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As Buck prepares for his meeting with Nicolae Carpathia, he not only prays for himself for the first time, but asks others to pray for him as well. At the meeting, he’s horrified to discover that Carpathia has charmed attie into becoming his personal assistant. But the real horror is yet to come as the new Secretary General of the UN kills the two men responsible for his rise to power in cold blood. Nicolae then reveals his true colors as the prophesied Antichrist by rewriting history - and getting the others at the meeting to help him cover his tracks. Even though Buck sees through the lie, will it be enough to keep him alive?

script by Chris Fabry
based on “Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
directed by Todd Busteed
music by Steve Wick

See the first episode for cast information.

Buck, on official business, flies back to Chicago with Ray and Chloe, and no sooner have they arrived than news has broken about Nicolae Carpathia’s ascension to Secretary General of the UN. Furthermore, all of the new leader’s proposals - even moving the UN to Babylon - are ratified within hours of his inauguration. Buck’s former editor, in his new capacity as Nicolae’s press secretary, invites Buck to be the sole press presence at a closed meeting which will also be attended by the two men whose names have been connected to Nicolae. Meanwhile, Bruce Barnes reveals a plan of his own to form a group to save the lives - and souls - of as many people as possible, and he invites Rayford, Chloe, and eventually Buck to join him. When Buck tells Bruce about his coverage of the upcoming meeting, the pastor warns him that his soul, and his life, are in danger.

script by Chris Fabry
based on “Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
directed by Todd Busteed
music by Steve Wick

See the first episode for cast information.

In New York, Rayford Steele, with Chloe in tow, is trying to find a few moments to talk to Hattie. But Hattie, still starstruck by her own recent meeting with Nicolae Carpathia, isn’t too keen on hearing about Ray’s spiritual awakening. By chance, the three run into Buck as well, and he hits it off with Chloe, and joins them for dinner. Ray shares with Buck and Hattie the theory that recent events are leading up to the end of the world, and finds that not everyone is receptive to what he has to say.

script by Chris Fabry
based on “Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
directed by Todd Busteed
music by Steve Wick

See the first episode for cast information.

Buck is stunned to learn that the reporter who tried to force his way in on Buck’s interview with Nicolae Carpathia has mysteriously turned up dead - and is even more surprised when his editor accepts a position as Nicolae’s press secretary, but not before dropping tantalizing hints of Carpathia’s plans to move the headquarters of the United Nations to Babylon. When Buck talks to the widow of his late rival, and discovers that the reporter was working on a story involving Carpathia, two shady bankers, and a wild proposal to relocate the UN. Buck puts two and two together, and realizes that far too many people who have been looking into Carpathia’s past have turned up dead.

script by Chris Fabry
based on “Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
directed by Todd Busteed
music by Steve Wick

See the first episode for cast information.

Buck and his editor switch IDs so Buck can evade the police long enough to land an interview with Carpathia, but a complication arises in the form of a rival reporter trying to horn in on Buck’s story. Carpathia smoothly picks the imposter out and allows Buck in for an interview, during which he receives a call from the President of the United States - and offers to help the charges against Buck dropped. Buck, suspicious of Carpathia’s ties to a pair of suspicious bankers who may be backing his sudden rise to power, worries that Nicolae will demand a favor in return. And if Pastor Bruce Barnes is right, the appearance of two self-styled prophets at Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall means that the end of the world is seven years away.

script by Chris Fabry
based on “Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
directed by Todd Busteed
music by Steve Wick

See the first episode for cast information.