Rating  - The End
This is the eleventh book in the Left Behind series. Though the story is fast paced in this book. It was not a page-turner as the previous one. I normally read these books in one afternoon. This took me two days to finish. It is just not a page-turner that a couple of the other books in the series are. But even though we still have the two-dimensional characters, the book has an even and steady flow to it.
The Antichrist is rallying his armies for the last battle. He plans to destroy the Remnant in Petra and take over Jerusalem. And he is sure since he read the Bible himself and knows what to expect...that he can win.
Our heroes prepare to defend both places against horrible odds. One of our heroes is martyred in the middle of the book and some die. The novels pace slowly picks up toward the end when Armageddon actually begins. The defenders of Petra and Jerusalem fight valiantly against overwhelming odds. As we all anticipate the Glorious Appearing. Which of course does not happen. Though I find this book to be of lesser quality of most of the other sin the series. It is still worth the read.
Rating  - who buys this drivel?
"Hail Carpathia, our lord and risen king;
Hail Carpathia, rules o'er everything.
We'll worship him until we die;
He's our beloved Nicholae.
Hail Carpathia, our lord and risen king".
Nicholae Jetty Carpathia is the most pathetic anti Christ I have ever come across. Not only has he to listen to puerile songs like the above but he seems to be a remarkably shallow character for one who is supposed to be the incarnation of evil. To give him his due, he can, however, glow in the dark like one of the side kicks in the Sky High movie. Not very much admittedly but he can emit rays of light which is helpful when God plunges his capital into darkness.
Nicholae's followers spend a considerable amount of time in this book groping around in the dark. This is because the authors of this very popular series take their lines almost literally from The Book of Revelations, which forms the last book in the New Testament. Because God plunged the anti Christ's headquarters into darkness, Nick has to suffer. And so do the readers of this awful book.
In Armageddon the eleventh book in the Left Behind series, Nick has taken over the world and, a few Jewish and Christian believers apart, everyone else is happy enough to pay homage to him even if it means eternal damnation in the fires of hell. These include Krystall, Nick's very polite personal secretary, who, even though she accepts her own eternal damnation for taking Nick's mark, feeds the Christian rebels information for her own peculiar reasons.
Although one would expect the anti Christ to take a very dim view of those who betray him, Nick is too preoccupied with crushing the rebels to bother himself with Krystall's treachery. As part of this process, and to foreshadow the apocalyptic fight ahead, Nick cobbles together the biggest army ever assembled in the history of the world and he equips it with the best weaponry available. As a result of these preparations, Nick feels confident he can defeat God's army. To this end, he rides a horse. And many of his soldiers also ride horses.
Although this might make bad military sense, it accords with the Book of Revelations where the anti Christ leads his forces into battle on a horse. The Book of Revelations, unfortunately, is not the only part of the Bible to permeate this boring book. God, for example, feeds the Christian rebels with manna from heaven, just as Exodus 16.31 informs us He fed Moses and his followers when they fled Egypt. When the believers are not gorging themselves on manna, they are using the Internet to read whatever battle tips the Bible has to offer as they attempt to defeat Nick.
Nick must be a technophobe. Not only does he ride a horse into battle but his forces, which control the world, cannot even close down a very popular underground Christian site. If the Christians in this book are anything to go by, one would almost have to wish him well. These Christians are a pompous myopic lot. They delight in telling Krystall and other unfortunates that God has prepared a very warm spot for them in Hell and they seem to be unable to string a handful of sentences together without throwing in a few biblical quotes as well.
Although Nicholae Carpathia may not sport a hoof, a trident and a cloven foot, yet he may as well: he is as much a caricature as Lucifer or Old Nick himself ever were. Unfortunately, he is not so scary. This is because his character, like all the other characters in this puffed up book, lacks any depth or subtlety at all. That is not his fault but the fault of the writers who feel compelled to churn out as much "Christian literature" as quickly as they can.
Jenkins even has a writing school to foster more Christian clones to help spread "the Word". But the Bible has some very beautiful writing in it and it does offer many words of wisdom to the wise. The same cannot be said of the Left Behind series of books. They are low grade propaganda: the mystery is why they sell so well. If Christian parents are forcing their children to read this drivel, our hearts have to go out to them. And to Nicholae Carpathia, the anti Christ, who thinks it is ok to ride into battle on a horse.
Rating  - Armageddon - An ending or a New Beginning?
The battle for our planet and our souls continues in imitable style - we lose some dear friends and others' fates are left in question - the action continues to mesmerize!
Rating  - Open minded
I just have to disagree entirely with someone named Luke who did a review and really lambasted LaHay and Jenkins for this recent book...."Armageddon". If this Luke guy and all other nay-sayer readers would read the books with an open mind, they wouldn't get themselves so shook up about them! Why can't people understand that these books are fiction with some biblical background prophecy! I think it's totally unfair to critize these two men for their writing.....ummm, aren't we still in the freedom of speech era here?....HELLO! Why can't readers just say they either liked the books or they didn't like them, period! Why must these two men be held in judgement as if they were heretics or something! Luke Weisgandon (or whatever his name is)should start looking at himself in the mirror...maybe he needs to take a good long look before he starts judging and accusing LaHay and Jenkins of preaching false doctrine! The book series of "Left Behind" are works of FICTION with biblical overtones.....that's it! Let the reader see or not see! Don't get so bent out of shape! If LaHay and Jenkins are attempting to give a message in their books....so what! It's their books...free speech....they have the right, and too bad if the reader can't handle it. Don't read the books if you can't stand them! Just get a life, why don't you! Quit thinking you are the only one with the truth! Other people see it differently you know!
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