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Into The Storm – Left Behind Kids 11

Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye

Category: fiction religion

Synopsis:

Judd Thompson Jr. and his friends are in the middle of the adventure of a lifetime. After hearing a report

about their friends inIsrael, Judd and Ryan Daley hurry to theHoly Landto discover their fate. Judd is

jailed by the Global Community. Ryan helps him escape, but the two are suspicious of their pilot, Taylor

Graham.

After the kids’ new friends, Darrion Stahley and her mother, leave without a trace, Vicki Byrne and

Lionel Washington get busy with a new edition of the Underground. The memorial service for their

beloved pastor, Bruce Barnes, is set for Sunday. They secretly invite everyone at school to hear what

Bruce believed will happen next.

As the Young Trib Force gathers on the night before the memorial service, they meet the famous Rabbi

Tsion Ben-Judah.

Now the future for the kids is uncertain. Who will show up at the memorial service?

Will the pilot, Taylor Graham, lead the Global Community to them? What will they do without Bruce?

Join the kids as they struggle to make right choices as the world falls apart around them.

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

WHEATON,ILLINOIS

DEDICATION

To Reagan Michael

Visit Tyndale’s exciting Web site at www.tyndale.com Discover the latest Left Behind news at

www.leftbehind.com

Robert Flesher.

Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc.“7680Goddard Street,

Suite 200,Colorado Springs,CO80920.

Inc. Used by permission.

Edited by Curds H. C. Lundgren

ISBN 0-8423-4331-8

Printed in theUnited States of America08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What’s Gone OnBefore .

1.Caught. 2. Rayford’sMessage . 3. A FrighteningFuture . 4. Chaya’s Grief. 5. TheVisitor . 6. Lionel’s

Dilemma . 7. Judd’s NewFriend . 8.In Hiding. 9.Discoveries . 10. Secret Documents. 11. The Wrath of

the Lamb. About theAuthors .

What’s GoneOn Before

Judd Thompson Jr. and his friends are in the middle of the adventure of a lifetime. After hearing a report

about their friends inIsrael, Judd and Ryan Daley hurry to theHoly Landto discover their fate. Judd is

jailed by the Global Community. Ryan helps him escape, but the two are suspicious of their pilot, Taylor

Graham.

After the kids’ new friends, Darrion Stahley and her mother, leave without a trace, Vicki Byrne and

Lionel Washington get busy with a new edition of the Underground. The memorial service for their

beloved pastor, Bruce Barnes, is set for Sunday. They secretly invite everyone at school to hear what

Bruce believed will happen next.

As the Young Trib Force gathers on the night before the memorial service, they meet the famous Rabbi

Tsion Ben-Judah.

Now the future for the kids is uncertain. Who will show up at the memorial service?

Will the pilot, Taylor Graham, lead the Global Community to them? What will they do without Bruce?

Join the lads as they struggle to make right choices as the world falls apart around them.

Judd Thompson Jr. held his breath. The head of the Tribulation Force was about to ask the rabbi to

become their new spiritual leader. The other kids joined Judd to listen outside the door. The Trib Force

was meeting with a man Nicolae Carpathia hated. Judd couldn’t help thinking about the danger.

Rayford Steele, Nicolae Carpathia’s pilot, led the rabbi into the room.

Rayford looked at Judd and smiled, then left the door slightly ajar.

The other kids crowded around.

“Tsion, my brother,” Rayford said, “we would like to ask you to join our little core group of believers.

We’re not asking for an immediate decision, but we need a leader, someone to replace Bruce.”

As Judd watched, Tsion rose and placed his hands atop the table. The man was only in his forties, but to

Judd he looked much older. The rabbi spoke with a shaky voice.

“My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,” Tsion said, “I am honored and grateful to God for saving my

life. We must pray for those who helped me escape.

“I am sad, but I see the hand of God Almighty guiding me. I am right where he wants me. I need no time

to think it over.

I have prayed already. I will accept your offer to become a member of the Tribulation Force. “

Judd saw tears in the eyes of the other group members as Tsion said, “I cannot promise to replace

Bruce Barnes, but I will dedicate the rest of my life to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, my Messiah.”

With that, the man seemed to collapse in his chair, and the others in the room knelt.

“Come on,” Judd whispered.

“I knew he’d accept,” Ryan said when the kids returned to the living room, “but how do you pronounce

his name?”

“Just say“Zion,” Chaya said.

“That’s pretty close in English.”

“Do you think he’ll teach us like Bruce did?” Lionel said.

“I don’t think we’ll have much contact with him,” Judd said.

“After the memorial service tomorrow, the/11 probably keep him hidden.”

Lionel awoke Sunday morning knowing it might be the toughest day of his life. The excitement and

tension of the past week had kept him from thinking much about Bruce. But now, on the day they would

say good-bye, he felt a pain deep in his chest.

