At long last, Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene have returned.
Or at least that's what one Australian couple wants you to think.
Cult watchers are keeping a close eye on the pair, actually
named Alan John Miller and Mary Suzanne Luck, who under the title "Divine
Truth" claim to be the second coming of the biblical figures.
"Just a little over 2000 years ago, we arrived on the
Earth for the first time," Miller says on his website. "Because of my
personal desire and passion for God, as I grew, I recognized not only that I
was the Messiah that was foretold by ancient prophets, but also that I was in a
process designed by God that all humans could follow, if they so desired."
Miller, 47, and Luck, 32, have drawn in between 30 and 40
disciples since moving to the Wilkesdale region of Queensland in 2007, the Courier Mail
reports.
"I don't want to be Jesus. Who wants to be Jesus?"
Miller told his followers. "But I love the divine truth."
"The moment someone becomes God or God's voice on
Earth, it gives them another level of authority to enforce submission to
them," Cult Awareness and Information Centre spokeswoman Helen Pomery told
the Courier.
Divine reincarnation or not, the holy couple has worked
wonders for local real estate. Miller and Luck's move to Wilkesdale reportedly
sparked an "unlikely property boom," as their followers aggressively
purchased much of the surrounding land.
In 2009, followers pooled together $400,000 to purchase
roughly one square mile of land, where they currently hold weekly meetings and
plan to build an international visitors center
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