Book review for Glorious Appearing

"We've only got a thousand years."

These were the words of Rayford Steele talking to his son after all of the believers were reunited together after the Glorious Appearing. By a thousand years, Rayford was talking about the millennial kingdom that Christ had set up on Earth. During the final chapter of the Left Behind series, the Antichrist begins his assault with his seemingly invincible army, and set out conquering Jerusalem and the other believers. At least until Christ appears with his heavenly army and defeats them. LaHaye and Jenkins' Glorious Appearing was a great end to the series, full of action and triumph of good over evil. The end of the world won't be so bad.

Glorious Appearing is another great entry into the series and, to me, had the best plot. The plot mainly consists of the Jewish Remnant and the Tribulation Force, with only one original member remaining, struggling to hold the Antichrist's forces back until Jesus returns. The believers seem overwhelmed, but riding down from the clouds comes Jesus and his army of angels. From then on it is mainly a slaughter, as Jesus speaks the Word of God, and Antichrist's being torn apart like being slashed with a sword. Maybe I like the action more than anything but the parts like that were my favorite parts.

The characters in this book were also another of the best parts. While several characters who played minor roles in the past, like Razor and Naomi, get to fill bigger roles, the biggest additions are Jesus, his archangels Michael and Gabriel, and the Angels of Mercy. The book does a good job describing them to how we maybe would see them or at least the best way the Bible describes them. The way their dialogue is written seems to make me think of respect and admiration to them, but I guess that's what anyone would give the son of God.

Just like the other books in the Left Behind series, Glorious Appearing is an extremely well written book, capable of holding you and getting you to keep reading. The book is a good way to end the series and is another of my favorites in the series. I fully recommend this series to anyone who likes a good book.

399 pages