Fortunato's "glory days" are short-lived, however, ending in Glorious Appearing with the return of Jesus. Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. (aka: Zeke or Little Zeke) is a fictional character in the Left Behind series. Chloe Steele Williams, daughter of Rayford Steele and wife of Buck Williams, was a former college student. After that, he is then returned to Romania. At Cendrillon's funeral, Kenny (who has the only non-glorified body of the four) meets Cendrillon's cousins from France, who are in deep with TOL (The Other Light), a secret organization that worships Lucifer. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her son keep the strong Carpathia name. The brother of Ming Toy, he is 17 at the time of Global Community Supreme Potentate and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia's temporary death, he is groomed by David Hassid to replace him as the Tribulation Force's mole in the GC Headquarters Palace in New Babylon. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and brimstone, repeating over and over that Jesus is Lord. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her "son" keep the strong "Carpathia" name. 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. Contents 1 Biography Leon is revived, and then becomes more faithful than ever to Carpathia, believing that Carpathia is a god incarnate. The scene closes, and Carpathia's - along with his master's and his underling's - suffering is resumed for all eternity. Leah also helps Rayford Steele in Glorious Appearing after an almost fatal ATV wreck. Chang said to Carpathia in his mental voice that "You are evil in the flesh, the total opposite of the loving God I serve." On Earth, the cosmic battle of the ages takes place as the Tribulation ravages the planet. 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. For his mark, he got a giant black 42 that dominated his forehead. It can also a refer to a group of non-mainstream/not accepted "Christians" called Nicolaitans in Revelation 2:15. Former head nurse at Arthur Young Memorial Hospital in Palatine, Illinois, she helped Cameron "Buck" Williams get Ken Ritz out without compromising the Tribulation Force's cover, and after helping deliver Hattie Durham's stillborn baby that was fathered by Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia, abandons her now-compromised job and must request sanctuary at the Trib Force safe house. Metabolic control: Nicolae was known to barely sleep even before the Indwelling; after the Indwelling, he no longer required food or sleep, although he would sometimes eat at social events. Marilena stays with her husband, Sorin, until the baby is born, insisting that her "son" keep the strong and noble "Carpathia" name. At the age of 24, Carpathia stepped into the political scene as a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. Ben-Judah was beginning to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth met the descriptions of prophecy, but had not committed himself when Christ raptured His church. His mother and father, unbelievers, died because of the events after the rapture. He has statues of himself built around the world, which all people are required to bow to. With his advisers and counselors, Carpathia forms a successful import-export business which quickly makes him a millionaire. Unlike Carpathia, who accepted his fate, Leon struggled with Michael as the archangel threw him into the lake of fire. [4] Because he is an Italian American, he has been cited as an example of the cultural diversity of the novels' characters. He realized she meant Vicki. The only one he could connect with was his Uncle Andr, who would turn into a drunk and a gambler one week and a "devout Christian" the next. Carpathia wins the election with ease and becomes Romania's President. He's a little egocentric and tends to think of himself as a god to be worshiped. The same bullet that kills Stonagal also kills Joshua Todd-Cothran, the head of the London Stock Exchange, believed responsible for plotting an attempt on Buck Williams' life earlier in the book as well as murdering many of his acquaintances. She was beheaded shortly before the Battle of Armageddon. He was the sort of character we love to hate. Carpathia just look away, and that convince Chang that Nicolae cannot know his thoughts. Thus, both Antichrist Carpathia and False Prophet Fortunato are punished accordingly by Jesus Christ, who has them hurled into the bottomless and ineffably terrifying Lake of Fire for all eternity. Ben-Judah was commissioned by the Israeli government three years before the Rapture to undertake a study as to how the Jews would recognize the Messiah when he comes. Carpathia arrives at the UN Headquarters to deliver his long and comprehensive speech, addressing the United Nations. Just before this, the Chicago-based Tribulation Force's own leader and