Author: Time LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication Date: September 2000
Genre: Christian Fiction / Thriller
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Description: An airborne Boeing 747 is headed to London when, without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane, but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun...
My Thoughts: Very enjoyable story, though very frightening too. This was a re-read fifteen years after reading it the first time.
This story centers on the Rapture and the effect it has on four major characters who have been left behind. Rayford Steele is an airline pilot with a wandering eye who is frustrated with his wife's Christian beliefs and feels she puts her faith in Jesus ahead of her marriage. Chloe Steele is Ray's oldest daughter. Like her father, she doesn't share her mother's faith and has more important things to worry about than the tension brewing at home. Bruce Barnes is one of the pastors at New Hope Village Church, where Ray's wife worships. Cameron "Buck" Williams is a journalist for a weekly news magazine. After the Rapture, these four characters band together as born again Christians and form the Tribulation Force to prepare others who were left behind for the seven years of trials and tribulations that will come before Jesus's Glorious Appearing and the final defeat of Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.
Regardless of one's faith or belief, this story is a real nail-biter of intense suspense. The introduction of the Antichrist and the power he commands was frightening. I thought this story was very realistic too, as evidenced by the reactions and explanations people had regarding the disappearance of millions of people at the same time.
I highly recommend this story for people of all faiths and beliefs, as the Rapture and the rise of the Antichrist will affect everyone, one way or another.
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