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 enlarge | Authors: Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
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Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0842329293
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780842329293
ASIN: 0842329293
Publication Date: February 1, 2001
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 Indwelling Dwells on Me August 14, 2004
Every time I read the latest book in the series, I find that the plot literally dwells in my mind. This, in turn, raises questions I feel I need to address in my own life. This particular book, The Indwelling, raised some interesting questions I had not yet answered in my own life:
1. Am I taking responsibility for my fellow man, those closest to me and praying for them, helping them even though I don't like what they are doing? The characters of Hattie and Chaim and the Tribulation Force's continued efforts to help them really brought the lack of that spirit within me to light.
2. Being human, I get angry, and could see myself plotting to kill some scumbag like Carpathia even though I know he's just going to be raised from the dead. I identify with Rayford and his guilt feelings when he finally owns up to the fact that he was trying to control events instead of letting God guide him. Hmmmm. I needed that reminder.
3. Having to live during the tribulation would probably set a lot of people crazy. Me included. (I'm supremely grateful that I am saved and know that I can rely on God's grace to get me through such a time). My curiosity is tweaked, however, when I try to imagine people I know in the same situations. The characters being a tad bit out of character in this book seemed to go right along with the situation. Chloe has maternal instincts which are vibrating on "protect" mode in this book as she faces the possibility of Carpathia's forces finding her and her child in the safe house. Would she surrender the child or resort to murder to protect the baby from worse? What would you do? And here is the biggest message of all: Quit worrying about it, that's God's job!
4. I also find myself consistently wondering and dwelling upon the most important question: Will the things I do and say today have enough of a good influence on those around me that I might help them not be left behind? Unfortunately, I also find myself consistently coming up short on this answer. But that is the beauty of these books. They tweak your brain cells and get your soul involved. The end result has be to be better than the beginning.
I found this book to have the best written dialog compared to the previous books in the series. The first book suffered horribly from the stiffness of the dialog at time. However, I have noticed that I, too, become a little stiff when I try to talk about God. In this society, today, it is very difficult to talk to unbelievers, and when I look at that, I find the dialog a little easier to take. It is definitely coming along though and I didn't find the dialog grating on my nerves in "The Indwelling".
The conversion of one of the main characters left me in tears. This scene was movingly written and stayed with me for quite some time after reading it. I hope the same happens to all those I love and all those I don't love.
I can't wait for the next book!
 The 7th Book....More Focused and Rivetting At Once!! August 3, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes, this book contained less action than some of the others, but it was also focused over a period of just a few days (3 actually), rather than over a span of several months like the previous books.
Did Rayford kill Carpathia? Will Buck and Chaim escape New Babylon? Is the safe-house no longer safe? Read to find out!
I especially liked Leon Fortunado making a complete a** of himself in this book. True, he looked prestigious to those around him and he has an aura of confidence around him, but I had to read his part in this story with a smug smile on my face. I can't wait to see what happens to him. And Carpathia? What a copy-cat. Come up with some lines of your own, my friend, and stop quoting the God that you not only deny, but claim yourself to be.
One last thing....These reviewers still downing and obliterating this series. What gives? This is the 7th book in a 14 book series, half way through. If this story is so putrid, why are you still reading it? Put down the book, and go find something else that will fill your time. Don't read on, continuing to demote and put down the series. If you don't like it, stop reading it. And get over it.
Better than people give it credit for July 9, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A lot of the reviews I have read of these books tend to put it down by comparing it to other end of the world books. And while I will admit that these are not as smart or engaging as some of the the better books that cover the same topic like Fire of Heaven or We All Fall Down, I still really enjoyed them. A friend introduced me to the first book and I cut through all 12 books over the past two months. In a way, it's not really fair to compare them to some of the other books because they are trying to do different things. Left Behind seems to me to try to simply tell a great story about the end of the world. It's light, but what's wrong with that? I really felt like I NEEDED to know what was going to happen next when I finished a book and the very next day would order the next one. I call that a success. A book like We All Fall Down is obviously much more intense and thoughtful, the characters seem much more like real people, and it gives you more to think about, but why does that make Left Behind bad? Can't The Ten Commandments and The Passion both be good movies?
 Woulda coulda shoulda... April 8, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I know about eight hundred other people have said this, but there is no reason whatsoever that this book couldn't have been combined with Assassins. There were no more than four events that absolutely needed to be said---everything else was literally filler. The writing is at its most pedestrian; the beginning has an extremely ham-handed reference to abortion (and I'm as pro-life as they get). Such an interesting part of the Revelation prophecy; the book could've been so much better than it was.
 Revelation March 16, 2004
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
All the "Left Behind" books are clumsy attempts to transpose the Book of Revelation of John into our times. Revelation was ridiculouss at the time it was written, and it is much more so today. The dragon, the first beast and the second beast, the 4 riders of the Apocalypse etc. were creatures invented by the author of Revelation to cow a superstitious and credulous audience into submission. The goal hasn't changed, only the audience. Common people today know much less about religion than they did in the 2nd C AD, and are therefore easier to manipulate.
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