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Steele and Williams try to protect their families and the Tribulation Force right in the midst of global war.After you read this book it may be a good time to consider reading my non-fiction book entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers, a Message for Everyone" (See Profile Above) Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins is a book were Nicolae Carpathia becomes the focus and will consolidate his power.
All in all this is a difficult subject to tackle so kudos to the authors. To much dialogue not enough action plain and simple. I never read a book with 70% of the text is conversation 5% action and 25% I can't even explain.
The best of this series could be distilled to just a few books but, keeping with the theme, it's already too late. I trudged through the first 2 books, then finally threw in the towel on the 3rd after reading a *chapter* describing a traffic jam. The Rapture and biblical prophecy are fascinating subjects that could be the basis for a roller coaster modern story. Unfortunately the authors dilute the potential with long, boring, inconsequential text.
While I'm not saying this is wrong--because, let's be honest, interpreting Revelation varies incredibly--it's important to note that this isn't the view subscribed to by most of the World. Sentence structure is, at times, very awkward and forced. To be honest, I don't quite understand the hype. However, at least in Nicolae, the writers appear to assume (or want us to assume) that those who don't believe Revelation is to be taken 100% literally don't have ears to hear or eyes to see.That being said, the composition isn't incredible. The storyline isn't bad, though I didn't feel much attachment to characters (admittedly, it'd been awhile since I picked up either Left Behind or Tribulation Force) and, for a book as long as it was, didn't see a lot of character development.Positives: some funny moments and a few interested steps forward in watching a man take over a willingly tyrannized world. There are many books better written than this series out there, yet people--even those who usually don't enjoy reading--flock to the series. It is understandable since it is a controversial topic, however it's troublesome that people actually take these books as a description of what's to come.I'm no theologian, and I personally am a panmillenniest (it'll all pan-out in the end so to speak), but the interpretation promoted in the Left Behind Series is, in many ways, a Baptist phenomenon popular (generally) in the United States.
Sometimes the show has to end. I read the whole series, I love it. I heard they came out with a 13th book, I'm not going to read it.
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