Chaim later became a believer, and led the Jewish Remnant at Petra under the alias "Micah" (made from the letters of his original name). He is the archenemy of Rayford Steele and Tsion Ben-Judah. Kat finally goes to talk to Kenny and realizes that he is innocent. There, she meets Ming Toy, another believer with a strategic position inside the Global Community. They head to Jordan where Kenny is seen by Abdullah Smith. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Global Community. He and Lionel often clashed to the point of a brawl, yet they were still very close. Through the counseling of her friend Jackie, Irene tries to turn the rest of her family towards Christ, but to no avail. Bombs hit the hospital that he was admitted in for over-seas bug that stopped his worldwide encouragement of "Tribulation Saints". He may have complied with Carpathia's directives out of personal and professional expediency instead of sincere reverence because loyalty to Carpathia is what had advanced his career to the point where he became the Director of Security and Intelligence to the Global Community. He has doubted the Bible for most of his life; though he has professed faith in Jesus Christ, he has never truly believed in his heart. The main antagonist Nicolae Carpathia (i.e. During this time, Nicolae proudly announces to Rayford and Amanda Steele that Hattie is pregnant with his child and they are engaged. Carpathianism is a fictional religion established by Leon to worship Nicolae Carpathia, leaving it as the only legal religion on Earth. 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. Shortly thereafter, in the chaos following the Rapture, Carpathia is appointed United Nations Secretary-General. He goes to New Hope Village Church that night and meets a few other members who were also left behind. 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. On arrival at the safe house to begin the flight to Denver, he shows that he has become a believer. 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. In the kids series book The Rise of False Messiahs, Chang Wong looked at Carpathia while Carpathia was in the courtyard of the GC Palace. Joshua Todd-Cothran is the head of the London Stock Exchange and, like his colleague Jonathan Stonagal, is a highly influential financier. For his mark, he got a giant black 42 that dominated his forehead. Carpathia often calls upon the influence of his "spiritual guide" (later revealed to be theDevilhimself) for advice. After revealing his true identity to Rayford and Albie, he helps them rescue Hattie Durham from the very facility where he has been working undercover. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her "son" keep the strong and noble "Carpathia" name. 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. Carpathia mentioned "the Scandinavian young man" Lars Rahlmost, but he forgot that he had been killed during the onset of the heat plague. The book begins soon after Nicolae Carpathia is assassinated, and tells more on the end of the Gala, the midpoint of the Tribulation and the opening of the Great Tribulation.. He disappears for several years, presumably lost in the Great Wrath of The Lamb earthquake when the Global Community Headquarters in New Babalyon collapsed. After three and a half years in power Carpathia was assassinated by Chaim Rosenzweig, an Israeli botanist and statesman whom he once pretended to befriend, prophetically suffering a lethal head wound from a blade which Rosenzweig had created himself and concealed in the tubing of his wheelchair after feigning a stroke.Carpathia's demise was short-lived, however, as after three days of lying dead, Carpathia's body was indwelt by Satanhimself, thus making Carpathia appear to rise from the dead and further cement his power. 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. Before the Rapture, Hattie was a senior flight attendant, young and beautiful, working for Pan-Continental Airlines. Angela "Annie" Christopher grew up in an atheist home in Canada. 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. Being born as a result of the genetically engineered Project People's Victory, Carpathia possessed many incredibly desirable traits, and was extremely handsome and dashing; piercingly blue-eyes and blonde hair, like the original Romanians. Their mission is to help the lost find Christ and prepare for God's Judgement that is to follow the peace agreement between the Antichrist and Israel. Carpathia, wanting to enter politics himself, employed Leon on his staff, and grew to value the man's counseling; although Leon tended to be clingy and sycophantic, he taught Carpathia humility (or more specifically, how to feign humility) which proved to be very valuable on the world political stage. Buck, however, was the only one immune to this brainwash, since he had previously accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Leah's first Trib Force undercover mission, at the midpoint of the Tribulation, takes her to Belgium to try to communicate with Hattie at the Belgium Facility for Female Rehabilitation (BFFR), or "Buffer." In the end, Supreme Potentate Carpathia marshals the "Ten Kingdoms" against the followers of Jesus Christ, and besieges Jerusalem in the final Battle of Armageddon. In the series that follows, the Antichrist, a charismatic young Romanian leader named Nicolae Carpathia, works through the United Nations' machinery to consolidate currency and erase national. In Tribulation Force (Book 2), Carpathia tells Williams that he was named the sole beneficiary in Stonagal's will, though Stonagal's family members will receive massive payoffs to silence them. This gathering would use their combined newfound psychic powers (no conventional or nuclear weapons are to be used) to break down the walls of Petra and kill every inhabitant there. Akbar was characterized as a man who is reticent and slow to voice an opinion, but someone who is loyal and effective behind the scenes. Leon Fortunato has been described as Nicolae Carpathia's sidekick. After his address Carpathia quickly becomes a celebrity, and People magazine named him their newest Sexiest Man Alive. Enter Nicolae Carpathia. Rayford, naplnn vztekem nad tolika ztrtami, uvauje o zabit Nicolae Carpathie. As her son Nicolae comes of age, Stonagal becomes one of his mentors, financing his rise in the corporate world. 