The Rapture (Before They Were Left Behind #3)

Abridged
Author: Jerry B. Jenkins , Tim LaHaye
Narrator: Steve Sever
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Tyndale Audio
Date: June 2006
Length: 3 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4.5/5
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Overview

Time seems to slow as the clock ticks down. . . .

Pan-Con Airlines captain Rayford Steele prepares for a flight to London with beautiful flight attendant Hattie Durham. Because of his wife's newfound faith, Rayford looks forward to time -- and the possibilities -- with Hattie.

Journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams is in Israel when the Russians attack, and he experiences for himself the miraculous deliverance of the Holy Land. Buck cannot deny Chicago bureau chief Lucinda Washington's insistence that the event was prophesied in Scripture, though he dares not consider the personal ramifications.

Meanwhile, Nicolae Carpathia eliminates any obstacles in his path to power. As the newly appointed president of Romania, Nicolae is invited to speak before the U.N.

Without warning, millions disappear and are welcomed into the unspeakable presence of God.

On earth some realize what has happened . . . what they've lost . . . what they've missed.

And the darkest days lie ahead for those left behind.

Selected Reviews

This is getting over done

by Brad Zerkel
  • Book Rating: 2/5

The Rapture

by Patricia Stapleton
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Reviews (2)

This is getting over done

Written by Brad Zerkel from Tempe, AZ on March 16th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

Maybe it's the current times and the current evil administration living Hypocrisy that have made me lose interest in this series.Maybe it was because of the Abridgement..All I could think of was how angry the Religious Right (whom I use to belong to) make me right now, starting at the very top of this Country...I though, maybe the US is the Beast not USSR or any of the other "guesses" people make about Revelations...Then I though gee, W. is trying to bring this on himself..So, I'm glad i listened to the abridged version.. In Short..I still believe the same things, The Rapture etc... but someone needs to go ahead and end this series before the Hypocrisy of the Right turns others away from the Word....It's left me skeptical, and the whole message in these books seems to be just another Cash Cow for the Authors and Publisher....

The Rapture

Written by Patricia Stapleton on July 19th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

There was really too much overlap in this book with the original Left Behind book and this prequel probably was not really needed. Some of the information regarding Carpathia and how he because president was some new information. But I felt the other 2 prequels really gave the background information that was missing about the characters from the original Left Behind series. Especially about Carpathia and how he came about. As usual, he totally epitomizes evil in the audio books which makes it difficult to listen to sometimes.

Selected Reviews

This is getting over done

by Brad Zerkel
  • Book Rating: 2/5

The Rapture

by Patricia Stapleton
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Jenkins, Jerry B.

"Jerry B. Jenkins, former Vice President for Publishing and currently Writer-at-Large for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, is the author of more than 150 books, including the best-selling Left Behind series.

His latest Tyndale House book, SOON, also a New York Times best seller, is available in stores everywhere. The next book in the SOON trilogy will be Silenced. It is due out in the summer of 2004.

Also the former editor of Moody Magazine, his writing has appeared in Reader's Digest, Parade, Guideposts, and dozens of Christian periodicals.

His non-fiction books include as-told-to biographies with Hank Aaron, Brett Butler, Bill Gaither, Orel Hershiser, Luis Palau, Walter Payton, Nolan Ryan, and Sammy Tippit among many others. The Hershiser and Ryan books reached the New York Times best seller list. The 2002 Baker book, Behind the Stories, tells more about Jerry Jenkins himself in the chapter, The Test of Success.

Jerry Jenkins helped Dr. Billy Graham with his memoirs, Just As I Am, also a New York Times best seller. Beginning in 1993, Jerry spent 13 months assisting Dr. Graham with his autobiography. Jerry considers the time he spent with Dr. Graham the privilege of a lifetime.

Jerry owns Jenkins Entertainment, a filmmaking company in Los Angeles, which produced the critically-acclaimed movie Hometown Legend, based on his book of the same name. Hometown Legend was listed as one of the Top 10 family films of 2002 by Good News Communications' MOVIEGUIDE.

Jerry Jenkins also owns the Christian Writers Guild, which aims to train tomorrows professional Christian writers. The centerpiece of the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild is a brand-new correspondence course tailored to fit the busiest lifestyle. Under Jerry's leadership, the Guild is steadily expanding its services to include a writers advocacy center, college credit courses, a critique service, literary registration services, and writing contests.

As a marriage and family author and speaker, Jenkins has been a frequent guest on Dr. James Dobson's Focus On the Family radio program. Jerry Jenkins wrote the nationally syndicated sports story comic strip, Gil Thorp, from 1996-2004.

Jerry and his wife Dianna have three grown sons and two grandchildren. "

LaHaye, Tim

"Dr. Tim LaHaye is a noted author, minister, counselor, television commentator and nationally recognized speaker on family life and Bible prophecy. Co-author of the Left Behind series, it was LaHaye?s idea to fictionalize an account of the Rapture and the Tribulation.

LaHaye is the founder and president of Tim LaHaye Ministries and the founder of the PreTrib Research Center. Currently, LaHaye speaks at many of the major Bible prophecy conferences in the United States and Canada."