In Assassins, David introduces her to Mac McCullum and Abdullah Smith, Carpathia's pilots who are also believers. He is introduced in Armageddon shortly after Chloe Steele Williams disappears. Upon hearing this heartrending realization, the gathering then starts to fight amongst themselves and were killed by a plague. Even though Bruce is killed relatively early in the Tribulation, the Force he helped establish becomes a driving presence during the global war. During this time, Nicolae proudly announces to Rayford and Amanda Steele that Hattie is pregnant with his child and they are engaged. Israeli botanist and statesman, discoverer of a formula that made Israeli desert bloom, former Global Weekly Man of the Year; murderer of Carpathia; leader of the million-plus Jewish remnant at Petra; witness to the Glorious Appearing; now residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Throughout his relationship with Carpathia, Fortunato continues to fawn over the man, a fact that seems to be driven home when Leon died in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake. However, it was already too late for Leon and Jesus sentenced him for eternity in the lake of fire. Jesus instantly destroys the 3 Carpathia clones (unclean frog-like spirits), and has the defeated Antichrist and False Prophet brought before Him. With his advisers and counselors, Carpathia forms a successful import-export business which quickly makes him a millionaire. Stupidly they had overloaded the helicopter with loot for starting new lives they were captured and shot dead on Christmas Day, 1989 after being convicted in a hasty show trial. While she was in the air going to New Babylon to work for him, the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake hit killing all her family. He later returned with the resurrected martyrs at the second coming of Jesus. He says that he had already been convinced before the earthquake, and that he "was praying the prayer as the building came down.". As he is a natural, Kenny ages over the course of the Millennium, with both he and Kat unable to walk without walking sticks. Chang is pressured by his parents, who are Carpathia loyalists, to take the mark, but Chang violently protests this as he is a believer in Jesus Christ. For those murders, Akbar lent Carpathia his side arm when Carpathia vehemently requested it. She appears in Glorious Appearing with Rayford's first wife Irene. Born Ben-Judah was beginning to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth met the descriptions of prophecy, but had not committed himself when Christ raptured His church. At last, he gave out the decree that those who did not accept the mark, along with any who refused to proclaim him as God, would be beheaded by a guillotine, known as a "loyalty enforcement facilitator.". This is partly in keeping with the early Christian belief that the Antichrist would come in the form of a Roman emperor in addition to the current Premillenialist Christian view that the Antichrist will emerge from a "New Roman Empire", the European Union. He was described as a very traditional Roman Catholic at this time, although he rapidly embraced dramatic changes to the faith after the Rapture. He is born during the Tribulation, in the book Apollyon. He knelt before Jesus and acknowledged him as Lord without hesitation. However, he did not have the supernatural ability of universal speech, where he can say something in one language but have listeners from other languages understand him in their language. In a contrast to Jesus's temptations where He withstood Satan with Scripture, Nicolae fell to all three temptations. She also appears briefly in Kingdom Come, as she is among those present at Mac McCullum's thousandth birthday party and is assumedly with the rest of the Trib Force as they gather to watch the end of the Millennium. In the first novel, he is shown to be openly welcoming of Nicolae Carpathia, but gradually become more suspicious. (This was hinted at with the name of the artificial insemination project, Project People's Victory.) known as the most popular man in Romania, admired, respected, lauded by even his opponents. Lionel is the only primary character from the main protagonists in the Left Behind: The Kids series to appear in the adult novels. Falling victim to Fortunato's blackmail, the President of Romania resigns, allowing Carpathia to assume power with the unanimous support of the country's parliament. After three and a half years in power, Carpathia is assassinated by Chaim Rosenzweig, an Israeli botanist and statesman. In Glorious Appearing, even though he was entrusted to command the overwhelming forces to overrun Petra and Jerusalem of the Global Community One World Unity Army, Suhail was publicly shamed for daring to mention the destruction of New Babylon in front of Carpathia in his underground bunker in Solomon's Stables and was later beaten to death on Carpathia's orders by another Unity Army Officer with a rattan rod. According to Buck, he carried himself with a "sense of humility and purpose", and effortlessly dominated any room that he was in. Rayford and the other members of the Tribulation Force attempt to convince her that Carpathia is evil, but she refuses to listen. As the newly appointed President of Romania, Nicolae is invited to speak before the U.N. However, through infiltration of the GC Palace by the Trib Force and Buck & Tsion's conversations with him, Chaim was led to murder Carpathia. Relatives Bruce was a pastor, believer, and the only member of the staff that had been left behind. He was one of the few believers left alive when Christ, with his armies, returned to earth. Buck Williams notices that the gunshot sounded similar to the sound of the gun Nicolae used to kill Eli and Moishe. Immediately after Carpathia's assassination, Hassid had to work with artist Guy Blod, who was making a huge statue of Carpathia. He also gathered the armies of the world at the valley of Armageddon for