About Left Behind
Left Behind is a series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatology.
Summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The books deal with the rise of the Antichrist: a Romanian named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia, whose political rise leads him from membership in the Romanian Parliament to the Presidency of Romania, and on to the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations. Under his rule, all the countries of the world merge into a single political entity under United Nations administration. Armies are disbanded, and an era of world peace established. All media are consolidated under the "Global Community Network" and religions are merged into one faith. Finally, Carpathia is proclaimed "Potentate of the Global Community", and becomes revered as a god.
Throughout the series, Carpathia and the world at large become increasingly antagonistic toward any group that does not follow the newly established religion of "Carpathianism". The world also experiences many cataclysmic judgements sent by God.
Carpathia's efforts are resisted by a group of people who call themselves the "Tribulation Force", centered around a church in Chicago.
Characters
- Rayford Steele, mid-forties; 747 captain for Pan-Continental; member, but non-attender at New Hope Village Church; Mount Prospect.
- Cameron "Buck" Williams, early thirties; senior writer for Global Weekly; author of Newsmaker of the Year story on Chaim Rosenzweig; New York.
- Chloe Steele, early twenties; student at Stanford; sceptical of Christianity; lost mother and brother; Rayford's daughter; California.
- Rev. Bruce Barnes, mid-forties; assistant pastor at New Hope Village Church; must lead new congregation; Mount Prospect.
- Hattie Durham, late twenties; flight attendant, Pan-Continental; works with Rayford; Mount Prospect.
- Nicolae Jetty Carpathia, mid-thirties; president of Romania; masterful politician; invited to speak at the United Nations; Romania.
- Chaim Rosenzweig, late sixties; Israeli botanist and statesman; discoverer of a formula that made Israeli deserts bloom; former Global Weekly Man of the Year; Jerusalem.
Books
Note: The books are listed in story-line order but numbered in order of publication.
- 13. The Rising: Before They Were Left Behind
- 14. The Regime: Before They Were Left Behind #2
- 1. Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
- 2. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
- 3. Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist
- 4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
- 5. Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed
- 6. Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
- 7. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
- 8. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
- 9. Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
- 10. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
- 11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
- 12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
A third prequel (taking place between The Regime and Left Behind) and one final novel taking place after Glorious Appearing are planned. There are also graphic novels, CDs, and a Left Behind series for children. Audio dramatizations based on the first twelve titles have also been produced for broadcast on Christian radio. Screenplay adaptations of Books 1 and 2 have been made into movies by a Canadian motion picture studio, Cloud Ten Pictures.
Two spin-off series have been written; a political series by Neesa Hart, and a military series by Mel Odom.
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