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'''Left Behind''' is a novel by [[Tim Lahaye]] and [[Jerry Jenkins]] that deals with [[the Rapture]] of all who believe in [[Jesus]] and prepares sets the seeds for the coming [[The Tribulation|Tribulation]] and the rise of the [[Anti-Christ]].

'''Left Behind''' is a novel by [[Tim Lahaye]] and [[Jerry Jenkins]].

Surprisingly for [[Christian]] works, the book struck a chord with the Christian community and sold over 15,000,000 copies.  It spawned an entire Left Behind series of twelve books all the way through [[Christ]]'s return.  The entire series sold over 63 million books.

The book deals with [[the Rapture]] occurring near the start of the book (all Christians being taken away into heaven by Jesus in a moment of time) and then goes into 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 [[The Tribulation|Tribulation]] and the rise of the [[Anti-Christ]].

The series has been criticized by many, mostly due to the hyper-dispensationalist bias that it takes. However, critics usually fail to point out why the book is wrong and how their anti-dispensationalist viewpoint is correct. At any rate, most criticisms are based on personal biases, not actual evidence, biblical or otherwise.

Surprisingly for [[Christian]] works, the book struck a chord with the Christian community and reached many non-Christians as well as it sold over 15,000,000 copies. Although originally planned to be a three book series, it was expanded to a twelve book series culminating with the return of [[Christ]] and became one of the most well bought series produced.  The entire series sold over 63 million books.

 

As is common with Christian works that become successful, it was given poor reviews by many critics for its Christian specific themes instead of being more generic and all inclusive, a standard that is seldom applied to non-Christian works.

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