He is introduced and warmly greeted by Secretary-General Mwangati Ngumo and Chaim Rosenzweig. She then accepted Christ upon meeting Bruce Barnes, Judd Thompson, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. The two of them are soon joined by Rayford's daughter, Chloe, and Cameron "Buck" Williams, and together they form an inner core group, the Tribulation Force. He was killed trying to purchase help from another black market dealer named Mainyu Mazda. Carpathia orders cities around the world, including neutral ones, to be obliterated to serve as an example to his enemies. Relatives Caucasian Romanian His father's last name, Carpathia, comes from the Carpathian Mountains, a mountain range in Romania. He then enforces the loyalty mark, the prophesied Mark of the Beast, which all are required to wear. When Carpathia created the Global Community, he appointed Leon to the position of Supreme Commander, the deputy to Nicolae's Supreme Potentate. The President of Romania soon resigned in favor of Carpathia, with the unanimous support of that country's parliament. Nicolae's Satanist handlers arranged for his mother to be eliminated, and Nicolae himself eventually demanded the dispatch of his "fathers," a key to his rise to power. Zeke then gives them a new ID. At the end of the Millennium, Tsion is welcomed into Heaven with the rest of the believers. Leon is revived, and then becomes more faithful than ever to Carpathia, believing that Carpathia is a god incarnate. When a combined British and Egyptian attack on New Babylon backfires, the conflict escalates into World War III. After three and a half years in power, Carpathia is assassinated by Chaim Rosenzweig, an Israeli botanist and statesman. In a contrast to Jesus's temptations where He withstood Satan with Scripture, Nicolae fell to all three temptations. However, Akbar had no qualms in killing his pilots once Carpathia expressed his disappointment in their performance and when they pridefully refused to conform to party line of the Global Community that they missed their target due to pilot error because they insisted that execution of the attack was impeccable but the Christians survived due to some kind of miracle. Spiritual State Ben-Judah was beginning to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth met the descriptions of prophecy, but had not committed himself when Christ raptured His church. Late into the night, it was stated halfway to London from O'Hare, many awake to find that loved ones and others have vanished, leaving behind everything material, ranging from clothes and hearing aids to tooth fillings. Kenny is later vindicated, however, and Raymie is overjoyed to welcome his nephew back into the Force. He had been buried and crushed in the rubble of the GC headquarters complex and his mother was calling him home, when he heard a voice Carpathia's calling out: "LEONARDO, COME FORTH!" While others, such as Carpathia's secretary Krystall Carney and Loren Hut, became disillusioned with his behavior and personality, others in his inner circle were sycophantic around him, trying to curry his favor. He eventually goes in order to warn the kids about Wormwood. His middle name refers to the "jet-black" night on which he was born.)[2]. Manipulation: The Antichrist Nicolae was able to manipulate anyone at ease. He manages to fly Buck and Chloe back to Chicago, and is shortly afterward employed to take Buck to Denver to pluck Hattie Durham from the GC. Thus, Nicolae eliminates any obstacles in his path to power. Born He is resurrected at the Glorious Appearing, after having reunited with his wife and children in Heaven. Just as Irene is at the height of her desperation, the Rapture occurs. In Desecration, he got his wish when he received the mark of the beast along with his fellow members of the Global Community cabinet Suhail Akbar and Viv Ivins at the Temple Mount a day before Nicolae Carpathia committed the abomination of desolation. He quickly grows bored with business and finance and, guided by the "kingmaker" Leon Fortunato, sets his sights on politics. Two weeks later, when United Nations secretary-general and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia and a host of American and Israeli delegates arrived in Israel to sign a seven-year treaty of peace, and at the behest of Buck Williams, Ben-Judah guided Buck (Kirk Cameron) to the Western Wall so that he could speak with the two prophets, Eli and Moishe, men resurrected from Biblical times to bear witness to Christ and begin converting 144,000 Jews to become witnesses for Him. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Global Community. Biographical information Marilena stayed with her husband, Sorin, until the baby . In the original Left Behind films, Bruce is portrayed by Clarence Gilyard, and Arnold Pinnock. In his native Italy, Leon grew up fascinated with the trappings of Catholicism, although he never truly believed in any of the Church's teachings; Leon simply liked the glory. military presence on the planet; their mission was to destroy the remnant stronghold of Petra and take over the city of Jerusalem as the world's new capital after the supernatural destruction of New Babylon. While in a discussion with Loren Hut, the head of the Morale Monitors, on how to deal with dissidents in Jerusalem, Carpathia revealed on his own sadistic recommendations on how to give them painful deaths by shooting them nine times, twice on hands, knees, feet, shoulders, with the final blow in the forehead where the mark should be. Carpathia after his indwelling is sadistic, but he was still callous before the indwelling. Akbar is not only loyal to Carpathia, but actually regards him as a divine figure; his attitude is similar to a divine command theorist or a theological voluntarist who regards whatever God wills constitutes the basis for morality or truth. After his death, the Supreme Commander position was dissolved. Boring books Plank next appears in The Remnant, when the GC brass order all personnel without Carpathia's mark of loyalty obtain it immediately. In reference to the Book of Revelation, Carpathia introduces the mandatory