#nicolae carpathia

[thehopeelias]

Cool tone stills from the Left Behind OP

[bengesko]

15 Questions Game!

I was tagged by @decadentworld (Ty!! )

1: are you named after anyone?

Named myself after Nicolae Carpathia from Left Behind (just changed the spelling to be more Balkan to fit my last name. I chose it out of spite bc I loved the name as a kid, but my incubator told me "that name is EVIL, it's the same name as the Anti Christ!!!)

2: when was the last time you cried?

Uhhh.... Serious cry? I don't remember, but it was forced because I needed it. (I can't physically cry thanks to HRT- had to break out Land Before Time.)

3: do you have kids?

I have a ten year old step-daughter and I adore her ♥

4: what sports do you play/have played?

I did marching band in high school. Don't care if you don't consider it a sport; my high school's band was intense and we were so good, when we signed up for contests, other schools would back out.

5: do you use sarcasm?

50% of the time.

6: what's the first thing you notice about people?

Eyes- mostly because I'm trying to avoid eye contact.

7: what's your eye color?

Green ♥

8: scary movies or happy endings?

Both!

9: any talents?

I can play the flute and oboe, I like to think I'm somewhat decent at writing and drawing.

10: where were you born?

In the Southern foothills of Appalachia ♥

11: what are your hobbies?

Bone collecting, writing, drawing, video games.

12: do you have any pets?

A 35 year old cockatiel named Gino, and my partner has two Brussels Griffons named Callie and Maggie.

13: how tall are you?

5'1"

14: favorite subject in school?

Microbiology

15: dream job?

Honestly at this point, I'm too disabled by migraines for a "career," but I'm working on being a published author.

Tagging @nebulousmistress @thembohux @d0z0 @lindwurmkai @raverenn @voidsteeth @chilopodacrudus @corpsegods @thefoulbeast

[katie-the-bug]

Glorious Appearing: The End of My Patience

Finally we reach the final book in the main Left Behind series, Glorious Appearing, in which the avatar of the cruel God threatening to destroy the world appears for the final reckoning. Will the forces of the Global Community be able to stand against him, or will humanity be condemned to a fate worse than death?

...That's not how the authors would put it, but I like my version better.

The Cast:

The Tribulation Force: Rayford Steele, pilot; Buck Williams, dead journalist; Tsion Ben-Judah, posthumous pastor; Mac McCullum, other pilot; Abdullah Smith, other other pilot; Leah, nurse; Chang Wong, IT guy; Naomi Tiberias, IT girl.

The Global Community: Nicolae Carpathia, Antichrist; Leon Fortunato, bumbling assistant to the Antichrist.

In Chapter 1, Mac needs a disguise to go find Buck, and the resident disguise guy decides that the best idea is to have him do blackface. Mac calls the idea "genius." What the fuck.

Buck's dead. Yay!

Rayford's alive. Damn.

The characters predicted that Jesus would come back seven years to the hour after the signing of the treaty with Israel in the second book, but he didn't. The characters are comforting themselves with the idea that God's ways are not their ways, but I personally think it would be hilarious if Jesus just didn't show up and they all had to deal with that.

Mac is in the same room as Nicolae and considers shooting him. "It fit no prophetic scenario, but how fulfilling it would be!" Once again, a characters refuses to take action because it's not in the Bible.

Apparently God intends to turn the destroyed city of New Babylon into "a desolate land of porcupines." There's nothing I can say to make this any more or less weird.

Leah reflects on God hardening people's hearts and making it impossible for them to convert to Christianity, effectively mind-controlling people into damning themselves. Her narration defends "the logic of it" - said logic being simply that God has finite patience despite being an infinite being, which frankly raises more questions than it answers.

Nicolae realizes that riding a horse into battle in the modern age is stupid, so he exchanges his horse for a car. Which he stands on top of as it drives haphazardly towards the enemy.

Jesus comes back in the middle of Chapter 11, and it's astounding how the authors have failed to make this - the climax of the series, the summit of everything they're trying to convey - feel special in any way. There's no chapter break, no change in perspectives, it just kinda happens. And the story moves on.

