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False Messiahs

Those Who Claimed to be the Jewish Messiah

Judas of Galilee(?), son of Hezekiah/Ezekias, member of the Zealots faction who led a bloody revolt against a Roman census in AD 6.

Simon (ca. 4 BC), a former slave of Herod the Great who rebelled.

Athronges (ca. 3 BC)

Theudas (? - 46), who attempted a short-lived revolt against the Romans before being slain.

"Egyptian Prophet", c.55, (an allusion to Moses), with 30,000 unarmed Jews doing The Exodus reenactment massacred by Procurator Antonius Felix

Menahem ben Judah (?), allegedly son of Judas of Galilee, partook in a revolt against Agrippa II before being slain by a rival Zealot leader.

Simon bar Kokhba (?- ca. 135), founded a short-lived Jewish state before being defeated in the Second Jewish-Roman War

Moses of Crete (?), who in about 440-470, convinced the Jews of Crete to attempt to walk into the sea to return to Israel; he disappeared after that disaster.

Ishak ben Ya'kub Obadiah Abu Isa al-Isfahani (684-705), who led a revolt in Persia against the Umayyad Caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.

Yudghan (?), a disciple of Abu 'Isa who continued the faith after Isa was slain.

Serene (?), who around 720 claimed to be the Messiah and advocated expulsion of Muslims and relaxing various rabbinic laws before being arrested; he then recanted.

David Alroy (?), born in Kurdistan, who around 1160 agitated against the caliph before being assassinated.

Nissim ben Abraham (?), active around 1295.

Moses Botarel of Cisneros (?), active around 1413; claimed to be a sorcerer able to combine the names of God.

Asher Lemmlein (?), a German near Venice who proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Messiah in 1502.

David Reubeni (1490-1541?) and Solomon Molcho (1500-1532), adventurers who travelled in Portugal, Italy, and Turkey; Molcho was eventually burned at the stake by the Pope.

A mostly unknown Czech Jew from around the 1650s.

Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676), an Ottoman Jew who claimed to be the Messiah, but then converted to Islam; still has followers today in the Donmeh.
- Barukhia Russo (Osman Baba), successor of Sabbatai Zevi.
- Jacob Querido (?-1690), claimed to be the new incarnation of Sabbatai; later converted to Islam and led the Donmeh.
- Miguel Cardoso (1630-1706), another successor of Sabbatai who claimed to be the "Messiah ben Ephraim."
- Mordecai Mokia (1650-1729), "the Rebuker," another person who proclaimed himself Messiah after Sabbatai's death.
- Lobele Prossnitz (?-1750), a proven fraud who nevertheless attained some following amongst former followers of Sabbatai, calling himself the "Messiah ben Joseph."

Jacob Joseph Frank (1726-1791), who claimed to be the reincarnation of King David and preached a synthesis of Christianity and Judaism.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), a Lubavitch rabbi who tried to "prepare the way" for the Messiah; some followers believe him to be the Messiah

Those Who Claimed to be the Second Coming of Messiah

Simon Magus, mid first century

Montanus, who claimed to be the promised Paraclete, mid second century

Adalbert, a bishop who claimed miraculous powers circa 744; he was excommunicated by the Pope.

Tanchelm of Antwerp (ca. 1110), who violently opposed the sacrament and the Eucharist.

Ann Lee (1736-1784), a central figure to the Shakers who thought she "embodied all the perfections of God" in female form.

John Nichols Thom (1799-1838), a Cornish tax rebel.

Hong Xiuquan of China (1812-1864), claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus.

Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), born Shiite, he claimed to be the promised one of all religions, and founded the Baha i Faith.

Halie Selassie of Ethiopia (1892-1975), Messiah of the Rastafari movement. Never claimed himself to be messiah, but was proclaimed by Leonard Howell, amongst others.

Georges Emest Roux (1903-1981), the "Christ of Montfavet," founder of the Eglise Chretienne Universelle.

Sun Myung Moon (b. 1920), founder of the Unification Church. Claims he is the Second Coming of Christ^[4].

Yahweh ben Yahweh (1935-2007), born as Hulon Mitchell, Jr., a black nationalist and separatist who created the Nation of Yahweh and allegedly orchestrated the murder of dozens of persons.

Iesu Matayoshi (b. 1944), in 1997 he established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he is God and the Christ.

Jung Myung Seok (b. 1945), claims to be the Second Coming of Christ, founder of Providence Church, and fugitive wanted for rape among other crimes

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda (b. 1946), Puerto Rican preacher who has claimed to be "the Man Jesus Christ", who is indwelled with the same spirit that dwelled in Jesus. Founder of the Growing in grace" ministries.

Inri Cristo (b. 1948) of Curitiba, Brazil, a claimant to be the second Jesus.

David Icke (b. 1952), of Great Britain, has described himself as "the son of God," and a "channel for the Christ spirit."

David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howell) (1959-1993), leader of the Branch Davidians.

Maria Devi Christos (b. 1960), founder of the Great White Brotherhood.

Sergei Torop (b. 1961) who started to call himself "Vissarion," founder of the Church of the Last Testament and the spiritual community Ecopolis Tiberkul in Southern Siberia.

David Shayler (b. 1965) ("Righteous Chav") who declared himself the Messiah in 2007.

James L. Robison (b. 1972) claimed to be the Messiah throughout the year 2007

Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy (b. 1950) claims that Jesus replaced the Father, the Father replaced the Spirit, so Pastor Apollo now replaces Jesus. He is called "His Appointed Son" by thousands in the Philippines and now in other countries.

Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles led the "Heaven's Gate" New Age cult in which some male members underwent voluntary castration. The cult's end coincided with the appearance of the Hale-Bopp Comet in 1997, when Applewhite convinced 39 followers to commit suicide so that their souls could take a ride on a spaceship which they thought was hiding behind the comet.

James Warren (Jim) Jones (1931-1978) In 1978 Jim Jones forced 913 of his followers to commit mass suicide at his enclave The Peoples Temple in Jonestown, northern Guyana.

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