the battle with Jesus Christ and His army. In the Millennium World, he and his wife go on Rayford's missionary trip to Egypt to help spread the gospel. His popular message of unity -- "We must disarm, we must empower the United Nations . He's the Supreme Potentate of the Global Community and, unlike the Left Behind series, isn't the Antichrist. While Carpathia's forces seek to destroy the Tribulation Force once and for all, the world teeters on the brink of the ultimate battle: Armageddon. However, she declines, thinking he has gone crazy after losing his wife and son, and leaves without him. In the series that follows, the Antichrist, a charismatic young Romanian leader named Nicolae Carpathia, works through the United Nations' machinery to consolidate currency and erase national. He leads a band of about four men and a woman at the safe house. There he resides until the Battle of Armageddon, when he leaves to help defend the Holy City. 33 years before Rapture Naomi's mother was converted to Christianity before she died of an illness. He was hired by Nicolae Carpathia during the last half of the Tribulation period to be his Security and Intelligence chief in control of Peacekeepers and Morale Monitors throughout all the world regions. He appears twice, albeit briefly, in the final novel Kingdom Come, when he gives Abdullah Smith advice on how to go about infiltrating The Other Light, and later when both he and his father are present at Mac McCullum's thousandth birthday party. Hassid's love interest, Phoenix 216 cargo chief Annie Christopher dies as a result of False Prophet Leon Fortunato's Satan-imbued ability to call down lightning from heaven to kill any non-Carpathianist. Carpathia said he cannot keep track of everyone who dies from the plagues. Fortunato's "glory days" are short-lived, however, ending in Glorious Appearing with the return of Jesus. Failure to comply results in death. He manages to fly Buck and Chloe back to Chicago, and is shortly afterward employed to take Buck to Denver to pluck Hattie Durham from the GC. She later fell in love with and married Ree Woo in "Armageddon". Rayford Steele met him when the plague of locusts struck, attacking all unbelievers. He had sufficient control over his neurology, speech patterns, and body language that he could pass through an advanced lie detector test (not just a polygraph) by answering falsehoods that the computer program recorded as the truth. In Left Behind: World at War, he displays the same ability as an Angel to let bullets pass through him without losing momentum and hit the person behind him. He was introduced as the main antagonist, but as more books were written, it is revealed to be a misinformation campaign to hide the series's true main villain. During the Millennium World, Chloe and Buck are in charge of a massive childcare center, whose speaking guests include Noah and King David. Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. (aka: Zeke or Little Zeke) is a fictional character in the Left Behind series. He also warns all of the Christians present that the Great Tribulation, the 3.5 worst years in human history await them all. Nicolae Carpathia [ edit] We are about to turn this planet into a paradise, unimaginable only a few short weeks ago. He was "The Antichrist," born from an ancient Roman lineage, remarkably intelligent and athletic, manipulative and unbelievably successful in business. All the demands are met, and Carpathia is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and brimstone, repeating over and over that Jesus is Lord. His handlers arrange for his mother to be eliminated, and Nicolae himself eventually demands the dispatch of his "father", a key to his rise to power. At the end of the series he went to Jerusalem with the other believers. Her parents smoked, drank, and fought constantly. It can also a refer to a group of non-mainstream/not accepted "Christians" called Nicolaitans in Revelation 2:15. In May 2000, after more than six months of waiting, readers finally got to find out who killed Nicolae Carpathia. When the Rapture takes place and his wife and three children are taken to Heaven, Bruce almost falls into depression and total disbelief. When one of the workers, Cendrillon Jospin dies at one hundred, It creates an uproar among the believers since only unbelievers die. One thousand years later, a brief glimpse of Carpathia and Leon Fortunato is seen as the Lake of Fire opens to swallow up Satan. She is a Native American nurse working for the Global Community in New Babylon. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and sulfur, repeating over and over, "Jesus is Lord!!!". According to the plot, Carpathia was born in Cluj County, Romania, the product of genetic engineering and artificial insemination. The Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia, now the complete embodiment of evil, is preparing to desecrate the holy temple in Jerusalem by entering and declaring himself god. As Jesus laid out his crimes against humanity and the will of God, he pleaded for mercy and forgiveness, even attempting to reject Carpathia and Satan, pledging allegiance to him. Akbar was characterized as a man who is reticent and slow to voice an opinion, but someone who is loyal and effective behind the scenes. This gathering would use their combined newfound psychic powers (no conventional or nuclear weapons are to be used) to break down the walls of Petra and kill every inhabitant there. Carpathia often calls upon the influence of his "spiritual guide" (later revealed to be theDevilhimself) for advice. Within the series, Carpathia is the Antichrist, and leader of the Global Community (G.C. After he raised Fortunato from the dead, he styled himself "His Excellency, Global Community Supreme Potentate Nicolae Carpathia", Eventually after World War III, Carpathia became a malevolent dictator, while still openly portraying himself as a benevolent pacifist. 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