Jesus proceeds to kill millions by reciting Scripture about himself. I understand that this is meant to show the power of the "Word of God" but having a little Sunday-school recitation rip people open is a bit of a stretch.

Despite Jesus being right fucking there, Rayford and Mac are still interested in what Nicolae is doing. At least one thing's consistent throughout this series, and it's nobody ever having their priorities straight.

Everyone gets super-speed so they can follow Jesus long distances. I don't think that's in the Bible.

LaHaye and Jenkins' Jesus is absolutely reveling in the carnage, ripping people apart and dyeing his robe red in their blood. He follows every action with loud boasts about his greatness. Meanwhile his chorus of heavenly yes-men are singing about his love and kindness. No self-awareness to be found here.

Nicolae and Leon are driving away from the scene and bickering like a pair of harmless comic relief villains. Bit of a disappointing downgrade for the characters alleged to be the most evil men in existence.

An earthquake occurs that turns Earth into a featureless ball. This gets one paragraph of description, then it's business as usual.

Nicolae and Leon get unceremoniously and anticlimactically dumped into Hell. Can this book be done already?

Lucifer repeats his story about having evolved from primordial chaos, and Jesus tells the crowd that Lucifer was in fact created and should have been subordinate to God. We're supposed to trust Jesus because the authors like him, but there's no in-universe way to verify which of these two assholes, if either, is telling the truth.

Jesus reiterates that God is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" and I reiterate how the series itself has shown that this is bullshit. This is the God who hardens people's hearts, this is the God who rejects anyone who took the Mark of the Beast to survive, and this is the God who's perfectly happy with the majority of the human population suffering in Hell for all eternity.

Satan is ordered to "acknowledge Jesus as Lord" and refuses to. Good for him; at least someone's standing up to God.

Paradise on Earth comes for the people God cares about, but it's explicitly said that "all unbelievers would soon die" (emphasis theirs). Has Jesus not had his fill of violence yet?

It's specifically mentioned that "all Israel will be saved"...because everyone who isn't saved will be killed. Do the authors realize how sinister they sound?

Jesus sends the world's remaining unbelieving population to Hell all at once. Rayford is rightly horrified, and Jesus basically tells him not to think about it. Presumably that's the authors' directive as well to anyone who starts to realize that their God is evil.

If this book were consciously some kind of cosmic horror, it would be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the atrocities depicted in this book are things the authors and target audience hope for and revel in, and as such, this book is horrifying in an uncomfortable real-world way.

That won't stop me from diving right into the follow-up book. Wish me luck.

[delphinidin4]

I still think it’s a sin and a shame that the Left Behind novels used Nicolae Carpathia as the name of the antichrist. Because that is the most AWESOME antichrist name EVER. I’m gonna name a cat that.

[ecosaboteurmemes]

J D Vance looks like he'd play Nicolae Carpathia in a somehow even more low budget movie.

[chawsl]

The "Left Behind" movie series is based on a series of Christian apocalyptic novels written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The series revolves around the events of the Rapture, as described in Christian eschatology, where believers are taken up to heaven, leaving the unbelievers behind to face the tribulation.

The first film in the series, "Left Behind: The Movie," released in 2000, follows the story of Rayford Steele, a pilot, and Chloe Steele, his daughter, as they grapple with the sudden disappearance of millions of people worldwide. They soon discover that this event, known as the Rapture, has left chaos and confusion in its wake. As they try to make sense of the situation, they encounter Pastor Bruce Barnes, who helps them understand the biblical prophecy unfolding before their eyes.

Subsequent films in the series, including "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force" (2002) and "Left Behind: World at War" (2005), continue the story as the characters navigate the turbulent times of the tribulation period. They face persecution and opposition from the global authority known as the Global Community, led by the charismatic Nicolae Carpathia, who rises to power as a world leader but is eventually revealed as the Antichrist.

Throughout the series, themes of faith, redemption, and the battle between good and evil are central as characters struggle to survive and resist the oppressive regime of the Antichrist. The films blend elements of action, drama, and religious prophecy to create a compelling narrative that explores the end-times scenario as depicted in the Book of Revelation.

While the "Left Behind" series received mixed reviews from critics, it found a dedicated audience among Christian viewers interested in exploring themes of faith and eschatology. Overall, the series serves as an interpretation of biblical prophecy and offers a fictionalized portrayal of what some believers anticipate will occur during the end times.

