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Summary: The Mark definitely lives up to the Left Behind Series
Review: The Mark is an excellent continuation of the Left Behind saga. It still holds true to Jenkins' wonderful writing style and captures the reader throughout the entire book. The Mark also carries the same wit and wisdom demonstrated in the previous books. In this book the reader learns about Nicolae Carpathia's plans to insert biochips into all of his "loyal subjects" and to execute all who oppose him with the so-called "loyalty enforcement facilitators," which are actually modern day guillotines. In the meantime, the Tribulation Force is now racing against time to find a way to buy and sell without the Mark of the Beast and also to get their Global Community spies safely away from Carpathia's evil regime. From New Babylon to Greece, this book captivates the reader's attention till the thrilling end. Definitely a worthy addition to the Left Behind series!
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Summary: Excellent and consistent with the bible
Review: This entire series is consistent in fact with the book of Revelation in the Bible. In fact, it is also consistent with most theologin's opinions and interpretations of the symbolism of the book of revelation. The amount of detail and story line is composed of a viewpoint of how the events in the book of Revelation will play out and affect un-raptured people. If you want to see how consistent this book is with others, read Revelation Revealed by Dr. Jack Van Impe (www.jvim.com). This book explains Revelation verse by verse.
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Summary: Finish the series already!
Review: Initially, I thought this was going to be a seven book series. The pacing of the first two books indicated that it would be a jam-packed series. What happened?!?! The books are well written, but they do not cover enough time.
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Summary: Read Christ Clone Trilogy
Review: I finished the series in a matter of two months. I just couldn't stop reading this incredible series. But I have got to say that if I hadn't read the Christ Clone Trilogy by James BeauSeigneur I would have missed out on the best end of times books I have ever read. This series seriously had me thinking the bad guys were good and the good guys bad until the third book in this series "Acts of God". I suddenly figured out how the antichrist's deception could really happen. So much more realistic then the left behind series. I sure hope book 10 picks up the pace!
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Summary: A must for those looking for truth
Review: This as well as all books in the Left Behind series for those seeking the truth about the coming days. Riveting and compelling literature for the Christian and non-Christian alike searching for answers in great fictional storybook setting direct from the Bible in easy to understand reading.
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Summary: Another way of approaching Revelations
Review: Book starts with the cast of characters divided into Believers, Professed Believers, Enemies, and Undecided. This cast changes slightly from book to book, but Rayford, Buck, Chloe, and Tsion Ben-Judah are still here. The story takes place after the resurrection of Nicolae and the indwelling of Satan. For economic and security reasons, all members of the Global Community must bear the mark of the Beast. Now, all the believers must prepare to hide.This book, as are others in the series, difficult to read without reading the series in order. Without understanding the history of the characters and understanding what has happened to the world, you will be lost. Some elements of the story take a couple of books to work through, so just reading one will not allow you to see how it started or ended. The character of Hattie Durham is an example of this. I would recommend this book if you have read the preceding books.
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Summary: Romanian Anti-Christ?
Review: i haven't read the series yet and probably won't given that i now know that the anti-christ happens to be romanian. i too am romanian, born in the carpathian mountains and my middle name is nicolae. i'm sure the authors didn't mean that the actual anti-christ, when he does make himself known will be from romania, but just want all the readers out there to know that there are some good nicolaes born in the carpathian mountains in romania. that's all i have to say about that. enjoy reading the books though.
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Summary: Quick Delivey
Review: The book was sent quickly and like new. I would buy from them again.
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Summary: This series is getting less interesting, too slow
Review: I have read the first 8 books of this series but will probably stop there. The story crawls along at a glacial pace and the author includes some things (advanced technology, for example) that are brushed over very quickly and leave the reader having to imagine that it simply "exists" when there is no illustration about how these things came to be. In addition, the members of the tribulation force seem to be a rather unlikely group in my opinion. Every time a new character gets introduced, it seems like 2 out of 3 are pilots! They all seem to have unlimited access to multi-million dollar aircraft, unlimited fuel, and money to cover the upkeep of these jets. And they all have cell phones that are super secure and work on the GC network, yet the GC can never seem to figure out where they are? And the GC guards that trib force encounters are all bumbling Barney Fife types that are ignorant, stupid, and gullible. They pretty much fall for every trick and deception thrown at them by the trib force. Too much of this is seen in the last couple of books and it becomes annoying to be reminded that it is all fiction. I wish they would have kept the focus, pace, and reality found in the first few books into which I became so engrossed.