teacher, Bruce Barnes, is killed by the Red Horse of the Apocalypse when World War III breaks. Apart from controlling most of the world's largest financial institutions and being the richest man in history, he also owns the genetic engineering company that artificially inseminated Nicolae Carpathia's mother Marilena. He is imbued with power from Lucifer and is able to kill believers (such as Annie Christopher) with the Satanic ability to call down fire from the sky, either as lightning from a cloudless blue sky (as he did in killing three opposing sub-potentates during Carpathia's funeral) or as a single ball of flame (in the slaying of Hattie Durham), and is officially identified as the False Prophet that aids the Antichrist. Author of the underground cyber-magazine "The Truth". In accordance with the series' interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus Christ Himself defeated Antichrist Carpathia right after theSecond Coming. When Rayford Steele accidentally shot the Saber, Carpathia staggered back, tripped, and fell backwards, right into the blade being held in Chaim's hands. 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. Nicolae Carpathia is one of the believers in Christ in the Left on Earth series. Sam Sorbo will portray Amanda in the upcoming Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ. He appears twice, albeit briefly, in the final novel Kingdom Come, when he gives Abdullah Smith advice on how to go about infiltrating The Other Light, and later when both he and his father are present at Mac McCullum's thousandth birthday party. Zeke became a disguise specialist/master forger for the Tribulation Force and later joined them in Chicago, after his dad was arrested for black marketeering. This is partly in keeping with the early Christian belief that the Antichrist would come in the form of a Roman emperor in addition to the current Premillenialist Christian view that the Antichrist will emerge from a "New Roman Empire", the European Union. Failure to comply results in death. Carpathia has the Global Community motto written as "Hail Carpathia, our lord and risin king!". Later, when Carpathia is assassinated by Dr. Rosenzweig and resurrected as prophesied, Fortunato becomes even more important, and is Carpathia's go-to man and second-in-command. She is described as having short black hair and being athletically built. He was killed trying to purchase help from another black market dealer named Mainyu Mazda. His popular message of unity -- "We must disarm, we must empower the United Nations . Nicolae is not omniscient, even when indwelt by Satan, since that ability is only reserved for God. Everybody, including Steve Plank and Buck Williams continued to clap and cheer, never once appearing embarrassed at their loss of detached objectivity. He moves to Petra where Nicolae Carpathia drops two bombs and a missile just minutes after his arrival. The Left Behind series series portrays Carpathia as a man who craves the reverence and adulation of his subjects, even composing a hymn that glorifies himself and demanding that his subjects worship his image three times a day. Now, all that is left is to find out how the "conference" is going to go. Satanist Vicki grew up in a trailer park, and hated it because people regularly made fun of her and the others who lived in Prospect Gardens, calling them names such as "Trailer Trash". During this time, Nicolae proudly announces to Rayford and Amanda Steele that Hattie is pregnant with his child and they are engaged. Zeke then gives them a new ID. Naomi's mother was converted to Christianity before she died of an illness. Walter Moon is a supporting antagonist in the Left Behind series. 2016 They go on to establish a branch of COT in Greece, as was Kat's lifelong dream. In the Left Behind films, he is portrayed by Colin Fox and David LeReaney. He is resurrected at the Glorious Appearing, after having reunited with his wife and children in Heaven. [7] There have also been complaints about the farcical characterization of Leon Fortunato when he suffers from the pain of a hemorrhoid in Desecration.[8]. Buck, however, was the only one immune to this brainwash, since he had previously accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Two weeks later, when United Nations secretary-general and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia and a host of American and Israeli delegates arrived in Israel to sign a seven-year treaty of peace, and at the behest of Buck Williams, Ben-Judah guided Buck (Kirk Cameron) to the Western Wall so that he could speak with the two prophets, Eli and Moishe, men resurrected from Biblical times to bear witness to Christ and begin converting 144,000 Jews to become witnesses for Him. She and her father take in single women and families after the return of Christ. 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