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. He is assumedly present at Cameron's estate during the final battle of the Millennium. His unparalleled evil, together with his incredible intelligence, oratory skills, and deceitful charisma, made Carpathia a terrifying and formidable juggernaut of a foe to anybody who dared to oppose him, even before he became Supreme Potentate. In Left Behind: World at War, he displays the same ability as an Angel to let bullets pass through him without losing momentum and hit the person behind him. Though her best friend Shelly wondered what happened, Vicki knew the truth Christ had come back for His own. Carpathia said he cannot keep track of everyone who dies from the plagues. Once Nicolae became a very powerful businessman, he was taken by a demon to the desert, where he was forced to remain without food or water for 40 days. Lucifer in the persona of Nicolae Carpathia did not believe that God created him but that his sentience emerged from a primordial ooze and thought that God also came into existence the same way but had just preceded him. Author of the underground cyber-magazine "The Truth". Former businessman, former President of Romania, later. The very word send shivers through us. At the age of 24, Carpathia stepped into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. The conversation they share is instrumental in the start of Ritz's journey to salvation, although the novels do not indicate any further services by Ritz to Buck until some 18 months into the Tribulation. On the night on the rapture, Judd decided that he was going to run away. Upon hearing this heartrending realization, the gathering then starts to fight amongst themselves and were killed by a plague. His name originally came from his father, and he has hated it ever since. He was described as a very traditional Roman Catholic at this time, although he rapidly embraced dramatic changes to the faith after the Rapture. At first, Irene is nervous when her works are tested by the fire because of her short time as a Christian, but her efforts are ultimately praised by Jesus. Refusal to do either of these activities is made punishable by public execution. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and sulfur, repeating over and over, "Jesus is Lord!!!". Jonathan Stonagal is a powerful, corrupt, and highly influential American financier with links to Viv Ivins' Luciferian organization. In Kingdom Come, he works in Jerusalem with his older sister, Chloe Steele, who was executed during the Tribulation for her belief, and her husband, Buck Williams, who also died during the Tribulation during the final battle in Jerusalem. Graphic In Tribulation Force, with his power and countries independence fading, Fitzhugh plans with the British and Egyptian governments to launch a worldwide offensive against Carpathia and the Global Community, with help from various militias. In Apollyon, Ritz is killed by a GC bullet to the head while racing with Ben-Judah, Chloe, and Buck to board a waiting plane at Jerusalem Airport to return to the United States. Antichrist Carpathia was finally defeated by Jesus for his actions, and his ultimate defeat marks the end of the Tribulation. Their mission is to destroy the remnant stronghold of Petra and take over the city of Jerusalem as the world's new capital, following the supernatural destruction of New Babylon. Carpathia slowly gains complete control of the entire world, first as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, then as the far more powerful Supreme Potentate of theGlobal Community, and, finally,as the self-proclaimed God of Carpathianism (which replaces the Enigma Babylon One World Faith). First Appearance Once Nicolae became a very powerful businessman, he was taken by a demon to the desert, where he was forced to remain without food or water for 40 days. 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. Fortunato is writhing in pain and shouting "Jesus is Lord!" The second wife of Rayford Steele, whom married him in Tribulation Force. However, through infiltration of the GC Palace by the Trib Force and Buck & Tsion's conversations with him, Chaim was led to murder Carpathia. Bailey Chase as Nicolae Carpathia Corbin Bernsen as Steve Plank David LeReaney as Chaim Rosenzweig Sam Sorbo as Amanda White Braeden Sorbo as Connor Stafford Perry as Dirk Burton Linda Kee as Ivy Gold Paul Cowling as Joshua Todd-Cothran Shawna Pliva McGill as Ana Quintero Jesse Lipscombe as Ted Tossel Production [9] He is the only son of Gustaf Zuckermandel Sr. (aka: "Big Zeke"). She is described as having short black hair and being athletically built. At his first meeting as United Nations Secretary-General (at the end of Left Behind), Nicolae Carpathia executes Stonagal and Todd-Cothran with a single bullet that passes through Stonagal's head, then Todd-Cothran's. Contents 1 Biography Once a commercial airline pilot, Ritz was sacked because he was too much of a stickler for safety. He then wages a genocidal purge against Christians, Jews, Muslims, and secular rebels, going as far as telling an officer in Desecration to behead enemy bodies, even if already dead. Terrified from the events, Hattie informs Rayford about the event, thinking he does not know what has just happened. The second day after the Rapture, Ritz provides Buck Williams with a flight as close to New York City as possible. He was the sort of character we love to hate. A small band of Christians calling themselves the "Tribulation Force" resists him as . Before that, he was Director of Security for the Global Community. Ben-Judah, believing himself to be protected by God's power, insisted on returning to Israel to meet with most of the 144,000 witnesses, in order to teach them. He was one of the few believers left alive when Christ, with his armies, returned to earth. Buck was guided to him with hints from the two witnesses at the Wailing Wall, and secretly conducted Ben-Judah out of Israel by way of Egypt, to be flown back to the United States for exile and sanctuary. He was hired by Nicolae Carpathia during the last half of the Tribulation period to be his Security and Intelligence chief in control of Peacekeepers and Morale Monitors throughout all the world regions. He also ordered Commander Tenzin to beat Ipswich to death for Ipswitch's impropriety towards Carpathia for "my entertainment and for the education of all." Ben-Judah went away from the meeting with much to think and pray about. Judd Thompson, Jr is a fictional character and one of the four main protagonists in the Left Behind: The Kids series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. There, both he and Buck Williams are killed by Unity Army soldiers. In a Brazilian series from 2012 about the end times called Decode, a similarly named character appears as Nicolai Carpathia. Carpathianism draws heavily from the narratives and traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Chang said to Carpathia in his mental voice that "You are evil in the flesh, the total opposite of the loving God I serve." Ryan is a member of the Young Tribulation Force in the Left Behind The Kids Series. With his reign secure, he ordered that golden statues of himself be constructed in every locale possible, and commanded that all worship these statues three times a day, with death as the penalty for failure to obey. Carpathia frequently manipulated people and events for his own personal gain, and often resorted to murder and blackmail in order to achieve these goals. He died less than 24 hours before the Glorious Appearing. In the third film based on the books, Left Behind: World at War, Bruce dies from being infected with a virus, and most of the Tribulation Force (all except for Buck) is at his bedside when he dies. 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. Carpathia eventually proclaimed himself God in the desecrated Temple of the Holy of Holies, and demanded that everyone on Earth worship him. Director Akbar ironically died under similar circumstances for a minor infraction just hours before the Glorious Appearing of Jesus Christ. He also warns all of the Christians present that the Great Tribulation, the 3.5 worst years in human history await them all. So influential, in fact, that award-winning journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams believes he is responsible for having many professional acquaintances assassinated. Falling victim to Fortunato's blackmail, the President of Romania resigns, allowing Carpathia to assume power with the unanimous support of the country's parliament. After being accused of switching loyalties, he is kicked out of the Millennium Force, deserted by Ekaterina, and hardly believed by his parents. (This was hinted at with the name of the artificial insemination project, Project People's Victory.) He was "The Antichrist," born from an ancient Roman lineage, remarkably intelligent and athletic, manipulative and unbelievably successful in business. 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. 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. Tyrola Mark Delanty became a believer and a member of the Tribulation Force. Carpathia outlines his plan to get the UN back on track; re-arranging the Security Council, and organizing 10 regions to encompass the entire world with the Leaders of each nation reporting to each leader of the 10 regions. Four million people attend his funeral. Annie is also mentioned in Left Behind: The Kids when Judd and Lionel are at Carpathia's funeral, and Judd witnesses her death by lightning. ), a world government which he ultimately marshals against the followers of Jesus Christ. He was a prominent member of the Global Community who was promoted to the role of Supreme Commander after Leon Fortunato's promotion to High Reverend Father of Carpathianism and Jim Hickman's death. 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. When a combined British and Egyptian attack on New Babylon backfires, the conflict escalates into World War III. Before the Rapture, Irene is married to the series' chief protagonist, Rayford Steele. After the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Irene and the rest of the raptured saints wait and enjoy life in Heaven. 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