Carpathia mentioned "the Scandinavian young man" Lars Rahlmost, but he forgot that he had been killed during the onset of the heat plague. After being expelled, Fortunato grew fond of becoming a kingmaker, preferring to work behind the scenes to elevate his chosen candidates to any positions of power they wanted. He was able to do this after he murdered Jonathan Stonagal and Joshua Todd-Cothran by lying saying that Stonagal shot himself and Todd-Cothran in remorse for the assassinations. After the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Irene and the rest of the raptured saints wait and enjoy life in Heaven. In contrast, Christopher Goodman, the Antichrist of the Christ Clone Trilogy, had less of an appetite for the devotion of the world, but he captivates others to follow his cause through flattery, the promotion of new age ideology that promises the collective evolution of humanity and libertine morals, and their odium towards God. At the age of 24, Carpathia steps into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. He was fond of dressing in ornate and flowing robes and strutting all over his college campus. It is hinted later in the series that Bruce was poisoned by Nicolae Carpathia's agents and may have died prior to the actual hospital bombing. Chang is pressured by his parents, who are Carpathia loyalists, to take the mark, but Chang violently protests this as he is a believer in Jesus Christ. She is described as having short black hair and being athletically built. He eventually goes in order to warn the kids about Wormwood. She died in a plane crash in Soul Harvest. Stupidly they had overloaded the helicopter with loot for starting new lives they were captured and shot dead on Christmas Day, 1989 after being convicted in a hasty show trial. When one of stewards on Carpathia's plane referred to Leon Fortunato as "Mr. Fortunato", Suhail corrected him saying that it is "Reverend Fortunato", but said that he did not mind but he should not make that mistake in front of "His Excellency". Joshua Todd-Cothran is the head of the London Stock Exchange and, like his colleague Jonathan Stonagal, is a highly influential financier. She spent the next seven years proselytizing, which included interrupting a concert by Z-Van (lead singer of the Four Horsemen and one of Nicolae Carpathia's false messiahs) and speaking to the crowd of thousands. Chaim later became a believer, and led the Jewish Remnant at Petra under the alias "Micah" (made from the letters of his original name). A few days later she arrives at his house, pleading for him to come with her, but he tells her he found what he was missing, Jesus Christ, and that the disappearances was the Rapture. Their study reveals that the peace covenant with Israel will mark the beginning of the seven years' war with the Antichrist, known as the Tribulation. Very quickly, he becomes a believer in Christ, and is spotted by Mac McCullum in the GC shelter right after the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake. He also warns all of the Christians present that the Great Tribulation, the 3.5 worst years in human history await them all. Ming helps Leah avoid suspicion and incarceration, and Leah returns to Illinois. Nicolae has his first taste of fame in a TIME article at a young age, graduates high school early, and graduates university in under 2 years. The Global Community is a fictional worldwide government led by Nicolae Carpathia, who was its Supreme Potentate.It was transformed from the United Nations after the Rapture when Nicolae took power, and moved to New Babylon where its main headquarters were until the plague of darkness from the fifth Bowl Judgment fell upon it. When she woke up the next morning, all her family were gone because they had been raptured. However, it was already too late for Leon and Jesus sentenced him for eternity in the lake of fire. In Kingdom Come, Irene and her husband lead a missionary trip to Egypt, where they lead many to salvation during the Millennium World. 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. Carpathia just look away, and that convince Chang that Nicolae cannot know his thoughts. Carpathia then brainwashes everyone in the room (except Williams, who was protected by God) into believing that Stonagal shot himself and Todd-Cothran in remorse for the assassinations. Glorious Appearing: an Experience in Sound and Drama, Vanished: Left Behind The Next Generation, In the Dramatic Audio presentations, he is voiced by. As he is a natural, Kenny ages over the course of the Millennium, with both he and Kat unable to walk without walking sticks. During his address, Carpathia quickly charms and impresses everybody present with his incredible oratory skills, amazing genius-level intellect and memory, as well as his vast knowledge of the United Nations, its members, history, principal organs, and specialized agencies. However, he manages to brainwash everybody present by convincing them that what they had actually seen was the two individuals murdering each other. Nicolae Jetty Carpathia He was "The Antichrist," born from an ancient Roman lineage, remarkably intelligent and athletic, manipulative and unbelievably successful in business. This occurs in Left Behind when he speaks to Buck Williams, who at the time worked for the same paper as Lionel's mother, Lucinda Washington. known as the most popular man in Romania, admired, respected, lauded by even his opponents. In Assassins, David introduces her to Mac McCullum and Abdullah Smith, Carpathia's pilots who are also believers. She later fell in love with and married Ree Woo in "Armageddon". 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. Hassid begins grooming Chang Wong, a young man from China who is also very technically gifted, as his protg and replacement when Hassid must leave; the mark of loyalty is now required of employees in New Babylon, and Chang, given the mark unwillingly, has both the mark of the Beast and the mark of God's on his forehead. Eleazar is one of the 144,000 evangelical converts in the book. 