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March 10, 2005
The Rising
If you come here faithfully and read, you will know that I am a huge fan of the Left Behind series of books by Dr. Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. This series is about the end times, the rapture. LaHaye and Jenkins have taken the book of Revelation from the Bible and made it into a story that we can all understand. They put everything into focus, so that if a verse was unclear, you can now see the meaning.
There were twelve books in the series and I thought that was going to be the end until I walked into Wal-Mart last week. There, on the shelves was what looked to be a new “Left Behind” book – and it was! There were only two left so I quickly scooped one up and read the dust jacket. This one is a prequel to all the others! It’s called The Rising and takes place from the time when the characters were children – before they were Left Behind.
I finished the book today and have to say that it was wonderful! It was so interesting to see how these characters were raised and how they formed their opinions about church and God.
There is supposed to be two more of these prequels. The next one will be released on November 15 of this year and the last one will be on June 6 of next year. These are too good not to read. If you haven’t been able to understand the book of Revelation or just haven’t been interested, these books will forever change you. You will come away from them with a totally new understanding of everything you thought you knew, but really didn’t.
Posted by tami at March 10, 2005 3:24 PM
Comments
Aside from their spiritual side, the authors have definitely found a cash cow in this series.
Posted by: Kimberley at March 11, 2005 2:54 PM
GW: I thought the same thing about Rick Warren who wrote The Purpose-Driven Life. I would say that thousands of churches have taken his 40 days of purpose class!
Posted by: Tami at March 11, 2005 3:14 PM
Oh, no doubt...And the whole Prayer of Jabez phenomenon. Don't even get me started. Marketing's marketing's marketing, I say.
Posted by: Kimberley at March 12, 2005 11:34 PM