The Bible makes it clear that there is only one Christ (Messiah), who incarnated as the man Jesus and came to earth to pay the price we could not pay for our sins, and to take the place we so rightly deserved in death. The Bible is also clear that this same Christ will come again (a second time) to the earth. Knowing all things before they happened, Jesus spoke clearly that after He had left the earth through death, many false-Christ's would come "in His name, claiming to be Christ, and will deceive many" (Matt. 24:5; Mk. 13:6).
False Christ's are not a new phenomena. Many have, and many more will claim to be the Christ. Of course, we should not be persuaded by such claims or by the people who make them. It is becoming much clearer today that David [Jae-Hyung] Jang is one such false Christ.
As the Church in Toronto walks through the book of Galatians, we have already heard Paul's white-hot comments about "different gospels" (Gal. 1:6) and that anyone who speaks them should be "accursed" (Gal. 1:8, 9), no matter who they are!
Below is another article by Christianity Today that further reveals how the followers of David [Jae-Hyung] Jang are convinced that he is a "new Christ". The entire article is not posted here, due to it's length. But should you want to read the entire article, it is linked at the end of this shorter post. --- Ian Brinksman
By Ted Olsen & Ken Smith, Christianity Today, Sept. 12, 2012
Korean Pastor, David [Jae-Hyung] Jang's emissaries to Singapore speak for the first time on why they believed he was a new Christ, why they changed their minds, and how his organization operates.
Believed David Jang was a New Christ,
As the SE Asia representative for David Jang's organizations—pastor of his churches, proprietor of his businesses, and editor of his Christian news website—Edmond Chua believed that [David] Jang was a new Christ, a messianic figure establishing the kingdom of God on earth.
Just after midnight on September 6, 2005, Edmond Chua had completed a series of Bible studies, and his teacher, Susan Hu, was leading him through a crucial final lesson.
He recalled, "I think Susan asked me, 'So who is Pastor David?' And I probably said something like, 'He is the Second Coming Christ!' I fully believed it. The [Bible studies] just seemed to point that way. It was very logical and deep. For the first time I felt that I knew the love of God intimately, strange as that may sound, considering who Jang is."
"I...thought of him as God & prayed in his name”
Edmond Chua told Christianity Today, "I actually thought of him [David Jang] as God and prayed in his name instead of Jesus'. And whenever I typed something about him, I would use the upper case on pronouns."
He doesn't believe it anymore—nor does his teacher, Susan. The two married on David Jang's birthday, October 30, 2006—the 14th anniversary of the founding of Jang's movement—along with 69 other couples, Susan said....
As Christianity Today reported in August, several former members of Jang's organizations similarly described encouragements to believe that [David] Jang is the Second Coming Christ. But most spoke on condition of anonymity. Now, in exclusive in-depth interviews with Christianity Today, the Chuas (Edmond & Susan) are among the first to speak out on the record about their experience in Jang's group, the theology behind their belief that he was the Second Coming Christ, and why they left.
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