Has Christ Returned as a Female? The Dangerous Cult Making This Claim with Hank Hanegraaff

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Has Christ returned as a female in China? Believe it or not, this is the shameless assertion of the Church of the Almighty God, also known as Eastern Lightning. Unfortunately, this is not a fringe group of fanatics, but a cult that is growing globally with millions of devotees and deep pockets. This edition of Hank Unplugged is dedicated to discussing the dangers of Eastern Lightning, what CRI is doing to combat the cults and how you can help make a difference.For further study: CRI Resource: The Eastern Lighting Cult: Christ Returns to Earth as a Female? https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-special-print-issue-48-02-03-the-eastern-lighting-cult-christ-returns-to-earth-as-a-female-hup1225/

As a preview of the extensive and new primary research done on this topic, please see Hank’s From the President column from this issue, “Christ Returns to Earth as a Female — An Exposé of the Eastern Lightning Cult “ https://www.equip.org/articles/christ-returns-to-earth-as-a-female-an-expose-of-the-eastern-lightning-cult/ and also one of the feature articles by Hank, “Contrasting Eastern Lightning Deception and Essential Christian D-O-C-T-R-I-N-E”.https://www.equip.org/articles/contrasting-eastern-lightning-deception-and-essential-christian-d-o-c-t-r-i-n-e/

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0:00.0	And welcome to another special edition of the Hank Unplug podcast,
0:27.2	a podcast committed to being interesting, informative, and inspirational.
0:34.7	On today's special edition of Hank Unplugged, I want to talk about a special edition of the Christian
0:44.0	Research Journal.
0:45.6	This special edition of the journal is devoted to the Eastern Lightning cult, a cult that holds to the notion that Jesus Christ
0:58.3	returned to earth in the form of a female. Now, as we talk about this female Christ and the cult that she has initiated,
1:17.5	I want you to imagine something with me.
1:22.4	Imagine this.
1:25.6	Imagine that Jesus Christ was actually reincarnated as a female on the Chinese mainland.
1:37.3	Imagine a new iteration of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, who self-designates as the truth, the way, and the life.
1:53.1	Imagine a woman by whom all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
2:06.9	authorities. Imagine Almighty God in the form of a female poised to kill all who are not in line with my will. Not my words, but the way she
2:25.0	puts it. Imagine further that this Chinese female Christ shamelessly asserts that the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior Jesus
2:39.6	Christ, spoken during his all of it discourse, that's Matthew 24, that these words apply
2:47.4	specifically and directly to her, that the lightning that comes out of the east and shines
2:55.0	even to the west in verse 27 of Matthew 24 points prophetically to her reincarnation and to the
3:06.1	reality that this eastern lightning, her mission and her ministry,
3:12.9	will radiate to the west and then will then to the rest of the world.
3:19.7	Imagine this woman and her devotees designating the people of China, children of the Great Red Dragon,
3:29.8	and that she, who declares herself to be Almighty God, will soon cause the whole of China,
3:38.4	the entire country, to be annihilated and laid to waste.
3:46.6	I want you to imagine one more atrocity.
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