[My2Cents]

"Glorious Appearing," the final book in the series, deals with the conclusion of the battle between believers in Jesus and the forces of the Antichrist in the Valley of Meggido (that is, Armageddon) and culminates in the return of Jesus.

Aw nuts! They gave away the ending!

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[My2Cents]

Others believe the book, written at a time when the fledgling Christian church was undergoing severe persecution, is more symbolic.

The "others" are wrong. The book of Revelation, while containing massive amounts of symbolism, is clearly about the end of history, and the victorious return of Christ. If the book was meant only to provide comfort to a contemporary first century audience, it would have made no sense at all.

[BSunday]

written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

Oh, that's going to be accurate....not.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

""I think it is a really distorted view that God wants to destroy the world. ... I think Revelation is more a book of hope than a book of destruction," Rossing said"

They missed the whole point of Revelations..... God does not want to destroy the world... but He is ready to destroy the evil that has had control of the world all these years. He is ready to destroy that evil and remake the world.

Why is that message repelent to so many? Do they not want the evil destroyed? Do they think that God is not capable of destroying the evil? Do they think that if the evil is destroyrd then the world will be gone also? Have they not really read the chapter, Revelations. I think that is why God says so adamently that there are blessings upon those that read and understand this chapter..... if we really read and understand it, we see that God will not destroy anything but the evil. A new world will be be the result.

MARANANTHA!

[Future Snake Eater]

Although the latest book completes the series, the millions of Left Behind fans need not despair. A prequel and sequel are planned, Jenkins said.

Come again? A sequel to Christ's Second Coming? Are they going to write a whole book about the characters' life in the New Earth? As nice a place as it will be, that certainly isn't my idea of good drama...

[Neanderthal]

'I think it is a really distorted view' Critics include Barbara Rossing, who teaches New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. She has written a book "The Rapture Exposed," which was published this week to coincide with the release of the latest Left Behind book.

"I think it is a really distorted view that God wants to destroy the world. ... I think Revelation is more a book of hope than a book of destruction," Rossing said.

Notice how the Theology schools have been taken over by the libs too?

[Chunga]

I have a problem with LaHaye's theology.

My reading of the Bible seems to tell me that the Antichrist is to appear before Christ's return. As such, I have a question for believers in the Rapture:

Do you believe it is possible that the Antichrist will actually descend to the earth, in the clouds, impersonating Jesus, in order to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect?

Dismissive posts are welcome, though not actually preferred.

[ladyinred]

"They (Tim LaHaye and others holding a similar interpretation of Revelation) are aggressively trying to influence American politics, especially in the Middle East," Rossing said.

Good grief, get a grip woman! It is a book, fiction, based on some Biblical facts. It isn't about politics in this sense. I am not a believer in the rapture either, but I have read every one of these and have the new one ordered!

She is a Lutheran she says, aren't we all supposed to be on the same side?