[txcharms-blog]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: NWOT - The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon.

[pastorhogg]

The Antichrists Are Not Who You Think They Are

Nicolae Carpathia made a great villain. He was “The Antichrist,” born from an ancient Roman lineage, remarkably intelligent and athletic, manipulative and unbelievably successful in business. Naturally, that led him to politics and soon he was the Supreme Potentate. He was the sort of character we love to hate. In the book his life takes a turn with an assassination, a resurrection, the…

[stephanieinge]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Soul Harvest (audio CD) - Audio Book on CD by Tim LaHaye - NEW/SEALED.

[sexhaver]

after @nicolae-carpathia pointed out that The Master, Multiplied from the Dr. Who set would slot into these shenanigans perfectly, i combed through the cards to see if they put out anything new that could also enable further degeneracy. two cards jumped out:

this is the cheapest creature in Obeka's colors with Myriad that isn't complete ass (sorry, Genasi Enforcers), so you can start flooding the board as soon as turn 4 with the right draw. it even has menace so you can swing the original at someone with <2 creatures and not risk it dying to a blocker. if it eats removal once people realize what it's up to, that's even better - less removal for the actually scary stuff.

this card though. this card. whew lad. hooooo boy. the myriad tokens are created as copies of the thing Auton Soldier copied (plus all the other stuff like being nonlegendary and artifact), so unfortunately you don't get to reselect what you're copying with each token as it ETBs, but that doesn't really matter. not only do you copy the best thing on the field, you then start shitting out even more copies of it. exponentially. even if that thing is legendary. go ahead, fill your board with copies of your opponent's commander. see if Auton Soldier cares. Auton Soldier doesn't give a fuck. God help your opponents if you copy something with haste

what tokens even are those. im guessing 1/1 spirits cuz its flying?

i don't have any specific purpose for them (and if i need a specific token i have Infinitokens to draw on). in practice they usually end up serving as copies of one of these two dudes:

creatures that inherently have Myriad are extremely fucking funny when you end the turn at the start of the end-of-combat phase to dodge having to sacrifice the "temporary" copies. usually it goes like this:

slap down Warchief Giant with either Sundial or Obeka on the field and swing at someone (doesn't matter who). Myriad triggers to make 2 extra attacking copies of the Giant, so you're attacking everyone for 5

at end of combat, in response to the game politely asking you to sacrifice your temporary copies, use Obeka or Sundial to tell it to fuck off by skipping your second main phase. you now control one "original" Warchief Giant and two token copies of it. really smart players will identify you as the threat starting at this point

attack anyone with the 3 Giants, each of which triggers Myriad and spawns 2 more copies for a total of 9 Giants attacking everyone other than you for 15 each. decently smart players and ones who can do basic math will identify you as the threat starting at this point

9 Giants in. 27 Giants roaming the field attacking for 45 three times over. mankind is dead. blood is fuel. you are now Archenemy

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No mundo profetizado do Livro da Revolução, o ícone global e líder mundial Nicolae Carpathia finalmente realizou o inimaginável – ele conseguiu unir o mundo em paz – e dar fim ao derramamento de sangue que dominava mundo desde o começo dos tempo. O presidente norte-americano, Gerald Fitzhugh sempre teve esse sonho e dedicou sua presidência para garantir que a nação mais poderosa do submundo e um relance aterrorizante de uma conspiração sinistra, Fitzugh deve admitir a agonizante verdade – a 3ª Guerra Mundial é iminente – e sua dedicação ao sonho da paz deixou os Estados Unidos da América sem poder de defesa. Com a ajuda do repórter investigativo Buck Williams e seu submundo Comando Tribulação, Fitzhugh luta contra o relógio, as barreiras insuperáveis e sua própria mente fechada para tentar achar uma maneira de impedir a morte de milhões de pessoas e talvez o próprio fim da história.

[thehopeelias]

Higher Quality on Youtube:

I’ll probably post some of the individual art here without the credits on it. I’ll definitely be posting them ALL on my art insta ( @ hopesartcastle ) including some sketches and concept art type things.

