Global Gala

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The Global Gala is a fictional event in the "Left Behind" Series.

When Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia renamed the United Nations to Global Community after the Rapture, he made a peace treaty with Israel, ushering in the Tribulation. The Global Gala celebrated the halfway point of the seven-year treaty. The Gala was held in the city of Jerusalem and it lasted a week. Everyone in the world was invited to attend the joyous celebration.

Eventually, Carpathia goes to the Wailing Wall, where the two preachers sent from heaven, Eli and Moishe, have been for three and a half years. Carpathia shoots them both to death, and their bodies are left to rot in the streets for three days as the celebration continues in full swing, as prophesied. After these three days, the two preachers are taken up to heaven and an earthquake occurs in Jerusalem.

At the end of the Gala, Rayford Steele takes his Saber handgun into the celebration. He aims it at Carpathia, but cannot pull the trigger. However, he is bumped from behind and the weapon discharges, destroying the lectern and the backdrop on the stage. However, the bullet fails to hit Carpathia, instead knocking him backward. Dr. Chaim Rosenzweig kills Carpathia with a long sword that he had invented himself. Carpathia is transported to New Babylon for his funeral.