Nicolae

Nicolae is the third installment of the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Nicolae is set after the Rapture of God's church and after a year and a half of peace prophesied about in Revelation. Nicolae focuses on the tribulation saints and the beginning of The Apocalypse.

Rayford Steele, his wife, daughter, and son-in-law are shell-shocked from the recent death of their pastor, who died in an explosion from people rebelling against the anti-christ, for whom Rayford and his son-in-law, Buck, both work! As World War III breaks out across the globe and prophesies are seen fulfilled left and right, the only question is: will they survive to see the Second Coming, or will they die martyrs to Nicolae Carpathia, the anti-christ?

I loved this book and I loved the two before it, because, even though it's fiction, it's also a prediction and a reminder of the love, forgiveness, and power of God that we all need but sometimes choose not to see even when it's right in front of us. The subject matter of these books, though, could be hard to comprehend, and I would recommend the Left Behind series to ages 13 and up.

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