Left Behind III: World at War: Directed by Craig R. Baxley. The second wife of Rayford Steele, whom married him in Tribulation Force. Supernatural Abilities: Even before he was indwelt by Satan, Nicolae had the ability to resurrect whoever he wanted from the dead, though this was used only one time with Leon Fortunato. In the Dramatic Audio presentation of Armageddon, Nicolae was able to rip the heart out of Raman Vajpayee's chest with his bare hands when Raman challenged the Antichrist to kill him by calling him "impotent". He is resurrected at the Glorious Appearing, after having reunited with his wife and children in Heaven. For those murders, Akbar lent Carpathia his side arm when Carpathia vehemently requested it. 33 years before Rapture Carpathia slowly gains complete control of the entire world, first as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, then as the far more powerful Supreme Potentate of theGlobal Community, and, finally,as the self-proclaimed God of Carpathianism (which replaces the Enigma Babylon One World Faith). Thus, Carpathia declares himself to be God, and demands worship. On the night on the rapture, Judd decided that he was going to run away. Within the series, Carpathia is the Antichrist, and leader of the Global Community (G.C. Carpathia thought the guillotine was too humane for dissident Jews who refused his mark, and announced his intention to reward the sub-potentate with a doubled budget who is able to keep Jews alive the longest in the most abject conditions, with no heating, cooling, or medical care, but only enough food to maintain their existence. She was beheaded shortly before the Battle of Armageddon. One thousand years later, a brief glimpse of Carpathia and Leon Fortunato is seen as the Lake of Fire opens to swallow up Satan. Bruce befriends Rayford Steele, whom he supplies with a copy of the video. He also warns all of the Christians present that the Great Tribulation, the 3.5 worst years in human history await them all. After helping rescue Chang from New Babylon they become very close, but decide to postpone marriage until the Millennium Kingdom. But the Tribulation Force of . Rayford Steele met him when the plague of locusts struck, attacking all unbelievers. The events of the Rapture happen; Eleazar listens to Tsion Ben-Judah's television broadcast on the Messiah and is converted. [9] He is the only son of Gustaf Zuckermandel Sr. (aka: "Big Zeke"). With his reign secure, he ordered that golden statues of himself be constructed in every locale possible, and commanded that all worship these statues three times a day, with death as the penalty for failure to obey. She spent the next seven years proselytizing, which included interrupting a concert by Z-Van (lead singer of the Four Horsemen and one of Nicolae Carpathia's false messiahs) and speaking to the crowd of thousands. Metabolic control: Nicolae was known to barely sleep even before the Indwelling; after the Indwelling, he no longer required food or sleep, although he would sometimes eat at social events. The main antagonist Nicolae Carpathia (i.e. He helps Darrion escape her captors and she also become a believer following these events. In Acts of God, Christopher Goodman rallies his followers around the world to gather in Middle East so they can march to Petra to destroy the last stronghold of resistors and liberate the humanity from the oppressive influence of Yahweh so humanity can reach the next evolutionary stage of increased health and psychic powers without Yahweh's obstruction. His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. Afterwards, Judd got off his plane and met up with Bruce Barnes. After Carpathia establishes the Global Community, the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and Egypt launch an uprising against him, resulting in World War Three. He was the sort of character we love to hate. The Left Behind series series portrays Carpathia as a man who craves the reverence and adulation of his subjects, even composing a hymn that glorifies himself and demanding that his subjects worship his image three times a day. His mother, Marilena, is unwittingly convinced by Sataniststo become the mother of a child who, they assure her, will change the face of the world. He is very military-like, and refers to men that he speaks with as "Sirs," which he eventually quits doing after Cameron "Buck" Williams tells him enough times. Being portrayed by Gordon Currie in the Left Behind trilogy, he had a more androgynous appearance (possibly to attribute him a more sinister, supernatural presence). Ryan finds a dog and names it Phoenix early on in the series. She joined the Tribulation Force in "The Mark", escaping Buffer when the "mark of loyalty" was being tested out on prisoners. Instead, Judd went to the O'Hare airport and boarded a plane that was heading to London, England. Their study reveals that the peace covenant with Israel will mark the beginning of the seven years' war with the Antichrist, known as the Tribulation. Jesus had come back and he had been left behind. Ben-Judah was commissioned by the Israeli government three years before the Rapture to undertake a study as to how the Jews would recognize the Messiah when he comes. The second day after the Rapture, Ritz provides Buck Williams with a flight as close to New York City as possible. Nicolae's Satanist handlers arranged for his mother to be eliminated, and Nicolae himself eventually demanded the dispatch of his "fathers," a key to his rise to power. Akbar is not only loyal to Carpathia, but actually regards him as a divine figure; his attitude is similar to a divine command theorist or a theological voluntarist who regards whatever God wills constitutes the basis for morality or truth. The Global Community is a fictional worldwide government led by Nicolae Carpathia, who was its Supreme Potentate.It was transformed from the United Nations after the Rapture when Nicolae took power, and moved to New Babylon where its main headquarters were until the plague of darkness from the fifth Bowl Judgment fell upon it. Her parents smoked, drank, and fought constantly. