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Summary: A review
Review: This series really rocks. The plot may be too simple for people like my dad who love read and have probably have read some of the most comlicated books ever written, but I think that if you want a realsitic idea of what life might be like during the Tribulation, I would read these books. Personally, I can't wait for the next 6.
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Summary: Consistent and edgy-a page turner!
Review: Mounting passions and suspense-terrifying sequences that paint haunting visions. It's showtime! If these books fail to grab your attention, it isn't the theme or the message not getting through, it's the stubborn refusal to permit a disturbing future to shake one's non-belief. Several reviewers here have been dismissive to the point of scorn. Even so, millions are reading these books and for many it has been a life changing experience. I would encourage everyone to also read Jerry Furland's "Transfer-the end of the beginning". For all but the most hardened and cynical, "Transfer" and the Left Behind" series will make you see things differently. If you like the way you are now and cannot afford to change your thinking, by all means avoid these books.
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Summary: Apollyon
Review: As the 144,000 witnesses prophesied in scripture flock to Jerusalem to prepare for the meeting of witnesses at Teddy Kollek Stadium, the Tribulation Force finds themselves spread across 2 continents. In the United States Rayford Steele, Floyd Charles, Ken Ritz and Hattie Durahm watch the meeting from a safe place. Tsion Ben Judah, Buck Williams, and Chole Williams are at Teddy Kollek Stadium preparing for the meeting. On the last day of the meetings Tsion fearing for his safety decides to go back to the states. Rayford and Ken fly to Jerusalemto rescue the rest of the Tiib. Force but something goes wrong. Buck doesnt catch the plane and is left in Jerusalem as everyone else has to goe back to the states. Hattie looses her baby and Chole nearing the end of her pregnancy runs into some problems. Will her baby be alright? WEill Buck make it back to the states in time to see Chole give birth to their baby? What will happen to the rest of the Trib. Force as the rest of the judgements are fulfilled. To find out, read the book. Even though this book is fictional it still makes you stop and think about what will happen.
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Summary: Not for the weak minded
Review: Parents Beware! These books are NOT suitable for children. These books deal with mass disapearances, death, plague, Evil figures, Satan and brainwashing. These books are poorly written and deal with VERY Evil events. These Books are not for young minds who are easily influenced and impressionalble. Imagine if they start to run around the school yard believing that all this is true? Schools should pull these novels from their shelves. Book stores should prohibit the sale of these books unless the child has written permission. Want to give your children some books that will stimulate their imagination? Give them a Harry Potter book.
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Summary: Wittness Gifts
Review: I have read this book and all of the books in this series. I have given the series as gifts to my non-Christian friends as a wittness tool. It gives the simple message of salvation and does an excellent job of it. Besides having some very exciting episodes in each book. I would highly recommend it even if you aren't using it as a tool and like stories with great adventure.
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Summary: A stumble on the way to the finish
Review: While I have enjoyed the series, and await the next installment, Apollyon is just a little disappointing to me. As in the second book, we suddenly have a lapse of several months in which nothing really happened, and we sum it up in a paragraph. However, the most disturbing part of the book is the astronomy reference: a shooting star that is coming toward earth, but many light years away, that maybe is not as far as we thought, that has its own light, but also reflects the light of the sun and moon and stars, ad infinitum. It's almost as if this book was on a deadline and Jerry Jenkins just did not have enough time to consult with his astronomy expert. This is what I have despised about most Christian apocalyptic novels -- the weak points that scientists will laugh at. Having put that criticism aside, there are some white-knuckle chases and escapes, some tense moments, and there is enough here to keep me coming back for more. This is the lowest rating I have given any of the books, and I hope to see the quality return. Perhaps the pressure to expand the series to twelve caused the momentary fluctuation in quality. I expect the next ones to be better. We've been through nearly half the tribulation together. It's too late to turn back now. I recommend this one only as a necessary bridge from Soul Harvest to Assassins. But the series still ranks highly with me!
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Summary: Same thing over and over and over......
Review: I am not a believer in the Rapture but found the first book very informative on what it is all about. However, the following 4 books are pretty much the same stuff repeated. I am hanging in there just because I started but they are getting quite boring.
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Summary: It Just keeps getting better
Review: Before I started the first Left Behind book, I was not a Christian. Now that I am, I see these books as very helpful to anyone that is looking for answers. This is a work of fiction, keep in mind, but it has so many references to the Bible, it is hard to ignore. APOLLYON is the best book that I have read yet, and I cannot wait to read the next one. The charaters are life-like, and both Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins write in the fashion of Tom Clancy or John Grisham (in the way they hold your attention). I highly recommend the whole series, and share it with the ones you love, it may just be what they were looking for.
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Summary: The Emperor has no clothes.
Review: First of all I am an evangelical Christian so I have no particular axe to grind with these books from a spiritual perspective. In fact the biblical scholorship here is interesting and is the sole redeeming factor.The fact is that these guys are completely incapable of writing fiction. I'll bet there are Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries that are more well written than these books and Apollyon is the bottom of the barrel.It's really an embarrasment.It's been my experience as a Christian that we always seem to close ranks behind christian anything and nobody ever tells the truth about how they feel about things lest we be judged by other christians for having a heretical perspective.Sorry,I refuse to play.The emperor has no clothes.THESE BOOKS STINK! The authors are milking these books for all they are worth and have eliminated quality completely.
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Summary: I'm tiring of the structure and plot, but sticking with it.
Review: A number of people have written reviews here recommending another Endtimes suspense thriller called THE LAST DAY, by Kleier. I didn't read it until I'd finished all the LEFT BEHIND series to date, but when I did, I understood what is missing in the LEFT BEHIND books. I've never read a book that made me feel closer to the real presence of God than LAST DAY. It exceeds the LEFT BEHIND novels on all levels: plot, characters, story line, suspense, and downright fear of God. No, it's not a witnessing tool. Far from it. LEFT BEHIND is better for that purpose. But if you want a novel to make you think, and make you better understand how Man has warped religion away from God's initial design and more toward Man's purposes, LAST DAY will stand the hair up on the back of your neck. I recommend it unconditionally over LEFT BEHIND. In just one book, it covers vastly more spiritual ground than the entire LEFT BEHIND series combined, and that's a fact.
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