The Bible says Jesus Christ was crucified for your sins; he died, rose, and ascended into heaven. He would be coming back to take away the righteous to heaven and everyone left behind would face eternal condemnation. As far as we know, the second coming of Christ is yet to happen. But Jesus Christ has been with us on Twitter since 2006 and his account was verified in November 2022.
Of course, the verified Twitter Jesus isn’t the Christ of the Christian faith. But with the Twitter blue checkmark attached to the account, people became more curious about who’s behind it. While some find parodying a religious figure offensive, his thousands of followers beg to differ. The following are the facts we know about the Jesus on Twitter.
Twitter Jesus Is a Parody Account and the Person Running it Wish to Remains Anonymous
For safety reasons, the person behind the Jesus Christ Twitter account wishes to remain anonymous. He disclosed that he has received nasty messages for impersonating Jesus. While most of the messages pointed out that he’s being blasphemous and would spend his eternity in hell, some are death threats; vowing to uncover who he is and kill him.
But this Jesus doesn’t think what he’s doing counts as blasphemy. According to him, he is not impersonating Jesus but only joking around and having fun. As of this writing (November 2022), he has over 863 thousand followers on the platform. He once joked about this: “It appears I have more than 12 followers”, he tweeted.
Twitter Jesus Isn’t a Religious Person: Is Laughter Truly the Only Purpose of the Account?
In an interview, Twitter Jesus disclosed he is not a religious person and doesn’t intend to accomplish anything with the account. “I’m not making big statements about anything”, he says. “…I just want to bring some joy and laughter to the Twitter universe.”
Majority of the tweets the account has sent out indeed show that it’s a satirical handle dedicated to sharing Jesus Jokes, especially during Christian festivals like Easter and Christmas.
However, any unbiased observer would see why any zealous Christian might regard what Twitter Jesus does as blasphemous. The following tweets say it all:
I’m Black and Gay. Prove me wrong.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) June 16, 2020
What's this "sex" thing people keep talking about? I've never had it. Mom says she's never had any. And Dad keeps avoiding the topic.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) June 23, 2012
Actually, I kinda like 9 inch nails
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) August 11, 2013
Apart from tweets some Christians might find offensive, and those geared towards encouraging people, it is pretty obvious the handle is socially conscience and political. The tweets below suggest so:
Hey America, leave me out of it. Just impeach that orange popsicle already, and I’ll take care of the rest.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) December 18, 2019
I was on my way for the 2nd coming but “somebody” told me to go back to where I came from.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) July 17, 2019
Ban all guns. Full stop.
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) March 24, 2021
Jesus might insist he is not trying to make big statements about anything, but his huge number of followers has made him realize he could influence social and political views. He acknowledged this when he commented on his “Ban all guns” tweet. Stating that he keeps his personal beliefs away from the handle, he asserted that he had to make an exception for the gun-control tweet because it’s a huge problem for the United States.
Twitter Jesus seems to be making lots of exceptions of late. This is evident in his tweets as much as it is in why he got the account verified. According to him, he wanted to show that the new verification system introduced by Elon Musk is absurd.
Here’s How Jesus Christ Got Verified on Twitter
The account, as stated earlier, was created in 2006. Before Elon Musk took over the social media company in a $44 billion deal, the person running the account had previously applied for it to be verified. The application was rejected; so, the handle remained unverified until Musk came along and introduced a new verification rule.
Essentially, this rule allowed people to subscribe to Twitter Blue and purchase a verified check. This was what Twitter Jesus did. He subscribed to Twitter Blue and was immediately verified as Jesus Christ on the platform. The owner may be having a great time with the verified Jesus account but he thinks it doesn’t make sense.
“…Obviously, I’m not Jesus. He doesn’t have a Twitter account, so why am I able to be verified?” He asked. However, to avoid being permanently suspended from Twitter, @jesus had to indicate that the account is a parody and he has done so.
This is a parody https://t.co/NhzLdQZqwG
— Jesus Christ (@jesus) November 7, 2022
What Twitter Jesus Does When People Send Him Prayer Requests
If you think about it, being Jesus on Twitter can be strange for several reasons. For the person running the account, this is especially so because people send him prayer requests. According to him, these requests come in different languages and from all over the world.
When the prayer request is too difficult to ignore, he sends a message back to encourage the person. Twitter’s Jesus acknowledges he is powerless, and he thinks the people sending in the requests know this too. So he thinks it’s kind of strange they send him prayer requests, even though they are very aware he is incapable of performing miracles.
