Tribulation Force (group)
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The Tribulation Force is a Christian-based group comprised of those left behind after the Rapture, as portrayed in the fiction series Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
In a series of unlikely events that followed the Rapture, in which Jesus Christ takes away members of his church from Earth, Rayford Steele, Chloe Steele, Buck Williams and Bruce Barnes find themselves left behind. Eventually they meet at New Hope Village Church, located in the suburbs of Chicago. They then meet from time to time and become immersed in study of prophecies contained in the Bible. Their study reveals that the Antichrist will establish control of the Earth, and the Tribulation period lasting seven years will start after his covenant with Israel. Jesus Christ's second coming will fall on the end of the Tribulation.
In the course of their study, they form a core group Chloe Steele christens the "Tribulation Force", dedicated to fight the seven years' war with the Antichrist. This group of believers, as well as others left behind but becoming believers, are otherwise known as "Tribulation Saints", to differentiate from the pre-Rapture designation of Christian. Over time some members of the Force become martyrs and others join. At the end only one of the original members live to witness the Glorious Appearing, although others are resurrected afterwards.
Notable non-founding members of the Tribulation Force includes:
- Amanda White Steele
- Tsion Ben-Judah
- Mac McCullum
- Floyd Charles
- David Hassid
- Ken Ritz
- Lukas "Laslos" Miklos
- Leah Rose
- Tyrola "T" Mark Delanty
- Abdullah Smith
- Annie Christopher
- Ming Toy Woo
- Chang Wong
- Chaim Rosenzweig
- Albie
- Gustaf "Zeke" or "Z" Zuckermandel, Jr
- Hannah Palemoon
- Steve Plank (a.k.a. Pinkerton Stephens)
- Hattie Durham
- George Sebastian
- Enoch Dumas
- Naomi Tiberias
- Eleazar Tiberias
- Lionel Whalum
- Ree Woo
- Razor
- Priscilla Sebastian
- Otto Weser
| Left Behind | ||||||
| Original Book Series: Left Behind · Tribulation Force · Nicolae · Soul Harvest · Apollyon · Assassins The Indwelling · The Mark · Desecration · The Remnant · Armageddon · Glorious Appearing |
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| Prequels: The Rising · The Regime · The Rapture |
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| Sequel: Kingdom Come |
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Major Characters in Left Behind Series Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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| Original Tribulation Force Members: Rayford Steele | Cameron "Buck" Williams | Chloe Steele | Bruce Barnes |
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| Other Tribulation Force Members: Tsion Ben-Judah | Chaim Rosenzweig | Albie | Mac McCullum | Abdullah Smith | David Hassid | Chang Wong | Ming Toy | Ree Woo | Ken Ritz | Lionel Whalum | George Sebastian | Priscilla Sebastian | Amanda White | T. M. Delanty | Lukas Miklos | Floyd Charles | Hattie Durham | Steve Plank | Razor | Otto Weser | Naomi Tiberias | Eleazar Tiberias | Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. | Hannah Palemoon | Leah Rose | Annie Christopher | Marcel Papadopoulos | Georgiana Stavros |
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| The Global Community: Nicolae Carpathia | Leon Fortunato | Viv Ivins | Suhail Akbar | Walter Moon | Peter Mathews | Marilena Carpathia | Reiche Planchette | Aurelio Sequoia Figueroa | Jim Hickman | Ramon Santiago | Clancy Tiber | Guy Blod |
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| Others: Joshua Todd-Cothran | Jonathan Stonagal | Bo Hanson | Samuel Hanson | Anika Janssen | Bernadette Rice | Gerald Fitzhugh |
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