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Mentioned in 24 episodes
Left Behind
A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
Book • 1995
Left Behind is the first book in the Left Behind series and narrates the story of the Rapture and its immediate aftermath.
The novel follows characters such as Rayford Steele, a pilot, and Buck Williams, a journalist, as they navigate a world where millions of people, including all children and babies, have suddenly vanished.
The story delves into Christian eschatology, particularly dispensationalism and premillennialism, and introduces the character of Nicolae Carpathia, who is revealed to be the Antichrist.
The book sets the stage for the seven-year Tribulation period and the formation of the Tribulation Force, a group of Christians resisting the Antichrist's reign.
The novel follows characters such as Rayford Steele, a pilot, and Buck Williams, a journalist, as they navigate a world where millions of people, including all children and babies, have suddenly vanished.
The story delves into Christian eschatology, particularly dispensationalism and premillennialism, and introduces the character of Nicolae Carpathia, who is revealed to be the Antichrist.
The book sets the stage for the seven-year Tribulation period and the formation of the Tribulation Force, a group of Christians resisting the Antichrist's reign.
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Mentioned in 24 episodes
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as a popular Christian series of novels, where the saved people disappear to heaven.


Kevin Roose

1,251 snips
The Great A.I. Build-Out + H-1B Visa Chaos + TikTok Braces for the Rapture
Mentioned as a book written by Lily Geismer about how the Democrats failed to solve inequality.

219 snips
What Makes Us Free?
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while discussing left-behind places and economic development.

Danny Crichton

60 snips
Danny Crichton — Player of Games (EP.239)
Mentioned in connection to Timothy LaHaye and his wife, who also write books about sex for Christians.

51 snips
The Christian Right's "Wild Faith" (w/ Talia Lavin) [Unlocked]
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as a series about people hoping that they are not going to be left behind.


Scott Rae

37 snips
Cultural Update: What About Those Rapture Promises?; Charlie Kirk and Faith in Politics
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as a book he was raised under, shaping his initial views on the return of Christ.

John Moffitt

26 snips
Be Honest... Are You Scared of Jesus Coming Back? (w/ Chris Gordon)
Mentioned by Lily Geismar, the author, in the context of discussing the Democrats' approach to inequality.

24 snips
Capitalism: What Makes Us Free? (2021)
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, brought up to believe all that stuff, man, the Left Behind series from Walmart.


Scott Horton

18 snips
Ep. 2672 A Scott Horton Strategy Against the War Machine
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, noting that this book was as close to science fiction as his church library had.

Justin McElroy

16 snips
MBMBaM 782: A Net Full of Screaming Butterflies
Mentioned as a fictionalized account of the end times that sold millions of copies.

11 snips
The End of the World
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as the source where she first learned about the rapture.


Brittany Luse

The Rapture was a bust, but it still feels like doomsday.
Mentioned by Jesse as a book he read a lot of in his youth.

What Is Heaven Really Like? - Heaven Limited Series Ep 2
Mentioned by Joel Rosenberg as a novel series created by Tim LaHaye that sold 65 million copies.

Have the Jews Been Replaced as God's Chosen People? (Joel Rosenberg Interview)
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, recalling seeing copies of it at the grocery store checkout when in high school.


Saeed Jones

Caught Up in the Rapture
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regarding dispensational eschatology and the rapture.

Skye Jitani

The SkyePod - Air Mail
Mentioned as a series rooted in the theological beliefs of LaHaye and Jenkins.

#189 These Evangelicals Are Trying to Start WWIII… - Joe Heschmeyer
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when discussing the Left Behind series.

April LaJoy

4. Putin & Human Traffickers: Trumps True Allies
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in reference to the 'left behind' theology of a secret rapture.


Cole Chennault

134: Are We Living in the End Times?
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in relation to the future of development economics and his book 'Left Behind'.

Danny Crichton

The Best of 2024
Mentioned by the speaker as a source that some people learn about Revelation from, but is not biblical.

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