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MOSES
HLONGWANE
ALSO KNOWN AS
The King of Kings,
The Lord of Lords, Jesus
In Eshowe, South Africa,
Moses Hlongwane
preaches to his flock
during his own wedding
ceremony—an event he
says marks the begin-
ning of the End of Days.
Moses says that God
identified him as the
Messiah during a dream
in 1992. At the time
Moses was working as a
jewelry salesman. Since
then, he’s preached in
Eshowe, Johannesburg,
and other cities in the
region. Moses has about
40 disciples.
INRI
(PRECEDING PAGES)
Near Brasília, Brazil,
followers of INRI (Iesus
Nazarenus Rex Iudaeo-
rum: Jesus of Nazareth,
King of the Jews) push
their messiah around
on a rolling pedestal.
A dozen disciples—most
of them women—live
full-time with the cel-
ibate 69-year-old in
his walled compound,
which is protected with
barbed wire and electri-
cal fencing. INRI takes
his name from the ini-
tials that Pon tius Pilate
inscribed on Christ’s
cross. His awakening
came in 1979.