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Thousands of years of human history stained by strife, death, and sin come to an end when the King of Glory returns to earth. The satisfying conclusion of the seven years of tribulation covered by the Left Behind series portrays the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgment at the height of the battle between the forces of evil gathered at Armageddon and the remaining Christian believers at Petra and Jerusalem. Nothing seems to be able to stop the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia. But God is in control. Street date: Tuesday, November 16, 2004..
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Watch for the signs. Then look for My return. Thats what Jesus said, and thats exactly what the church has done for two thousand years. Still Emma Hamilton and Adam Reed never dreamed it would happen in their lifetime However, with the Temple rebuilt and an international leader gathering the world into a unified federation, the signs are everywhere. And though one is more prepared than the other, they find themselves hiding on a mountain with their families, cut off from the world, waiting for His appearing. But there would be another second coming before Christs, and this one would turn the world upside down. He has a deadline and will do whatever it takes to accomplish his goal. And time is running out. Hurtling toward the finish line, nothing can stop these unthinkable events. The government infiltrates unsuspecting churches; no believer is safe. Overnight, the church finds itself the target of Satan himself. Emma and Adam soon discover that the plans of their congregation have been compromised, and years of preparation have been wasted. In a time when angels deliver messages from God and demons influence the minds of men, the battle for earth is at hand. Emma and Adam struggle to believe what they know is true, though prophecy is being literally fulfilled before their eyes. One slipup is all Satan needs to draw the church from its hiding place, and he sets a plan in motion to lure them out..
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“Here’s the truth, sister: Mary Magdalene has been knocking at the door of my heart for three years.
“She got squeezed out of Bad Girls of the Bible when I realized I needed more time to research her complex story. Then she was dropped from the roster for Really Bad Girls of the Bible because Tamar and Bathsheba took up more than their allotted pages. (Pushy, huh?) Now I know the real reason why Mary M waited so patiently in the wings: She deserves a book all her own!
“Come meet the genuine Mary Magdalene of the Bible–not the scarlet-draped legend–and follow her one-of-a-kind story of deliverance and dedication, despair and declaration. Like my previous Bad Girls books, Mad Mary begins with the fictional journey of Mary Margaret Delaney, a bad woman–or was it madwoman?–adrift in contemporary Chicago, desperate for someone to save her from herself.

“Once Mary Delaney’s story has prepared our hearts for learning, we’ll leave the Windy City and go verse by verse through Mary of Magdala’s ancient biblical tale, tossing aside modern misconceptions as we embrace the real Mary M.
“Prepare to be amazed by this eye-opening sister who was transformed twice when You-Know-Who showed up and spoke her name. Oh, Mary!”
– Liz Curtis Higgs


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Codes Appearing combines in a single volume three seminal and long unavailable collections by Michael Palmer. This volume rescues from limbo three of his most beautiful poetry volumes: Notes for Echo Lake, First Figure, and Sun (1981, 1984, 1988). Making available a great deal of Palmer's most influential, exciting, and stunning work, Codes Appearing is a landmark volume. The significance of his writing is every day more recognized. "It is impossible," as The Boston Review noted, "to overstate Palmer's importance." "Michael Palmer,'" as Joshua Clover declared in The Village Voice, "is the most influential avant-gardist working, and perhaps the greatest poet of his generation.... And his books, including the essential '80s triptych of Notes for Echo Lake, First Figure, and Sun, are organized not by story but by a dreamland of calculus and sway....[Palmer's] genius is for making the world strange again.".
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Thousands of years of human history stained by strife, death, and sin come to an end when the King of Glory returns to earth. The satisfying conclusion of the seven years of Tribulation covered by the Left Behind series portrays the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgment The Antichrist has assembled the armies of the world in the Valley of Megiddo for what he believes will be his ultimate triumph of the ages. With a victory here he would ascend to the throne of God. The Tribulation Force has migrated to the Middle East, most ensconced at Petra with the Jewish Remnant, now more than a million strong. But only one of the four original members of the Force remains alive, and he is near death. Jerusalem is falling to the Global Community's Unity Army, and Tsion ben-Judah has been slain. Few in Petra know of his loss, and both Rayford Steele and Buck Williams are unaccounted for. It's been just over seven years since the Rapture and almost exactly seven years since Antichrist's covenant with Israel. Believers look to the heavens for the Glorious Appearing of Christ, as the world stands on the brink of the end of time. But God has another plan..
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The Experience in Sound and Drama series of audio products from Left Behind have captured the minds and ears of fiction fans worldwide Aired on hundreds of radio stations nationwide as well as the Internet, this package of 12 new episodes will make a total of 144 available in this format. Based on Glorious Appearing, which releases on March 30, 2004..
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The Glorious Appearing is a book on prophecy in which the author points out the false teaching of many authors and Bible teachers concerning the Second Coming of Jesus, the end of this age and the commencement of eternity. These authors and Bible teachers believe in one or more of the following: 1) There will be two Second Comings of Jesus. 2) The Church will be raptured before the end of the Tribulation. 3) There will be more than one resurrection. 4) There will be more than one day of judgment. 5) After the judgment at the Second Coming, Jesus will reign for a thousand years (millennial reign). During that reign, believers ,Jews and Gentiles, will live in natural bodies and have children. 6) There will be a thousand years of peace and righteousness before the Second Coming.

