Kingdom Come: The Final Victory (Left Behind Sequel) (Paperback)

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“The Left Behind series . . . is among the best-selling fiction of our times—right up there with Clancy and Stephen King.”--Time

“Christian thriller. Prophecy-based fiction. Juiced up morality tale. Call it what you like, the Left Behind series . . . now has a label its creators could never have predicted: blockbuster success.”--Entertainment Weekly

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The horrors of the Tribulation are over, and Jesus Christ has set up his perfect kingdom on earth. Believers all around the world enjoy a newly perfected relationship with their Lord, and the earth itself is transformed. Yet evil still lurks in the hearts of the unbelieving. As the Millennium draws to a close, the final generation of the unrepentant prepares to mount a new offensive against the Lord Himself--sparking the final and ultimate conflict from which only one side will emerge the eternal victor.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (September 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842361901
• ISBN-13: 978-0842361903
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,695 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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85 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Please Tell Me This is the End, April 13, 2007

By	Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kingdom Come: The Final Victory (Left Behind #13) (Hardcover)

The tribulation is over and the millennium is beginning. Christians who have died have returned to earth in their glorified state to help those Christians who are still alive rule the earth. The earth's population is made up entirely of adult Christians and children who haven't yet made up their mind.

There is a huge need to evangelize the children, so Chloe and Buck, both glorified, set up a day care. They children play games and learn Bible stories. Rayford, the only surviving member of the original Tribulation Force, reunites with old friends and works to further Christ's kingdom by doing whatever is needed. 100 years in, he leads a group that sets about revitalized Egypt after it is judged for turning from God.

But in the background, there is resistance building. Calling themselves The Other Light, they set about convincing unbelievers that, if enough of them believe, Satan can win when he is freed. Is there anything our heroes can do to stop them?

Okay, I'll admit I have had a love/hate relationship with these books. Some books I've loved, some I've hated, and some I've loved and hated. This book definitely falls into the hated category.

After some boring set up, we advance to almost the 100 year mark, where we spend almost the entire time. There really is no central villain to the story, which makes the conflict very weak. As with GLORIOUS APPEARING, there are long passages that are direct quotes from the Bible but do nothing to advance the story. And this includes three times they stop their story to tell us a Bible story quoted almost completely from the Bible. The characters seem even weaker then normal, too.

And that leaves out my biggest complaint. A major plot point is that all people who haven't accepted Christ will die on their hundredth birthday. I've been asking around, and no one I've talked to has ever heard that before. Furthermore, the verse they use to justify it sure doesn't seem to say that to me.

Now all this sounds like I hated it. The last 100 pages had some great conflict that almost redeemed the book for me. If the rest of it had been that way, I would have enjoyed the book more.

GLORIOUS APPEARING felt like a great conclusion to the series. I should have stopped there.

59 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The final adventures of the Trib Force, April 7, 2007

By	Kona (Emerald City) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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This review is from: Kingdom Come: The Final Victory (Left Behind #13) (Hardcover)

The sixteenth book in the "Left Behind" series covers the one thousand years after the Glorious Appearing. Jesus reigns from the holy temple in Jerusalem, David is his prince, and peace prevails throughout the world. All adults in the world are either "naturals" (believers who were alive at the time of Jesus' coming), or "glorifieds" (those who returned to earth from Heaven), and will live out the Millennium and then proceed to heaven. Children (those under the age of 100) must make the choice to be followers of Christ, or die on their 100th birthday. The members of the Tribulation Force have a children's day care ministry which serves hundreds of children and aims to bring the youth to Christ. But there are pockets of dissent, even in this paradise. A growing number of hedonistic "children" are members of The Other Light, a group that rejects Christ and longs for the return of Satan.

I found this book poorly written and disappointing. The narrative is awkward, the dialogue is stilted, the characters are stereotypes, and the plot suffered without a villain. The authors admit there is scant scriptural information about the Millennium, so their detailed description of events come across as fantasy not grounded in prophesy. The first hundred years is described in excruciating detail, and then in one sentence, 900 years passes and it's time for everyone on earth to either ascend to heaven or descend to the lake of fire with Satan. The earlier "Glorious Appearing" was a good book that wrapped up the series for me; this book was shallow, dull, and pointless.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, April 17, 2007

By	J. Simpson "Pew Potato" (Castle Rock, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kingdom Come: The Final Victory (Left Behind #13) (Hardcover)

Like several of the books in this series, this should have been a chapter instead of the book. Long re-tellings of Hebrews 11, Noah, Joshua and David are used as filler, but add nothing to the development of the characters or the plot.