The rise and fall of Apollo Quiboloy and other false messiahs: Choosing the God who has chosen you
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 20 September 2024
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Summary
Apollo Quiboloy, leader of the cult Kingdom of Jesus Christ, was arrested on charges of rape, sex trafficking, fraud, and smuggling. What makes his arrest particularly troubling, however, is the legacy he leaves behind as the leader of a cult in which he claimed to be the “Appointed Son of God.” The common thread running through most cults is the idea that the best way to relate to God is to go through those who claim to be closer to him than we are. And that impulse is hardly limited to the Philippines.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and welcome to the Friday, September 20th, 2024 edition of the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Ryan Dennison. |
| 0:13.7 | If you've never heard of Apollo Quibloi, you're not alone. |
| 0:17.0 | His name was unfamiliar to me as well before reading a recent article in Christianity |
| 0:22.5 | today that chronicled his legacy and arrest charges of rape, sex trafficking, fraud, and |
| 0:29.2 | smuggling. What makes his arrest particularly troubling, however, is the legacy he leaves behind |
| 0:35.1 | as the leader of a cult in which he claimed to be the, quote, |
| 0:38.9 | appointed son of God. Quibboloy started his movement called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, or the |
| 0:45.5 | K-O-J-C, in 1985. Prior to that, he was a pastor in the United Pentecostal Church International. |
| 0:53.2 | His departure was, perhaps, expedited by the fact that the United Pentecostal Church International. His departure was perhaps expedited by the |
| 0:56.3 | fact that the United Pentecostal Church International was already investigating him for false |
| 1:02.1 | teachings by the time he left. His church began with 15 followers, but eventually grew to as many as |
| 1:08.0 | seven million as his claims of being a messianic figure and bridge to God |
| 1:13.5 | proved attractive to people around him. He states that he earned his title of God's appointed |
| 1:19.2 | son because, quote, he was the first man to have endured all the fiery trials of persecution |
| 1:25.7 | and hardship and to have overcome them all without |
| 1:29.0 | breaking his covenant with the father." |
| 1:31.3 | Moreover, he claimed to have broken the chain of sin by his absolute obedience to his |
| 1:37.5 | father's will. |
| 1:38.5 | As such, he claims he represents the firstborn and start of Christ's second coming, which he taught would occur, quote, |
| 1:47.7 | in millions of sons and daughters of the father in the kingdom, nation of God on earth. |
| 1:52.9 | As with many cults, however, his false teachings were not the only way in which he misled and abused his followers. |
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