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and sulfur, repeating over and over, "Jesus is Lord!!!". Walter Moon is a supporting antagonist in the Left Behind series. Judd Thompson, Jr is a fictional character and one of the four main protagonists in the Left Behind: The Kids series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The Dragon was cast down to Earth near the end of this experience. Abdullah Ababneh is a former Jordanian fighter pilot, first officer for the Phoenix 216, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Amman; lost divorced wife and two children in Rapture; former first officer, Phoenix 216; a principal Trib Force pilot assigned to Petra; witnessed the Glorious Appearing; now residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Israel. Engaged and married on the same day as Chloe and Buck. Plank falls under Carpathia's spell and serves him faithfully until he becomes surplus to Nicolae's needs. After three and a half years in power Carpathia was assassinated by Chaim Rosenzweig, an Israeli botanist and statesman whom he once pretended to befriend, prophetically suffering a lethal head wound from a blade which Rosenzweig had created himself and concealed in the tubing of his wheelchair after feigning a stroke.Carpathia's demise was short-lived, however, as after three days of lying dead, Carpathia's body was indwelt by Satanhimself, thus making Carpathia appear to rise from the dead and further cement his power. He is resurrected in Glorious Appearing with the other martyred saints. He was described as a very traditional Roman Catholic at this time, although he rapidly embraced dramatic changes to the faith after the Rapture. Only hours before the Antichrist's resurrection, Tsion had an out-of-body experience, where he witnesses the hosts of Heaven, and the archangel Michael battling Lucifer, in dragon form. It is also interesting to note that Nicolae Carpathia and Leon Fortunato essentially share the same first names as Nikolai Lenin and Leon Trotsky. She is among the few believers left alive when Jesus Christ returns to earth. He is imbued with power from Lucifer and is able to kill believers (such as Annie Christopher) with the Satanic ability to call down fire from the sky, either as lightning from a cloudless blue sky (as he did in killing three opposing sub-potentates during Carpathia's funeral) or as a single ball of flame (in the slaying of Hattie Durham), and is officially identified as the False Prophet that aids the Antichrist. Clips taken from Left Behind: The Movie (2000), Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002), and Left Behind: World At War (2005). She goes back to the US and stays with a co-op flyer and his wife till she moves to Petra with Leah, where she helps tend the wounded with her medical expertise. She was formerly married but left a widow during the early years of the Tribulation. Chloe Steele Williams, daughter of Rayford Steele and wife of Buck Williams, was a former college student. This refers to his first name Nicolae, which comes from the Greek name of Nikolaos, which means victory over/of the people. This references both the early Christian belief that the Antichrist would come in the form of a Roman emperor, as well as the current Pre-Millennialist Christian view[citation needed] that the Antichrist will emerge from a "New Roman Empire"[citation needed]. Ritz is badly injured in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, when an airplane wing hits the back of his head. In May 2000, after more than six months of waiting, readers finally got to find out who killed Nicolae Carpathia. This causes Kenny's life to fall apart, and while he is extremely lonely, he trusts in God to deliver him in the end. [3] He also finances an attempted invasion of Israel which is thwarted by God. His name originally came from his father, and he has hated it ever since. Glorious Appearing: an Experience in Sound and Drama, Vanished: Left Behind The Next Generation, In the Dramatic Audio presentations, he is voiced by. Viv Ivins (spiritual mentor, deceased) Satan (spiritual mentor, Defeated) However, he did not have the supernatural ability of universal speech, where he can say something in one language but have listeners from other languages understand him in their language. Manipulation: The Antichrist Nicolae was able to manipulate anyone at ease. Carpathia established "Carpathianism" as the only legal religion on Earth and, following the events in the Book of Revelation, decreed that all were required to bear a mark (the biblical Mark of the Beast) signifying their loyalty to him and the Global Community in order to buy or sell. They go on to establish a branch of COT in Greece, as was Kat's lifelong dream. He proposed to Vicki (he always wanted to)after his return, and they marry about a year before the Glorious Appearing, where he and Vicki are both in Jerusalem. The authors gave the impression that Nicolae Carpathia really did believe that his self-aggrandizing endeavors to defeat God and the Son would prevail, even though scripture says that the devil knows his time is short (Revelation 12:12). Later, when Carpathia is assassinated by Dr. Rosenzweig and resurrected as prophesied, Fortunato becomes even more important, and is Carpathia's go-to man and second-in-command. Carpathia quickly began effecting changes to the U.N., converting it into the cruel and purely malevolentGlobal Community and appointing himself as that evil government's Supreme Potentate. 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