Literature teacher, owner of an impeccable CV and author of various academic texts. This is the pastor Gabriel Alberto Ferrer Ruiz, who a few weeks ago assured that Jesus would arrive in the Isabel López district of Sabanalarga, in the Colombian state of Atlántico, on January 28.
For his arrival Jesus In this small town, the pastor prepared his religious community, which he led with his wife, Yolanda Rodríguez.
He told them that he should take a long fast to purify his body and soul, quit his job and sell his property.
And this happens after the supposed arrival of Jesus You didn’t have to have a job, a house or money.
Even Ferrer Ruiz He left his position as a full-time professor at the Universidad del Atlántico: “I give up the Universidad del Atlántico because I want to pursue the goal, to see if I succeed in the thing for which I was also detained by Jesus Christ.” he said in a letter sent to the rectory of this educational institution.
Given this resignation, some teachers who knew Ferrer Years ago, they had asked the university not to accept his resignation and instead offer psychological help.
In addition, they claimed that he and his wife were devoted to religion, but in recent months they had reached an inexplicable level of fanaticism.
The pastor learned that he had recently lost a daughter.
Jesus did not come
But the day he was supposed to arrive Jesus nothing happened. In fact, until then, the community, which consisted of about 30 people, had news about its religious leader, who, neighbors said, gave a lot of money.
After this situation, this month, the story came out in the press, which reported that no one in the municipality knew where the pastor was.
Some people have already filed lawsuits against FerrerWell, he would have kept his money.
Many of the followers arrived in northern Barranquilla, where the pastor’s residence is located, but did not find him.
Sabanalarga Interior Secretary Vicente Berdugo said TIME in this month with which the authorities had no contact Gabriel Ferrer Ruiz: “I never had contact with the pastor. He lives in Barranquilla, his last name is Ferrer, but until January 29 I had no contact with him.”
The arrival of Christ, Ferrer said, took place on Thursday, January 28 at 11:59 p.m. But the date came and there were no signs, so some asked the pastor.
His answer was that “those who have died in holiness by the faith of Christ will rise in a few days.”
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