Some see Christ's image in 'Treesus' stump in Orlando before Easter
By Tiffany Walden, Orlando Sentinel 4:53 p.m. EDT, April 19, 2014
Jesus Christ is everywhere during Holy Week, but one Orlando woman thought she was going crazy when she saw his image in the bark of a dead tree in her front yard.
"It's Treesus," the homeowner, Kim, said on the eve of Resurrection Sunday. "I find it very odd. For me, it's unmistakable, and I'm not particularly religious. So I don't know what it means."
The Orlando Sentinel agreed to withhold her full name and address because she fears her home would turn into a mecca of pilgrims wanting to see the image. That's what happened in Clearwater in 1996, when people saw an iridescent figure of the Virgin Mary in the glass windows of a building.
Kim's boyfriend pointed out Christ's profile to her just before the start of Holy Week. She didn't see the face at first, but once she did, she couldn't deny that the image looked just like the Son of God.
"I just wanted to share this with the world," Kim said.
Her friend Michael Matheny, deacon at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, sees it, too.
"I think that people around this time of year look for something in life, and it can be Jesus," Matheny said.
Born April 12, 1940, in Baytown, Texas to Rev. and Mrs. B. Hagee, John C. Hagee distinguished himself academically as a member of the National Honor Society. He was the winner of the American Legion Award given to the most outstanding student in his graduating class. Pastor Hagee was also a four-sport letterman from the seventh grade until High School graduation. At the age of seventeen, John Hagee gave his life to the Lord and surrendered to the call to preach the gospel. His personal desire to be an attorney ended when he felt and headed the call of God to the ministry and followed in the tradition of his father and grandfathers.
Dr. Hagee graduated from Trinity University in 1964. He also attended North Texas State University where he received his Masters Degree in 1966. His theological training was received at Southwestern Bible Institute where he was President of his class and a member of the College Concert Choir. In 1989, Hagee received his Honorary Doctorate from Oral Roberts University and he has served on the Oral Roberts University Board of Regents since that time.
Dr. John C. Hagee is the founder and Pastor of Cornerstone Church, a non-denominational, evangelical church, in San Antonio, Texas. Hagee took the helm of this church when it was the 25-member Church of Castle Hill, in San Antonio. That church--rebuilt to seat 5,000 and dedicated in October, 1987, as Cornerstone Church--now has a membership of over 17,000. Dr. Hagee is married to Diana Castro Hagee, and is blessed with five children: Tish, Christopher, Christina, Matthew and Sandy, and three granddaughters.
Dr. Hagee is also the President and C.E.O. of Global Evangelism Television which telecasts his national radio and television ministry that can be seen weekly in over 92 million homes. John Hagee Ministries is also broadcast across the U.S., in Canada, in most Third World countries, in Africa, and in Europe.
"America stands at the crossroads. Our destiny as a nation hangs in the balance. America's hope for survival is the anointed preaching of the gospel with such force that the chains of drug addiction, AIDS, Satanism, homosexuality, pornography, divorce and drunkenness are broken" explained Dr. Hagee. He believes that the most effective way to reach America and the world is through the most powerful communications weapon ever known to man ... television.
The John Hagee Family Singers have released several major recording projects. They have performed at the National Quartet Convention as well as other major concert halls and arenas across America and Canada. Pastor Hagee and his family, along with Randy and Elizabeth Travis, and other groups, continue to minister around the country with Crusades, bringing hope and joy to the body of Christ through music and the Word of God.
Pastor Hagee was given the "Humanitarian of the Year" award by the San Antonio B'Nai B'Rith Council. It was the first time in the Council's history that this award has been given to a gentile. Dr. Hagee was also honored with the ZOA Israel Award by U.N. Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick, with recognition from the Jewish Community of Dallas, Texas. Mayor Kathy Whitmire set aside a special day of honor, declaring Pastor John C. Hagee Day in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Hagee has been honored so frequently by the Jewish community because he holds a deep passion for the Jewish people. He has been to Israel at least 20 times and has met with every Prime Minister since Menechim Begin. John Hagee Ministries has given more than $3.7 million to bring Soviet Jews from the former Soviet Union to Israel. Hagee has also written many books dealing with Jewish issues as they pertain to prophecy fulfillment.
Pastor Hagee believes that the promise of Genesis 12:3 regarding the Jewish people and the nation of Israel, is an eternal covenant between God and the seed of Abraham to which God is ever faithful. Cornerstone Church sponsors "A Night to Honor Israel" to express love and support for the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
While holding the Jewish people apart, John Hagee asserts that every believer has a unique relationship to the Lord. As His children, every Christian has immediate access to the throne of Grace and the ability to manifest the power of the Lord Jesus Christ in ministry. Members of the Cornerstone Church are encouraged to find a place of ministry in the Body of Christ and utilize the gifts that the Holy Spirit has placed within them.
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