| About eleven years ago when I was a new Christian, I | | | | the Bible, namely Revelations. As I continued to read |
| read Tim LaHayes books; "The Left Behind Series". | | | | the books I became fearful that I would have to go |
| These are volumes of books ranging at around | | | | through the tribulation period and probably be |
| fourteen now. When I started reading them, I had not | | | | beheaded for by faith. I was very disturbed by this until |
| yet read the book of Revelation and had no | | | | I was told that God's people will not be on this earth |
| understanding of end time prophesies. I think I was in | | | | while these things take place. I didn't understand why |
| Deuteronomy at the time I started reading these | | | | until I read Thessalonians 4: 16-17 which says that "For |
| books. | | | | the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a |
| The first book started out with people disappearing on | | | | shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the |
| an airline and people going crazy trying to find them. It | | | | trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. |
| was then discovered that this incident did not only | | | | Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up |
| occur on the airline but all over the world. People came | | | | together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in |
| up missing, cars crashed into each other, airplanes fell | | | | the air. And thus we shall be with the Lord forever". |
| from the sky, and complete chaos was happening | | | | And as a believer, I wouldn't have to suffer this wrath |
| throughout the world. No one knew what happened. It | | | | and persecution. I looked into this further and found a |
| was the most catastrophic event that had every | | | | scripture that Paul says, "For God did not appoint us to |
| occurred in the world. | | | | suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord |
| The only things left behind from these missing people | | | | Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5:9. This tells me that |
| were their clothes and jewelry. The media was in a | | | | believers will not have to go through the tribulation |
| frenzy and people were looting stores, houses and | | | | period but will be caught up in the clouds with Christ. |
| anything they could get their hands on. Can you | | | | That calmed my fears. |
| imagine this happening in our time? Can you imagine | | | | These books are so true to life that I learned so much |
| the coverage CNN and Fox would be doing and | | | | about Revelation and end time prophesies that after I |
| saying. What could they say that would calm the fears | | | | completed these books I consumed as much as the |
| of the people who were left behind. Some thought that | | | | Bible as I possibly could. I read the whole Bible in 3 |
| aliens came for these people while others had no clue | | | | months and when I got to Revelation, I understood |
| to their disappearances. | | | | what the book was talking about. The Bible is the true |
| Then a man came on the scene that was the | | | | word of God written by his prophets and through the |
| anti-christ. In order to buy or sell anything you had to | | | | Holy Spirit these prophets wrote down what they |
| take the anti-christs number and put it on your | | | | witnessed. |
| forehead or your hand. The number was 666. If you | | | | Whether you're a new believer or have been a |
| didn't have the number you could be arrested, jailed, | | | | believer for some time, I recommend reading these |
| and even beheaded. | | | | books and aligning them up with scripture. Tim LaHaye |
| I could not put these books down because even | | | | did a wonderful job telling us of the things that are |
| though they were fiction, a Christian friend of mine told | | | | coming and what to watch out for. |
| me that these books were taken from scriptures in | | | | |