Monday, December 21, 2020

"The Mark of the Beast" by Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHaye


About this book:

  “Natalie’s quick thinking helps Vicki, Darrion, and Charlie escape the Global Community’s grasp. But will the GC satellite tracking help hunt them down?
  A teenager with problems in New Babylon contacts the kids and Lionel believes it might be a trick. Will Judd take the chance of a secret rendezvous?
  As the world prepares to take the mark of Nicolae Carpathia, the kids try to convince people of the consequences. Join the Young Tribulation Force as they discover a clever way to spread their message via computer and struggle to free their friends.”


Series: Book #28 (of forty) in “Left Behind: The Kids” series. (Reviews of books
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, and #27.)


Spiritual Content- The Rapture has happened (all main characters were left behind); All about the Rapture, the Antichrist, Tribulation, & telling people about Christ; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Prayers; Lots of witnessing, discussing, & sharing testimonies; Many talks and discussions about God, Jesus, & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, pastors, & Bible studies; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of those & places in the Bible; Mentions of Jews & the Messiah; Mentions of rabbis & his sermons; Mentions of religions & religious people;
          *Note: Carpathia is inhabited by the devil; People believe Carpathia is god & worships him; Many mentions of Carpathia’s “resurrection”; A mention of evolution.  


Negative Content- Minor cussing including: an ‘idiot’, a ‘shut up’, and a ‘stupid’; Mentions of curses (said, not written); Pain (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of deaths, killing, & blood (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of executions & beheadings (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of tattoos; A couple mentions of gangs & drugs; A mention of stealing; A mention of (alcoholic) parties.


Sexual Content- N/A

-Judd Thompson Jr., age 18
-Vicki Byrne, age 17
-Lionel Washington, age 16
                                         P.O.V. switches between them, Conrad, Mark, & Natalie
                                                        146 pages

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Pre Teens-
New Teens-
Early High School Teens-
Older High School Teens-
My personal Rating-
{These ratings are for content, since everyone has a different opinion on the Rapture and how it will happen.}
Because of the mentions of executions, this wasn’t a favorite of mine.


See y’all on Friday with a new review!


*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.

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