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The Omega Code: Another Has Risen from the Dead

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I read this book literally in one sitting. I am not a reader of fiction, and only took this on because of my intense interest in the Bible Codes. My dilema is that the writer gave what appeared to be codes throughout his book and let the codes advance the story line, which he did most perfectly. I would love to know if the codes that were brought to light were authentic. or mearly put there as an example. All in all this is a really well written book. However, there were some typos, which I will blame on the Editor. I give it 4 stars.

Well, I finally received an advance copy of this book. It was not worth the wait. I saw the movie first (by the same title) and the movie was worth the matinee admission price, but not the evening admission price. Both the book and screenplay are by the same author -- Paul Crouch. Correction to my previous review. The actor playing Alexander Stone is not played by Simon Ward, but by another fine British actor. I do not recall his name, but he is quite famous. While the book was more exciting than the screenplay, both suffered from the same theological errors (In My Humble Opinion). 1. The Rapture of the Saints does not occur before the seven year tribulation period. It hadn't occured by the end of the book at the 3.5 year mark. In fact, the Rapture is not mentioned anywhere in book or screenplay. 2. The book makes a snide remark about the Mormon faith (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) on page 222. The hero of the book, Lane, says: "God told me to search the hills for a cave that had hidden golden tablets to show me the way." Cassandra: "Did you find it?" Lane: "No, it'd just be my luck that if I did, He wouldn't give me the special glasses to read them so I could understand it." While I do not share in the Mormon faith/denomination/cult, I see no reason to alienate this group of believers. The members may be misguided, but they still profess a belief in Jesus Christ. 3. In this book, the spirit of the Anti-Christ does not enter into Alexander Stone until he is wounded in the head, dies, and then is resurrected. 4. As a Computer Science professional, I have a hard time believing that the Bible contains a three dimensional holographic computer program. 5. My biggest complaint is non-logical statement on page 180. The non-Christian hero of the book (Lane) says: "Alexander then found his name encoded all throughout the Code's prophecies. When he did what the prophecies said, they came true ... one after another." This is the usual time paradox of causal events, but handled very poorly. Mark Twain did a much better job in his explanation of "The Boss's" arrival in King Arthur's Court from the future. Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" has a better written description of that causal time paradox. Final comment: I would buy this book in paperback, but not in hardback. The normally higher hardback price is not worth its contents.

I received the book Omega Code on Jan.24,2000 and I could not put it down and I finished it the same day. I have never done that before. The book kept you on the edge of your seat. Would like to read more by Crouch. Keep books like this on your site and I'm a steady customer. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

A friend of my mom gave her this book a few weeks ago. I found it yesterday while walking through the house waiting until time to leave to go to work. I picked it up and started reading. When it was time to go to work I didn't want to put it down, so I carried it with me. I work in a hospital in radiology and as is turned out we weren't too busy last night so I finished it all before returning home. I would recommend it to every one. Paul Crouch does a surperb job of taking the writings in Revelation, and elsewhere in the Bible that deal with the end times, mixing it with topics "ripped" from the headlines and ending up with a book that is not only exciting to read but really gets you thinking. I would like to see Dr. Crouch write more Christian Fiction books along this line.

Paul Crouch's novelization of the sleeper hit film "The Omega Code" has many of the movie's strengths and weaknesses. The inherent grandeur and urgency of the plot--the rise of Antichrist in the Earth's last days--coupled with the author's evident empathy for his subject imbues this book with enough power to both entertain and inspire the Evangelical Christians from whose viewpoint the book emerges. The characters are interesting and highly believable, and the storyline, for all its exhuberance, does bear the ring of truth. Unfortunately, Mr. Crouch has not mastered the high art of fiction, and his prose frequently rings badly off key. A careful editing would have helped. Even so, the somewhat spartan style is admittedly much more satisfying than the often overblown writing of more "accomplished" authors. Another drawback is that the philosophy behind the story is not fully explained within the book itself, so readers from non-Evangelical backgrounds, and especially non-Christians, may have trouble understanding what's going on. But all-in-all, thanks to the author's intense conviction and the raw power of Revelation itself, "The Omega Code" works not only as novel, but as morality tale as well.

I really loved this book and read it in one sitting. If you have seen the movie then you'll love this book. It is fast paced and even if your not Christian like me it's a read anyway.Dr.Crouch makes you visualize what is going on and it is also action packed. A must read in my opinion!

I loved this book. It is a tale that soon we will be living. Perhaps not exactly as it is portrayed by the writing, but the basic idea will be in full bloom.

The book is good against evil, the rise of the
Anti-Christ, coming to rule the world in all his
ungodly fame and glory. The code has been found in the Bible, a code that can be used for good or for evil, the race is on.

I believe that Christians will enjoy this read and it might just get a few non-believers to dig a little bit in the Word of God to see what is about to take place in this old world of ours.
Recommended!

This is a real attention getter. I could not put this book down. Paul Crouch did a great job. A lot of action drama and confusion. People you expected to be good were bad and the bad were good. Or for the most part some of them were. Action after Action after action. I would give it a five but the ending was a little [bad]. Other than that the story was awesome. I've read it twice already.

Having read this book, one question remain: Why did I buy it? I expected a sound novel in terms of writing skill and content but found a book with poorly rendered, or rather shallow, characters, and a story that at best could be described as pre-teen in it's intellectual challenge. As a work of fiction, this book doesn't measure up.

However, there may be more to a "prophetic" novel than just the story. Still, the plot deviates from biblical prophecy in various ways, thus indicating that the book ought to be labeled just "science fiction" - not "prophetic fiction". And as science fiction there may be an ocean of titles preferable to this.

Looking for biblical suspense? Go for the Left Behind series, and forget this one. You would get both the story and a biblically based plot.

This would be a great story in the hands of an accomplished writer. I'm sure Mr. Crouch is a wonderful person but his literary skills are lacking. I much preferred the Left Behind series.