Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Left Behind Series

Left Behind is a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation Force against the Global Community and its leader Nicolae Carpathia—the Antichrist. Left Behind is also the title of the first book in the series. The series was first published 1995–2007 by Tyndale House, a firm with a history of interest in dispensationalism.

Based on dispensationalist interpretation of prophecies in the Biblical books of Revelation, Daniel, Isaiah and Ezekiel, Left Behind tells the story of the end times (set in the contemporary era), in which true believers in Christ have been "raptured", (i.e. taken instantly to heaven) leaving the world shattered and chaotic. As people scramble for answers, a relatively unknown Romanian politician named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia rises to become secretary-general of the United Nations, promising to restore peace and stability to all nations. What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold from the Bible. Coming to grips with the truth and becoming born-again Christians, airline pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, their pastor Bruce Barnes, and young journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams begin their quest as the Tribulation Force to help save the lost and prepare for the coming Tribulation, in which God will rain down judgment on the world for seven years.

This was a series of books I had started reading. I had read the first 6 or 7 of the books, the books even though "Christian Fiction" were very well written and very interesting. I never finished the series. 

1 Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days 1995
2 Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind 1996
3 Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist 1997
4 Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides 1999
5 Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed 1999
6 Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist 1999

The movie that starred Kirk Cameron was horrible. 

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