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. He received a dark negative six on his forehead for his mark of loyalty. Fortunato resorts to several threats before calling in a bomb threat at Vasile's grandchildren's school and a fire at his son's farm which ultimately cause Vasile to step down. He was portrayed by Brad Johnson in the films, Nicolas Cage in the 2014 film, and Kevin Sorbo in Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist. After his death, the Supreme Commander position was dissolved. He is a charismatic politician that wins the support of all through the United Nations. Author of the underground cyber-magazine "The Truth". At last, he gave out the decree that those who did not accept the mark, along with any who refused to proclaim him as God, would be beheaded by a guillotine, known as a "loyalty enforcement facilitator.". Plot introduction. Carpathia explains to Buck that he was fulfilling his promise to take care of Buck's problem, knowing that Todd-Cothran was responsible for plotting the attempt on Williams' life earlier in the book as well as the assassinations. The religion lasts for three and a half years before meeting its downfall at the Second Coming of Christ. His handlers arrange for his mother to be eliminated, and Nicolae himself eventually demands the dispatch of his "father", a key to his rise to power. She and Leah also serves as a nurse during Operation Eagle. Nicolae Carpathia. The catalyst for the shooting is the detected theft of GC Chopper One to pluck the threesome from the roof of Israeli botanist and statesman Chaim Rosenzweig's house. Unlike Carpathia, who accepted his fate, Leon struggled with Michael as the archangel threw him into the lake of fire. Carpathia was the Global Community official that had the highest amount of appearances in the adult, Carpathia was never referred to by name in. Israeli botanist and statesman, discoverer of a formula that made Israeli desert bloom, former Global Weekly Man of the Year; murderer of Carpathia; leader of the million-plus Jewish remnant at Petra; witness to the Glorious Appearing; now residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Pilot for Carpathia; Good friend of Rayford 'Ray' Steele, chief Tribulation Force pilot assigned to Petra; witness to the Glorious Appearing; residing near the Valley of Jehoshaphat. He is also the best friend of Ryan Daley. Due to their disagreements Vicki lets him and Lionel go to the Gala in Israel. So influential, in fact, that award-winning journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams believes he is responsible for having many professional acquaintances assassinated. In the aftermath of the Rapture, Carpathia quickly gains fame Internationally due to his upcoming speech at the United Nations. Because of that they start a massive daycare ministry called COT(Children of the Tribulation), which focused on teaching children and trying to show them that Jesus is the only way. Angered by the appearance of Ben-Judah on television, a choleric Carpathia shot Moon to death when Moon's frantic pleas to the network failed to terminate the broadcast. Occupation His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. 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. At his first meeting as United Nations Secretary-General (at the end of Left Behind Book 1), Carpathia executes Stonagal with a revolver, believing that his usefulness has expired. In a Brazilian series from 2012 about the end times called Decode, a similarly named character appears as Nicolai Carpathia. Caucasian Romanian Graphic Ben-Judah essentially took his place to teach, now reaching out to a worldwide cyber-audience. Hannah Palemoon is a fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels created by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. His middle name refers to the "jet-black" night on which he was born.)[2]. Throughout the Left Behind Series, he frequently comes to the mind of Rayfordwho was left behind due to his unbelief. Plank falls under Carpathia's spell and serves him faithfully until he becomes surplus to Nicolae's needs. Eleazar's wife was converted to Christianity before she died of an illness, and Eleazar, who otherwise loved his wife greatly, rejected his dying wife's pleas to convert, and instead disowned her and slipped into depression. Rayford and the other members of the Tribulation Force attempt to convince her that Carpathia is evil, but she refuses to listen. Irene and Raymie are among the countless millions of believers who are taken up into the House of God, where the Bema Seat Judgment takes place. He proposed to Vicki (he always wanted to)after his return, and they marry about a year before the Glorious Appearing, where he and Vicki are both in Jerusalem. They discovered Chloe's Uzi and ski mask near two platoons of Global Community Peacekeepers. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and sulfur, repeating over and over, "Jesus is Lord!!!". As the Antichrist, Carpathia is directly responsible for the terrifying 7-year-long Tribulation, and the ultimate Battle of Armageddon. In the Millennium World, he and his wife go on Rayford's missionary trip to Egypt to help spread the gospel. When they return to Chicago, Hattie begs Rayford to stay with her, but he refused, wanting to check on his family. Shortly after that, he became a born-again believer, became an employee of Global Community, and flew Carpathia's private jet until his cover was blown. After agonizing in prayer, Plank surrenders himself to the GC, refusing to take the mark. He was described as a very traditional Roman Catholic at this time, although he rapidly embraced dramatic changes to the faith after the Rapture. According to the plot, Carpathia was born in Cluj County, Romania, the product of genetic engineering and artificial insemination. She then accepted Christ upon meeting Bruce Barnes, Judd Thompson, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. Satan himself agrees to help her make this possible if only she submits to him. At the end of the series he went to Jerusalem with the other believers. After having lost his mother and two younger sisters in a fire the night of the rapture, he and his father were converted by a trucker stopping at their gas station. During the plague of darkness after the Global Community had evacuated New Babylon since it had been crippled by the plague, Carpathia was discussing who is to blame for the failure of the Global Community News Network to retain control over their broadcast from the Tribulation Force's attempts to pirate it. Hassid works in communications and is considered one of the top computer experts alive. With his advisers and counselors, Carpathia formed a successful import-export business, which quickly made him a millionaire. 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