The Kingdom of Matthias

The Kingdom of Matthias encompasses the absorbing and peculiar rise and conk of Robert Matthews and his cult that is The Kingdom of Matthias. The plot, which at times seems so bizarre that it couldnt be true, surrounds 2 major characters; Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson. Robert Matthews had a lowly up packing in the sparing community of Coila in Cambridge, modern York, this is where he was first uncovered to religion and was brought up in a devoutly Calvinist environment. Married with children, Matthews lived an unremarkable keep until a series of deplorable business decisions and the wipeout of several(prenominal) of his sons. At this stage, Matthews began to lose it, claiming nowadays that he was Gods prophetic agent on earth and adopting the name Matthias, this is where Pierson comes into play.\nElijah Pierson was a man who would completely turn over himself to his religion, but at the equivalent time was fickle and would often change his religious identity. Pie rson was upkeep in New York at the time working on Pearl Street as a trader. He unite his wife Sarah, the daughter of a local church attracter, still as dedicated as they were to their staring(a)ionist way of living, Sarah liter every(prenominal)y worked and fasted herself to death and died in June 1830. This was when Elijah hit a major turning point in his life. Convinced he was speaking to god and that he was given the name prophet Elijah of Tishbe, he tried to bring Sarah back from the dead at her funeral.\nIt was after these chain of events that Matthews and Pierson met. Pierson, whose psychological state was in shambles, was the perfect patsy for Matthews and was easily convert that Matthews was the real deal and became unmatched of his most dedicated followers. spendthrift forward several historic period of adultery and domestic abuse, Matthews became the leader of a cult which he named the Kingdom. With a ethical amount of followers to bump over with an iron fist, Matthews had all that he could want. Unfort...