mark known as the Mark of the Beast. She lost her mother and brother in the rapture, became a believer in Christ, married Buck and had a son called Kenneth Bruce Williams after Ken Ritz, the pilot, and Bruce Barnes, who led Buck, Rayford, and Chloe (CEO of the International Commodity co-op) to Christ. As her son Nicolae comes of age, Stonagal becomes one of his mentors, financing his rise in the corporate world. Unlike Carpathia, who accepted his fate, Leon struggled with Michael as the archangel threw him into the lake of fire. Even though Chang appears to have the mark of loyalty, believers can still see the mark of God on him. At the age of 24, Carpathia stepped into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. The religion lasts for three and a half years before meeting its downfall at the Second Coming of Christ. Carpathia also believes that he can usurp God's exalted position in the heavens and rule over creation though an extravagant scheme of destroying the Christians and Jews of the world and capturing Jerusalem with overwhelming military force. Kenny is the first child in COT. vod do spiknut . At the end of it, he proclaimed that Jesus was the Messiah and was coming again soon. Albie (no real name given, named for the town Al Basrah) was a Middle East black market arms dealer who became a believer and a member of the Tribulation Force. She appears in Glorious Appearing with Rayford's first wife Irene. In Glorious Appearing, even though he was entrusted to command the overwhelming forces to overrun Petra and Jerusalem of the Global Community One World Unity Army, Suhail was publicly shamed for daring to mention the destruction of New Babylon in front of Carpathia in his underground bunker in Solomon's Stables and was later beaten to death on Carpathia's orders by another Unity Army Officer with a rattan rod. Ryan finds a dog and names it Phoenix early on in the series. Plank resurfaces shortly after the midpoint of the Tribulation, using the alias Pinkerton Stephens, and a believer in Christ. Carpathia wins the election with ease and becomes Romania's President. Carpathianism is a fictional religion established by Leon to worship Nicolae Carpathia, leaving it as the only legal religion on Earth. Apparently, Carpathia does not care to remember his subordinates, whom he considers expendable. After his incredible resurrection from the dead (after 3 days), Antichrist Carpathia is willingly possessed by the Devil, gruesomely desecrates the Jewish Holy Temple, declares himself to be God, and brutally enforces the diabolical new religion of Carpathianism by forcibly branding people with the Number of the Beast, and brutally executing Christians. Moon is given the title though it has no real meaning at this point in the story. The authors gave the impression that Nicolae Carpathia really did believe that his self-aggrandizing endeavors to defeat God and the Son would prevail, even though scripture says that the devil knows his time is short (Revelation 12:12). Lucifer even says this while he is being judged by the angels after the Glorious Appearing. When the steward replied, "or the Most High Reverend Father", Akbar chuckled. He had stolen money from his father's credit card and lied to both of his parents, telling them that he was going to the library to study for his schoolwork. The bad guy is Nicolae Carpathia, The Antichrist, the most evil of all Evil Overlords. She is present at the final battle at the end of the Millennium where Christ overthrows evil once and for all and welcomes all believers into the Kingdom of Heaven for eternity. In Kingdom Come, Irene and her husband lead a missionary trip to Egypt, where they lead many to salvation during the Millennium World. Though her best friend Shelly wondered what happened, Vicki knew the truth Christ had come back for His own. After her mother's death, Darrion remains with members of the Young Trib Force until Glorious Appearing. She is grief-stricken to find that David was killed by two MIA GC soldiers, and has a hand in killing both men so as to keep Petra safe for the Remnant to move in. Nicolae is not omniscient, even when indwelt by Satan, since that ability is only reserved for God. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and sulfur, repeating over and over, "Jesus is Lord!!!". When questioned by Carpathia about whether the execution of two innocent people bothered his conscience, Akbar said that Carpathia was the "father of truth", reiterating Carpathia's remarks after he finished the lie detector test, where Carpathia reported some obvious falsehoods that were assessed to be truthful replies. Lionel became a Christian and acknowledged that Jesus had raptured his church. Naomi's mother was converted to Christianity before she died of an illness. As a young child, Carpathia shows remarkable intelligence and athletic ability, and also proves to be extraordinarily manipulative, able to bend others to his will with relative ease. However, she declines, thinking he has gone crazy after losing his wife and son, and leaves without him. She seemed to be attracted to Pan-Con pilot Rayford Steele, perhaps wanting an affair with him. Ming helps Leah avoid suspicion and incarceration, and Leah returns to Illinois. Many Israelis and Jews worldwide were outraged at Ben-Judah, but he began to teach and meet with Jews all around the world, as more and more began to convert to Christ. Throughout his relationship with Carpathia, Fortunato continues to fawn over the man, a fact that seems to be driven home when Leon died in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake. In Desecration, he saw Carpathia personally murder high-ranking loyal personnel such as Loren Hut and Walter Moon for failing to fulfill Carpathia's orders, even though they acted competently and gave an earnest effort. He also gathers the armies of the world at the valley of Armageddon for the battle with Jesus Christ and his army. And he had become Carpathia arrives at the UN Headquarters to deliver his long and comprehensive speech, addressing the United Nations. 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