1.   The cult leader saw himself as a Messianic figure.

2.   He has become an almost messianic figure among cancer patients, half a million of whom die every year in the United States.

3.   He sometimes mistakes himself for a messianic figure.

4.   She sometimes mistakes herself for a messianic figure.

5.   Mandela is a messianic figure at home, the first black president who is credited for negotiating with F.W. de Klerk a peaceful end to apartheid.