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Summary: Left behind culturally!
Review: This books, while I am sure not intentional, seriously undermines christianity. Due to such books, where prophecy is taken literally, christianity is now mocked by thousands. Sadly enough, prophecy books based on accuracy and based on the Scriptures don't sell as well. It is now obvious that the vast majority of christians in America are more concerned with fiction than reality. Where can I even start with pointing out the out-of-control interpretations in this series? To point our just a few: - LaHaye's presentation of Antichrist as one individual or one person is simply NOT biblical. There are many antichrists, and they were already around when the New Testament was written: 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7 - LaHaye's literal presentation of large locusts with human heads flying in the skies is also out of control. Very often, prophets in the Bible use the comparison of soldiers with locusts: Nahum 3:17; Judges 7:12; Judges 6:5 - why are the locusts literal, and why is the beast symbolic? Maybe a literal beast with literal 7 heads would have been too much for the reader to handle? LaHaye is everything but consistent when interpreting prophecy. If Revelation 20 talks about a literal thousand years, then why isn't everything else literal as well, like the lake of fire, the serpent, the chain? Of course, if that is the case, it would be quite an adventure to throw Satan, which is not a physical being, or death and Hades, which are not material things, into a physical lake of fire. The author is so inconsistent with his understanding of Revelation, that he is caught in his own maze of interpretations in order to justify his beliefs about the "end of the world". Unfortunately many readers would much rather believe what LaHaye tells them, instead of reading the Bible for themselves and find out the truth. It may come as a surprise to many christian readers that the first century christians, including the apostles, believed that the Second Coming of Christ would take place during their lifetimes, and in fact it happened, just as Christ said. LaHaye maybe is not aware of the following passages: - Malachi 4:5 and Matthew 17:11. It is obvious that Malachi is not talking about the birth of Christ, because the birth of Jesus did not "burn like a furnace", and it was not a "dreadful" day. Jesus said that Elijah who was to come was John the Baptist. There was only ONE Elijah, and not more. John was that Elijah that was to come right before the Day of the Lord comes. - Matthew 24 is about "the end of the age", no about the end of the world, like LaHaye takes it to mean. It is clear that Jesus indeed talks about the destruction of Jerusalem at which time, He will return with power and great glory to destroy the jewish system that proved to have no power against sin, and was a threat to christians - If Mathew 24 indeed talks about "the end of the world", why would Jesus tell people to run to the mountains? That makes no sense whatsoever. - Also Jesus repeatedly told his apostles that "the end of the age" which is the jewish age, will take place during their lifetimes: Matthew 23:36; Matthew 24:34; Matthew 16:28; Mark 13:23; Luke 21:32; Matthew 10:23 - Why is LaHaye ignoring all the New Testament references which clearly point to an imminent return of Christ? Could it be because if the Second Coming was a matter of the past, he would no longer be able to sell his books? Indeed, read Romans 16:20; Hebrews 8:13; Rev 1:1; Rev 3:11; Rev 22:6,7,12,20; 1 John 2:18; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 John 2:18 - Jesus does not return on a physical cloud in the skies. God used such imagery in the past in prophecy, like in Isaiah 19:1 Is it indeed clear, from the Bible, not from the Left Behind series, that our Lord returned when He said, soon, during that generation, when the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the romans, and the jewish system, which was a threat to christianity was wiped out. How can LaHaye, Jenkins, or the reader, when presented with such overwhelming biblical proof, can still promote this book series as fact when in fact it has no basis in the Bible? I will let the reader answer that question.
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