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'''''Left Behind''''' is a series of 16 novels (including three prequels and a sequel to the original series) by [[Tim Lahaye]] and [[Jerry Jenkins]].

'''''Left Behind''''' is a series of 16 novels (including three prequels and a sequel to the original series) by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry Jenkins]].

The first book (from which the series takes its name) deals with [[the Rapture]] occurring as millions of Christians are taken away into heaven by Jesus in a moment of time. The novel then explores the impact on those who are left behind trying to find out what has happened, what will happen next, and what they can do as seen through the eyes of a few people who eventually come together to form a small group and prepare themselves for the coming [[Tribulation]] and the rise of the [[Anti-Christ]].

The first book (from which the series takes its name) deals with [[the Rapture]] occurring as millions of Christians are taken away into heaven by Jesus in a moment of time. The novel then explores the impact on those who are left behind trying to find out what has happened, what will happen next, and what they can do as seen through the eyes of a few people who eventually come together to form a small group and prepare themselves for the coming [[Tribulation]] and the rise of the [[Anti-Christ]].

==Main Characters==

==Main Characters==

* Rayford Steele - 747 captain for Pan-Continental in his mid-forties. He is member, but non-attender at New Hope Village Church; Mount Prospect.

* Rayford Steele - 747 captain for Pan-Continental in his mid-forties. He is member, but non-attender at New Hope Village Church; Mount Prospect.

* Chloe Steele Williams, Rayford's daughter who is a student at Stanford University in her mid-twenties and skeptical of Christianity. Her mother and brother were taken to Heaven in the rapture. Chloe resides in California.  In the canon she marries Buck Williams and they have one son together.

* Chloe Steele Williams, Rayford's daughter who is a student at Stanford University in her mid-twenties and skeptical of Christianity. Her mother and brother were taken to Heaven in the rapture. Chloe resides in California.  In the canon, she marries Buck Williams and they have one son together.

* Cameron "Buck" Williams (played by [[Kirk Cameron]] in the first three films) - journalist and senior writer for Global Weekly from New York who authors the Newsmaker of the Year story on Chaim Rosenzweig.

* Cameron "Buck" Williams (played by [[Kirk Cameron]] in the first three films) - journalist and senior writer for Global Weekly from New York who authors the Newsmaker of the Year story on Chaim Rosenzweig.

* Bruce Barnes - assistant pastor at New Hope Village Church in his mid-forties who must lead new congregation

* Bruce Barnes - assistant pastor at New Hope Village Church in his mid-forties who must lead new congregation

* Jonathan Stonagal - international financier and wealthiest man in history

* Jonathan Stonagal - international financier and wealthiest man in history

* Ken Ritz - charter pilot

* Ken Ritz - charter pilot

* Chaim Rosenzweig - Israeli botanist and statesman who discovers of a formula that makes Israeli deserts bloom; former Global Weekly Man of the Year.  He eventually becomes a believer and leads the Jewish Remnant at Petra

* Chaim Rosenzweig - Israeli botanist and statesman who discovers a formula that makes Israeli deserts bloom; former Global Weekly Man of the Year.  He eventually becomes a believer and leads the Jewish Remnant at Petra

* Steve Plank - publisher of the Global Weekly; old school journalist; Cameron's boss.

* Steve Plank - publisher of the Global Weekly; old-school journalist; Cameron's boss.

* Hattie Durham - flight attendant in her late twenties, works with Rayford at Pan-Continental.

* Hattie Durham - flight attendant in her late twenties, works with Rayford at Pan-Continental.

* Nicolae Jetty Carpathia - president of [[Romania]] in his mid-thirties who was invited to speak at the United Nations; he ultimately is revealed to be the '''''Antichrist'''''.

* Nicolae Jetty Carpathia - president of [[Romania]] in his mid-thirties who was invited to speak at the United Nations; he ultimately is revealed to be the '''''Antichrist'''''.

==Film adaptation==

==Film adaptation==

''[[Left Behind (film, 2000)]]''

*''[[Left Behind (film, 2000)]]''

The film would be followed by two sequels and a reboot:

The film would be followed by two sequels and a reboot:

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