Restoration Light Publication

We are presenting below a brief rebuttal of a the claims of "Joseph Emmanuel" to be Messiah returned in the flesh. The same reasoning can be applied to many of the false prophets that claim to be Messiah returned.

It is claimed concerning Joseph Emmanuel: "God has always made Himself known through His Messenger (the Christ) who has been on earth many times since Esa (Jesus) the Christ."

Our Answer: Yes, Jesus did make known His Father to his followers; to the world -- no. -- Matthew 13:11; John 15:15,21; 17:6,9; 1 John 2:3,4; Revelation 12:9.

Regarding the Christ being on earth many times since Esa (Jesus): We know this is not true for several reasons. Jesus said he was going away to prepare a place for his disciples, and that he would return to take them with him. (John 14:3) The apostle Paul states that he has been received into heaven "until the times of restoration of all things. If he has returned many times, then this must mean that he has received his disciples into the kingdom and also that the restoration of all things have begun. -- Acts 3:20,21.

Believer in Maitreya: "God is known also by His Actions and Creation."

Our Answer: Yes, this is true. For the world at the present time all they see is the results of his condemnation of man through Adam, resulting in suffering, sin and death. They do not see the beauty of the entire purpose of Yahweh.

Believer in Maitreya: "His Messenger is again in the world. He announced his presence in the spring of 1982. We call him Maitreya (Joseph Emmanuel)."

Our Answer: The true Christ returns apart from sin, thus he would no longer suffer. (Hebrews 9:28) Does your "Maitreya" suffer pain if someone pinches him? Does your Maitreya get sick? Would he die if someone pierced him with a sword?

Believer in Maitreya: "He has opened the seventh seal of The Revelation. This means that God is no longer a mystery."

Our Answer: Are you saying that the whole world now knows God?

I do not connect the opening of the seventh seal of The Revelation with meaning God is no longer a mystery (secret). -- Revelation 8:1

The true mystery of God was revealed only to the followers of Jesus in the first century, but to the world at large, the truth was and still is a mystery -- a secret.

See: "Understanding Kingdom Mysteries"

Believer in Maitreya: "We invite all to our web site, where you can read or download any of Maitreya's writings, including the Scripture, THOTH (The Holiest Of The Holies): http://www.maitreya.org

Our Answer: The Holiest of the Holies is not some writings written by a man claiming to be Messiah!

The true Holy of Holies is heaven itself. -- Hebrews 9:12,24.

Believer in Maitreya: "Christ is again with us. Will humanity sincerely study the Message he has brought from God, the Path which includes each of the Messages of all the seven major religions of the world?"

Our Answer: This alone shows that this is a false Messiah. The true Messiah of Yahweh would never make an agreement with the religious covenants [false promises] of Satan which are espoused by the so-called seven major religions (including Judaism and popular Christianity) of the world. -- Genesis 3:2-5; Isaiah 28:15,18; Ephesians 6:11,12;.

The seed of the covenant woman of Satan has produced a whole world in disobedience, "children of disobedience". (Genesis 3:15; Ephesians 2:2) In Revelation 17:5, the covenant-woman of Satan is called "Babylon the Great", the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. She has made the nations drunk on the wine of the wrath of her fornication. The kings [rulers] of the earth have committed fornication with her. She is the very instrument of Satan to deceive the world into believing his lies. (Revelation 12:9)

Rather than have agreement with the messages of this covenant woman, the prophecy shows that Babylon the Great will be destroyed -- "shall be found no more at all," although her seed continues for a while. This seems to indicate that as an organized system the seven major religions of the world will somehow cease to exist. (Revelation 18:21)

When Jesus was on earth, he called the apostate religious leaders of his day "serpents" and "children of serpents". (Matthew 23:35). On another occasion he told them that they were of their father, the devil, thus showing they were part of the seed of the Serpent (Satan) (Genesis 3:15), not of the seed of God. (John 8:44)

No, the world religious systems in general are not part of the seed of God's covenant woman. (Genesis 3:15; Galatians 3:8,15,16,29: 4:31) The major world religions are all part of the seed of the serpent, and as such, will be destroyed.

Restoration Light
Updated October, 2003

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