The Mark: The Beast Rules the World (Left Behind #8) - Hardcover

LaHaye, Tim; Jenkins, Jerry B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0842332251 ISBN 13: 9780842332255

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

2001 Christy Award finalist!
The international fiction series phenomenon continues. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye pick up the exciting end-times saga where The Indwelling left off. The evil world leader Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his three-and-a-half year reign of terror over the earth. Technology provides the means to place the mark of the beast on every human, and the Trib Force scrambles to survive.

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Review:

It's the dawn of the Great Tribulation, "the bloodiest season in the history of the world." After lying in state for three days, Nicolae Carpathia has risen from the dead. As the world responds in awe, statues of the potentate and "god" are erected in every major city, and a new religion, "Carpathianism," is in full swing. Followers of the antichrist are branded with a loyalty mark on their right hands or their foreheads, and "vaccinated" with a biochip embedded with personal information. Those who refuse the mark take a one-way trip to the guillotine. The second coming of Christ is only three-and-one-half years away. But can the Tribulation Force hang on?

"The God who calls you to the ultimate sacrifice will also give you the power to endure it. No one can receive the mark of the beast by accident. It is a once-and-for-all decision that will forever condemn you to eternity without God," writes Tsion Ben-Judah in his daily newsletter with its cyberaudience of more than a billion. Heavenly power may be the only hope for the Tribulation Force, as it struggles to survive amidst new terrors, the death of more loved ones, and some unexpected twists in its plans.

The Mark: The Beast Rules the World is the eighth installment in the blockbuster Left Behind series. Rich in dialogue, this action-packed thriller delivers the same consistent mix of apocalyptic mayhem and quirky humor readers have come to expect from the pen of Jerry Jenkins and the prophetic interpretations of Tim LaHaye. --Cindy Crosby

From the Back Cover:

Global Community ruler resurrects, demands worship. Carpathia occupies Jerusalem temple―‘rightful throne’. Citizens to receive loyalty mark or death.

The events set in motion by the Rapture take a deeply disturbing turn when satanic Global Community leader Nicolae Carpathia, recently assassinated, returns to life. He erects statues of himself in every city and demands that all people be branded with a permanent loyalty mark. Those who refuse face ghastly execution, and Christ-followers are targeted for obliteration.

Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, and the other Tribulation Force operatives rally their forces to combat this new onslaught. Will the young spy within Global Community headquarters prove trustworthy? Will the Trib Force’s daring escape plan succeed, or will they go down in flames?

The Mark is #8 in the phenomenal New York Times best-selling Left Behind series that rocked the publishing world and made millions think seriously about the future and their places in it.

With special features relating to current events and end-times prophecy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0842332251
• ISBN 13: 9780842332255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 381