Tribulation Force
The Current Edition Paperback Cover
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| Author | Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins |
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| Cover artist | Chris Butler |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Left Behind Series |
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Christian Speculative fiction Apocalyptic fiction |
| Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers |
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Publication date
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October 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Graphic Novel |
| Pages | 450 pages |
| ISBN | (hardcover), (paperback) |
| OCLC | 34958733 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.A315 T75 1996 |
| Preceded by | Left Behind |
| Followed by | Nicolae |
Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind is the second novel in the Left Behind series, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It takes place from two weeks after the Rapture to 18 months into the Tribulation.
In a series of events that followed the Rapture, in which Jesus Christ takes away members of his church from Earth, some find themselves left behind. Eventually they meet at New Hope Village Church, located in the suburbs of Chicago. They then meet from time to time and become immersed in study of prophecies contained in the Bible. Their study reveals that the Antichrist will establish control of the Earth, and the Tribulation period lasting seven years will start after his covenant with Israel. Jesus Christ's second coming will fall on the end of the Tribulation.
In the course of their study, some characters in the novel form a core group which Chloe Steele christens the "Tribulation Force", dedicated to fight the seven years' war with the Antichrist.
Rayford Steele, Chloe Steele, Buck Williams and Bruce Barnes find themselves left behind. This group of believers, as well as others left behind but becoming believers, are otherwise known as "Tribulation Saints", to differentiate from the pre-Rapture designation of Christian. The question of what to do in response to this radical change in situation arises. They propose to fight the perceived threat that Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia poses in the form of eradicating all religion and establishing a single world religion. The dogma consists that "there is no heaven nor hell, just [the left-behind]."
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