The Japanese lyrics were from Lauren Horii’s original Youtube video. The rest of the Japanese text was me. And I am by no means fluent so apologies if I made any glaring or horrible mistakes 😆

[bengesko]

Tagged by @d0z0 ♥ I'm tagging @pyr0clast @thembohux @nebulousmistress @awwnutbunnies @xannerz @thefoulbeast and anyone else who wants to do it!

1. Are you named after anyone? I named myself Nikolai, a spelling variation of Nicolae Carpathia, the Antichrist from Left Behind (out of spite to my egg donor)

2. When was the last time you cried? After my top surgery ♥

3. Do you have kids? Have a step-daughter and I love her.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Never. Not at all. Absolutely NOT.

5. What sports do you/have you played? Does marching band count?

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people? Scent, tbh. I go about ignoring people in public, and they all kind of blend together, but if someone smells bad or good? I notice.

7. Eye colour? Green

8. Scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies

9. Any special talents? I can wiggle my ears!

10. Where were you born? -vaguely mentions to an area north of the Atlanta metropolitan area-

11. What are your hobbies? Art, writing, gaming, and sleeping.

12. Do you have any pets? A 34 year old cockatiel named Gino ♥

13. How tall are you? 5’1"

14. Favourite subject in school? Biology, especially human anatomy.

15. Dream job? Mortician or anatomy book illustrator.

[katie-the-bug]

Another book without a plot.

The Remnant, Left Behind #10, was a deeply frustrating book.

Characters:

The Tribulation Force: Rayford Steele, pilot; Buck Williams, journalist; Chloe Williams, organizer, wife, and mother; Kenny Williams, infant; Tsion Ben-Judah, the greatest evangelist evah; Chaim Rosenzweig, Israeli convert; Mac McCullum, backup pilot; Abdullah Smith, backup to the backup pilot; Albie, former black-marketer; Chang Wong, IT guy on the inside; Steve Plank, Christian in disguise.

The Global Community: Nicolae Carpathia, Antichrist, risen lord and deity of the GC; Leon Fortunato, Satan's little helper; Viv Ivins, role unclear.

The book's subtitle is "On the Brink of Armageddon." Now, the last book ended slightly more than halfway into the seven-year Tribulation and this book picks up immediately after. That means this book will try to take us through roughly three years' worth of catastrophes, persecution, and general drama. Surely we won't suffer from a loss of detail as we hear about rather than see these events.

On the first page the narration refers to "the robe and sandals of an Egyptian" as though that's what all Egyptians wear all the time. (Lest we forget, this describes Rayford's attempt to disguise himself as an Egyptian. Well, that an a generous dose of brownface.)

The bombing of Petra in the last book unsurprisingly has zero effect, and Nicolae decides to take out his frustration on Jewish people in general. Is it not enough that he's the Antichrist, that they have to make him Hitler too?

There's still a handful of refugees in Petra who haven't converted to Christianity, which Tsion finds confusing despite having himself preached that God would mind-control people into refusing to convert.

Mac goes to Greece to try and rescue a Christian who was captured there, and, after he's sprung the guy, they're stopped at a roadblock by a soldier who asks to see their Marks of the Beast. Mac was disguised as a GC officer by a guy whose appearance-altering talents are praised to the high heavens, but he didn't even bother to get a fake Mark. It's pointed out again and again how getting a real Mark would damn him irrevocably to Hell, but no consequences are mentioned for faking one, other than the GC killing you if they find out - and they'll kill you if you don't have one anyway. While the Mark includes a biochip, we never see any Marks getting scanned, leading me to believe the GC is going off visuals alone. The Mark is both a tattoo and a chip, so I figure if you only got the tattoo, you don't really have the Mark. So why not get one and make your disguise foolproof?

The adventure in Greece ends in a Christian safehouse compromised and slaughtered, but Mac and his team make it out because Archangel Michael intervenes on their behalf. I bet everyone involved would have preferred he help the larger number of people who got killed, but whatever.

At the beginning of a lengthy speech in Chapter 13, Tsion refers to the Bible as "the only truly accurate history ever written." You gotta love the little bits of comedy they slip into these books.

