LEFT BEHIND A NOVEL OF THE EARTH’S LAST DAYS TIM LAHAYE JERRY B. JENKINS

SETTING THE STORY LEFT BEHIND, BY TIM LAHAYE AND JERRY B. JENKINS, TAKES PLACE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, BUT MOSTLY IN THE EAST. SOME MAJOR CITIES IT TAKES PLACE IN ARE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK.

CHARACTERS RAYFORD STEELE: AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT WHO WORKS FOR PAN-CONTINENTAL AIRLINES. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TRIBULATION FORCE. CAMERON “BUCK” WILLIAMS: THE YOUNGEST EVER SENIOR WRITER FOR GLOBAL WEEKLY. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TRIBULATION FORCE. BRUCE BARNES: ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE LEFT OUT OF THE PARISH OF NEW HOPE VILLAGE CHURCH. HE BECOMES PASTOR, MENTOR, AND LEADER TO THE TRIBULATION FORCE. CHLOE STEELE: RAYFORD STEELE’S DAUGHTER AND ONLY FAMILY LEFT AFTER THE RAPTURE. AT FIRST, SHE IS HESITANT TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH. SHE IS THE ONLY FEMALE MEMBER OF THE TRIBULATION FORCE. HATTIE DURHAM: RAYFORD’S SENIOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT. SHE IS NOT A BELIEVER. NICOLAE CARPATHIA: THE ANTICHRIST. ONLY THE FEW BELIEVERS CAN SEE THAT HE IS EVIL.

PLOT THE BOOK LEFT BEHIND IS ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN THE BIBLE. REVELATION IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EARTH AFTER JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, RAPTURES HIS PEOPLE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT JESUS WILL SOMEDAY TAKE ALL OF HIS PEOPLE TO HEAVEN; AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS AND GOD GOT LEFT BEHIND ON THE EARTH. IF THEY BECOME A BELIEVER, BUT DIE THEY WILL GO TO HEAVEN. HOWEVER, IF THEY CAN STAY ALIVE THROUGH THE NATURAL DISATERS, TRAUMATIC EVENTS, AND THE PRICE PUT ON THEIR HEADS BY THE ANTICHRIST FOR SEVEN YEARS, THEN THEY CAN SEE THE GLORIUS APPEARING OF CHRIST TO HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH. THE TRIBULATION FORCE PLANS TO STAY ALIVE FOR THAT LONG. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN HIDING ALL THE TIME THOUGH. THEY WILL TRY TO BRING AS MANY PEOPLE TO GOD AS THEY CAN. AT THE END OF THE BOOK, BUCK JOINS THE TRIBULATION FORCE AND THEY STAND TOGETHER, READY TO FACE THE GRAVEST DANGERS ANYONE COULD FACE.

AUTHOR’S MESSAGE I THINK THE AUTHOR’S MESSAGE THROUGH THIS BOOK IS THAT YOU SHOULD BELIEVE IN GOD AND JESUS BECAUSE ONE DAY THE RAPTURE WILL COME AND YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND!

MY FAVORITE PART I THINK MY FAVORITE PART WOULD HAVE TO BE WHEN THE WORLD NOTICED THE RAPTURE. MANY DIDN’T SEE IT AS THE RAPTURE HOWEVER, JUST THAT IN ONE MOMENT MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE DISAPPEARED. THEY LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND EXCEPT FOR THEIR BODY AND SOUL. WHEREVER PEOPLE HAD BEEN AT THAT MOMENT THEY LEFT A NEAT, FOLDED PILE OF CLOTHES, ALONG WITH SHOES, HATS, JEWELRY, GLASSES, CONTACT LENSES, WHATEVER WAS ON THEIR BODY. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND WERE SHAKEN AND SCARED. WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED? WHY HAD THEIR LOVED ONES SUDDENLY JUST DISAPEARRED?

SUMMARY MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD DISAPPEAR IN ONE MOMENT. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? MANY ARE WONDERING, LOST AND CONFUSED. RAYFORD STEELE KNOWS-AND DREADS-THE TRUTH. MANY WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE CHRISTIANS WERE WRONG. NOW THEY MUST SURVIVE THE SEVEN YEAR PERIOD DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION; BECAUSE CHRIST HAS RAPTURED HIS CHURCH. IT IS UP TO THE TRIBULATION FORCE TO WARN OTHERS, TO PREACH TO THEM, AND TO STAND UP AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF GOD.

MY ENDING IF I COULD REWRITE THE END OF THE STORY, I WOULD HAVE HAD BUCK AND CHLOE COME TO CHRIST SOONER.

CRITIC’S CORNER I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO A FRIEND. ALTHOUGH, I WOULDN’T JUST RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. I WOULD RECOMMEND THE WHOLE 16-BOOK SERIES. NOBODY SHOULD GIVE ANY EXCUSE NOT TO READ IT. THERE IS EVEN A SERIES FOR CHILDREN CALLED LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS, THREE DIFFERENT MOVIES, AND A VIDEO GAME! THIS IS A GREAT READ AND IT IS VERY ENTERTAINING. IT ALSO CAN TEACH YOU A LOT ABOUT THE BIBLE AND WHAT’S IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

BY: MCKENZIE BALDERRAMA PERIOD 2

DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND.