Getting It Wrong: "Left Behind" and the Mainstream Press

BreakPoint with Charles Colson ^ | April 27, 2004 | Charles Colson

[ValerieUSA]

I heard the first books in the series on tape, and then read a few --- and then stopped altogether.
It amounted to nothing more than crass commercialism and a poor value for the high price to keep up with the series. The writers and publishers EXPLOITED their Christian readership. It was no more than a 2 volume book sold in many installments full of rehashes and crap that should have been edited out.

As annoyed as I am with the exploitation by the writers - I am even more annoyed by the extreme loyalty of many of the readers. Dare to criticize this poorly crafted series and its kooky premise, and you become the antichrist in their eyes.

Come on people. Have some discretion - don't be suckers just because the label says "Christian".

[stars & stripes forever]

If there is *anyone* who would believe in God... it would be Satan.

God says in John 16:11. ...the prince of this world now stands condemned.

Angels are not like people. They are a different kind of creation. Their purpose is to minister in God's kingdom and on the earth.

Satan served the Trinity until he decided he wanted to be like them. Then he became a fallen angel.

As a result Jude 1:6 says, ...and the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abanded their own home, these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgement on the Great Day.

It also says in 2 Peter 2:4 that God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell.

Satan does not have the capacity to believe in the Lord as Savior. He knows who Christ is, but will never repent because he cannot. He has been condemned to the abyss. I wouldn't call him a puppet, I would call him a loser.