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John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), who had achieved fame and followers as Sir William Courtenay and adopted the claim of Messiah after a period in a mental institute. [31] Hong Xiuquan (1 January 1814- 1 June 1864), the leader of the Taiping Rebellion, who believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
The Messiah in Judaism means anointed one; it included Jewish priests, prophets and kings such as David and Cyrus the Great. [1] Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BCE) and the Jewish–Roman wars (66–135 CE), the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam HaBa ("world to come"), the Messianic Age.
In 1948 he stated that he was Christ, the new messiah and claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates. He died on 10 December 1958, after being suicide-bombed by two disgruntled former followers who accused Venta of mishandling cult funds and having been intimate with their wives.
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[33] [34] [35] He is controversial for being declared the Mahdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar by the MFI. [36] Shahi's supporters claim that his face became prominent on the Moon, Sun, nebula star and the Black Stone in Mecca. Shahi disappeared from public view in 2001. There have been claims that he died in that year or in 2003, but these are ...
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Rastas say that his imperial titles (i.e. King of Kings, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Root of David) were prophesied as belonging to the returned Messiah in Revelation 5:5. Their faith in his divinity first appeared in Jamaica , soon after his 1930 coronation in Addis Ababa . [ 57 ]
In Judaism, the messiah will be a future Jewish king from the line of David and redeemer of the Jewish people and humanity. [1] [6] In Christianity, Jesus is the messiah, [note 1] the savior, the redeemer, and God. [1] [3] In Islam, Jesus was a prophet and the messiah of the Jewish people who will return in the end times. [3]