![]() ![]() He started to assemble a select number of followers which culminated in the forming of Ministerio Creciendo en Gracia (Spanish for Growing in Grace) in 1988. José Luis moved his then-wife Nydia and five children to South Florida, where he secured a 15-minute time slot from the radio station WVCG-AM to begin preaching. He with my person in 1973." It was not long before Miranda started preaching his own ideals and teachings. ![]() The impact on Miranda was significant as he later told ABC News: "The same spirit that was in Jesus of Nazareth, and the same spirit is in me. Miranda claims that in 1973, he had a vision in which he maintains that he was visited by a pair of angels. José Luis was promoted to minister after serving several years in the church. He stated that it was the "power of God what took me out of my drug addiction" and he soon joined a Baptist Church in his city. He claimed that during his youth, he served stints in prison for petty theft because of the poor conditions that he was living on, and that he was already addicted to heroin at age 14. José Luis de Jesús was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to parents Antonio de Jesús and Ana Luisa Miranda. Footage from one of his sermons as well as an interview with comedian Bill Maher are included in the 2008 documentary film Religulous. He was previously known as el Jesucristo Hombre (which translates, roughly, to "the Man Jesus-Christ") but shortly after his death, his followers granted him the title of Melchizedek because, as stated by his official site, he attained his new and final name which means king of justice and king of peace. He claimed to be both the returned phase of Jesus Christ and the Antichrist he was known for making statements that opposed the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church but that followed his interpretation of the Bible. José Luis de Jesús Miranda (Ap– November 17, 2013) was the leader of the Creciendo en Gracia cult, based in Miami, Florida. Eschatological preaching, founding religious sect
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