Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God

The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC or MRTCG) was a religious movement founded by Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere in southwestern Uganda, notorious for the mass death of several hundred members of the group in a mass suicide or mass murder in the year 2000. It was formed in 1989 after Mwerinde and Kibweteere claimed that they had seen visions of the Virgin Mary. Quotes 1990s I have come back to save the world. The reason is that the Lord God has looked at the world and He has seen that the people have abandoned the Ten Commandments which He gave to the world through Moses on Mount Sinai. They are worshiping other objects, they are their own masters, many have submitted themselves to the rule of Satan. This grieved him and He said 'The people of this generation are not worthy of me. I am going to destroy them by taking them one by one, because they have disobeyed me' A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 2, quoted in Walliss 2004, p. 207 You cannot manage them. They are spoilt. I sent them my only son, Jesus Christ, who taught them, counseled them, cured their sickness, made their cripples walk, restored sight to the blind and made the dumb speak. Instead of being grateful to him for all this, they made him suffer; instead of becoming righteous, they killed him. Let me deal with them as they deserve and give them what they merit. A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 2, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 52 The people who are in hell are crying; they are burning but they cannot get to ashes instead they remain alive but with unimaginable misery and agony....You find in hell people of all colors, of all races, languages, the small and the great, the learned and the unlearned, short and tall, the rich and the poor, people with high social standing, everyone who failed to observe the Commandments is in this place. The hell fire does not discriminate between persons. A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 20, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 54 there will be great tribulation upon all the people such that has never before been experienced by any person since the creation of the world. Those who will not have repented their sins will experience it most Credonia Mwerinde, A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 26, quoted in Walliss 2004, p. 216 When the year 2000 is completed, the year that will follow will not be year two thousand-and-one. The year that will follow shall be called Year One in a new generation that will follow the present generation; the generation that will follow will have few or many people depending on who will repent. Those who repent and come back to God are the ones that will come to Year One, of the next generation, and they will be called "the redeemed." A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 53–54, quoted in Mayer 2001, p. 206, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 57 They were ordered to shut all the doors and not to open anything at all, All activities such as eating, praying [...] should take place inside for three days. Anything that remained outside in the dark turned into devils. These devils lamented and cried for three days after which they were thrown into hell. A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, p. 58, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 55 I saw a new earth come down from heaven. This new earth contained every good thing of every type that pertains to the spiritual and the material well being of the human person. The new earth is very beautiful and it has plenty of light. A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times, 1996, pp. 59, 67, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 56 Jesus gave the reason for this arrangement, namely, that at the beginning of his first mission to redeem mankind, he chose from his disciples twelve men whom he called Apostles, because he was alone; but now he says that at his second coming he has come with his mother and, that since she is the one who asked God the Father for this mission, it is appropriate that she gets people of her kind on the team of the Apostles of the new community, the second generation. Unpublished history of the movement, quoted in Mayer 2001, p. 205 in the year two thousand (AD 2000), you will encounter further persecution when you increase on [sic] your development. [...] when you realize that the battles have approached you, you should take your important documents for custody with those responsible for the security, that is, the nearest police. Then you should start to clear the way for your souls. But you should not be afraid; those who preceded you experienced the same: Do you think that God had ignored the martyrs? April 1998, supposed message from the Virgin Mary, quoted in Walliss 2004, p. 230, and Wallis 2005, p. 62, quoting Atuhaire 2003, p. 109 Another objective for which God sent us this NEW MOVEMENT OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE is to notify all the people in the world to prepare themselves for the closing of this generation which is already at hand at each one’s door and also to prepare for YEAR ONE of the next generation after year 2000, which will consist of people who will enter the new earth where sorrow and misery are absent. Official MRTCG document (certificate of incorporation), December 1998, quoted in Mayer 2001, p. 206, quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 47 2000s And you, being the leaders, it is important that you know about the following, whether you may believe it or not, the truth of the matter is that it is not going to change[.] When the year 2000 comes to and [sic] end, the present times or generation will be changed and there will follow a new generation and a New Earth, only those who have the Ten Commandments of God will go to live in the New Earth. The year 2000 will not be followed by year 2001 but it will be followed by YEAR ONE in a NEW GENERATION. Letter to civil authorities, 15 January 2000, quoted in Mayer 2001, p. 207, quoted in Walliss 2004, p. 223 As we follow directives from Heaven, we are supposed to gather in the selected area before the wrath of the Almighty God the creator is let down on to non-repentants. Keep my words on your hearts, there will never be the year 2001. Catastrophes will befall human kind [sic] and the indicators of such will be wars, crime increase such as murder, rape, robbery, etc. There will be a lot of fear among the human races! Appearance of strange animals and people will be noticed. I would request you that if you come across such, simply run and look for me. I will not fail to seek refuge for you. Whoever wanted his brother or family to perish? Do not stick to property. Simply leave it behind and run for your dear (life). I will always pray for you, as I have nothing else I can do! May God guide you! Letter from a member to his wife, quoted in UHRC report which itself is quoted in Walliss 2005, p. 58, Wallis 3004, p. 224 External links Category:New religious movements Category:Cults