He says the Biblical Flood "still boggles the minds of scientists who find fish bones at altitudes as high as fifteen thousand feet." I could give the authors the benefit of the doubt and assume they've never heard of plate tectonics, but these are grown, educated men I'm talking about. They know about plate tectonics, they just don't like it and thus decide to pretend it doesn't exist.

In a description of the coming paradise promised to believers, Tsion states that "the population will grow to greater than the number of all the people who have already lived and died up until now." That's over a hundred billion humans, and, while I've never gotten on overpopulation catastrophe train, I really don't think Earth can support that many people at a standard of living that could be described as "paradise." Tsion further claims that this number of people will be possible because there will be no war. Yes, war kills vast numbers of people, but you know what kills even more? Disease and starvation, especially on the scale that would occur if there were a hundred billion people on the planet.

"How could you not love the God the prophets describe?" God has been killing people with wild abandon since the beginning of this series and intends to condemn most people to eternal suffering for not saying some magic words. Next question please.

Tsion says God is "working in people to get them to make a decision." He never says God will work in people to make the right one, which is accurate given how many times he's said God will "harden people's hearts" and force them to condemn themselves.

"Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Unless you've taken the Mark of the Beast. Then you're outta luck.

Steve learns that he is expected to take the Mark, and Chang offers to change his file so that it looks like he's already taken it. Steve says that "would be like my choosing the Mark" and thus immoral. I will never understand these characters' aversion to faking the Mark.

Steve's friend Vasily, a GC guy who's taken the Mark but regrets it, offers to help Steve escape. Steve's refusal is irrelevant to the fact that Vasily is still willing to do good despite knowing God has rejected him. Perhaps we're supposed to see the Christians as paragons of selflessness for *checks notes* dying, but they know they've got a reward coming. Vasily doesn't, but he's willing to risk his position and his life. That's real selflessness.

Throughout the second half of the book we get randomly placed time skips of a few months each, some of which are in the middle of chapters. The "Great Tribulation" happening in this book is allegedly the worst period in human history - would it kill the authors to focus on it a little?

The GC is starting to fracture, but nobody tries to assassinate Nicolae because they think he'll resurrect. The people vying for power are supposed to be evil geniuses - wouldn't they try something like burying Nicolae under tons of concrete so that when he resurrects he can't get out of his coffin? Maybe stick his body in acid so that when he comes back he immediately starts dying again? You've got options, dammit!

We get a couple more plagues - freshwater turning to blood and a deadly heatwave. The heat is so intense that the ocean is literally boiling and buildings spontaneously combust. That combined with the fact that no living thing has anything to drink, and you have yet another scenario where realistically, everyone and everything should be dead. Of course, the authors could never be convicted of realism.

I'm glad the authors have dropped the angle that the judgements are God's way of getting people's attention. Now they're saying that the plagues are God's way of thinning out the evil population to make the final battle more even. Lemme run that by you again: God, allegedly omnipotent, needs to kill off his enemies before he fights them to make things more even. Can the authors just admit that God is killing people for fun?

During the deadly heatwave, Nicolae goes sunbathing. This has nothing to do with anything, but it is funny.

If you thought the ideas in this book were frustrating, wait until you see Armageddon.

[hitmanshandsomest]

Find nicolae carpathias dinosaur body in another land on earth close to this time early next week

[cythraul]

What does it tell us about... Sorbo? The mindset of actors? The mindset of evangelicals? .... that Sorbo cast himself as Rayford Steele? And that, with a couple of recognizable actors on hand, he cast someone I at least have never heard of as Nicolae Carpathia?

When, by any measure, Carpathia is a much more fun and interesting role.

(My apologies to any devoted Bailey Chase fans out there, but:)

Like, wouldn't it be more interesting to see McDonough, Bernsen, or Sorbo in the role?

Is it as simple as "actor always wants biggest role"?

Is it that Rayford Steele and Buck Williams are the biggest parts, and so need the biggest actors just to make sure the audience is entertained? (I'm assuming McDonough is playing Buck Williams. Buck Williams isn't listed in the cast list.)

Is there a contempt in Evangelical circles for even playing the role of a villain? Do you force the baby to be Hook, Mr. Sorbo?

I cannot tell if this is a real movie or not?