
English-speaking people
who will want to believe
in me and I'm going to
have millions of them."
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