The doctrines of these authors and Bible teachers are rejected by the following Scriptures.

According to the Scriptures, there will be only one Second Coming of Jesus and it will take place at the end of the age, that is, at the end of the Tribulation (Matt.13:36-43; Matt.24:29-31; Matt. 25:31-46; Acts 3:21; Heb. 9:27-28; 2 Pet.3: 7,10-13).

The Scriptures teach that there will be only one resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous (Dan. 12:2, John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15) and only one day of judgment for all humanity (Acts 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:1). Therefore the teaching of more than one future resurrection and more than one day of judgment is false.

When Jesus comes, he will judge the living and the dead. The righteous will be raptured into the kingdom of God (eternal life) and the unrighteous will descend into the fiery furnace (eternal punishment) (Matt 11:23-24; Matt. 13:42-43; Matt.25:31-46; Luke 10:14-15; 2 Tim.4:1; Rev. 21:1-8).

WHEN THE RAPTURE AND DESCENT TAKE PLACE, there will be no believers in natural bodies with the ability to have children (1 Cor.15:50-52; Phil.3:20-21). Therefore, the teaching of a thousand-year reign of Jesus, following the judgment at his Second Coming, in which believers will have children, is false.

The Scripture also shows that the eternal reign of Christ will commence at the end of the Tribulation. We read: The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: `The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever' (Rev. 11:15, NIV).

Jesus taught that there will be wars and rumours of wars before his Second Coming (Matt. 24:6). Therefore, the teaching of a thousand years of peace and righteousness before his Second Coming is false.

In looking at prophecy in connection with the Second Coming of Jesus, the end of this age and the commencement of eternity, it is necessary to study carefully the Book of Revelation. In Chapter 20, verses one to seven, the phrases a thousand years and the thousand years are recorded six times. Are the numbers a thousand years and the thousand literal or symbolic? Those who teach that the thousand years are literal and future also teach that there will be more than one future resurrection and more than one future day of judgment. But the Scriptures clearly teach only one future resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15) and only one future day of judgment for all humanity (Matthew 11:23-24; Matthew 13:36-43; Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 10:14-15; 2 Timothy 4:1).

Therefore, the teaching of more than one future resurrection and more than one day of judgment is false.

On the authority of Scripture, we must conclude that the resurrection and judgment recorded in Revelation 11:18 at the end of the Tribulation must be the same resurrection and judgment recorded in Revelation 20:11-15 after the thousand years. It is important to observe that in both scenes (Revelation 11:18 ) and (Revelation 20: 11-15) both the righteous and the unrighteous are involved.

We conclude from Scripture that the thousand years and a thousand years mentioned in the Book of Revelation, chapter twenty, verses one to seven, are not literal but symbolic and they are being fulfilled now.

THE SECOND COMING

The Second Coming of Jesus, the rapture of the Church and the descent of unbelievers will take place after the time of tribulation, at the end of the age. We read:

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. ... The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear (Matthew 13: 38-39, 41-43,NIV).

Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other ( Matthew 24: 29-31, NIV).

There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near (Luke 21:25-28, NIV).

Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction (2 Thessalonians 2: 1-3, NIV).

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words. Now , brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape ( 1 Thess. 4:16 -5:3, NIV).

By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. ... But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness ( 2 Pet. 3: 7, 10-13, NIV).

When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. ... Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ... 'Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life' (Matt. 25: 31-33, 41, 46, NIV)..
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