There had been no funeral for Lionel’s family. On the morning of the disappearances he had discovered

only the domes of his parents and siblings. His older sister, Clarice, had been reading her Bible. His

mother had been kneeling in prayer. Lionel still wondered if she had been praying for him at the moment

she vanished. He felt so guilty for being left behind. He had known the truth but had not acted on it.

But today was different. Unlike his family, the body of Pastor Bruce Barnes would be there. He could

see it. Touch it.

Lionel thought back to his first meeting with Bruce. He had felt so alone that day. The man let them

watch a video that explained what had happened. Then Bruce told his own story.

God had Lionel’s attention. He finally understood that being a Christian wasn’t following a set of rules or

doing certain things. It had to do with his heart.

And his heart ached. It was hard to lose every member of his family. He had taken them for granted, his

mom and dad especially. But losing Bruce was different. When Bruce spoke of spiritual things, Lionel

really listened. Now Bruce was gone. Lionel wondered if he would ever have another teacher like him.

Vicki and Chaya stayed at Loretta’s house overnight. The next morning they kept to themselves as the

adults got ready for the morning service.

“I need a favor,” Chaya said.

“My mother’s funeral is this afternoon as well. You know my dad doesn’t want me there, but I have to

go.”

Vicki placed her hand on Chaya’s shoulder.

“You don’t have to say anything more,” Vicki said.

“I’ll go with you.”

Two hours before Bruce Barnes’s service began, the Young Trib Force met atNew HopeVillageChurch

. Judd prayed, “Give us wisdom and help us do what’s right.” Judd welcomed John and Mark. The two

cousins quickly updated the group. John was off to college in a few days. Mark had rebounded from his

scrape with death in the militia.

“I’m not going back to school,” he said.

“I’d like to help you guys any way I can.”

“We can use it,” Judd said. He looked at the kids gravely.

“This is not how Bruce planned it,” he said.

“I’m sure he wanted to live until the Glorious Appearing of Christ. But that won’t happen now. Nobody

elected me leader, so I’m open to a vote” “We don’t need that,” Lionel interrupted.

“You go ahead.”

The others agreed.

“I haven’t done things perfectly,” Judd said.

“When Ryan and I went toIsraelwith that pilot, Taylor Graham, we may have led the Global Community

straight to us.

“And I’ve done other stupid things. More than once, I was mad at Bruce because I thought he was

treating us like kids.

Now I know he just cared. “

Judd saw Vicki wipe her eyes, and he looked away. He had to hold it together until the service.

“For some reason. God let this happen to Bruce,” he continued.

“And one of the things Bruce told us was that when bad things happen, they will either turn you away

from

God or draw you closer to him. You’ll run away or become more committed. “

“I want to be more committed,” Ryan said.

“Me too,” Lionel said.

“Then we have to face the facts,” Judd said.

“First, Bruce is gone and we need to grieve for him. It’s OK to cry. In fact, it’s good. Second, we’re

hopefully going to see a lot of people from school here. The Underground got the word out. But a few

might not be here to mourn.”

“You mean spies?” Lionel said.

“Or worse,” Judd said.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some people from the administration here to see if they can catch

somebody.”

“I hope they do come,” Vicki said.

“They need to hear it like everybody else.”

“But we still have to be careful,” Judd said.

“You know the school will damp down hard if they can figure out who put the last issue of the

Underground together.”

“I think we ought to spread out during the service,” Lionel said.

“Good idea,” Vicki said.

“That way they won’t see us together.”

Judd brought the group up to date on Buck and Tsion.

“Buck told me about their drive across the desert,” he said.

“They were in an old bus. Once a Global Community officer searched the bus while Buck was stopped.

Buck thought Tsion was sleeping in the back, but the officer didn’t find him. “

“Where was he?” Ryan said.

“Buck found him after the officer left,” Judd said.

“Tsion said he had to go to the bathroom, so when the bus stopped he found some bushes by the road.”

“God works in mysterious ways,” Lionel said. Everyone laughed.

“He does,” Judd said.

“At one checkpoint a guard actually found the rabbi hiding.”

“Did they arrest him?” Lionel said.

“No,” Judd said.

“Tsion was praying God would blind the guard or make him careless, but the man shined a flashlight in

Tsion’s face and grabbed him by the shirt. The guard said,You had better be who I think you are, or you

are a dead man.”

The kids stared at Judd.

“Finally, the rabbi told him his name. The guard said, “Pray as you have never prayed before that my

report will be believed. “ Then he said a blessing and walked off the bus.”

“Incredible,” Lionel said.

“If that’s not God, I don’t know what is,” Ryan said, “but what happened when they got to the airport?

That’s where we lost the transmission.”

Judd explained that he and Ryan had picked up a radio report of the chase on their way back fromIsrael

“There were so many squad cars at the roadblock,” Judd said, “that Buck and Tsion set the bus on fire

and ran. Buck got shot in the foot, but they were able to take off and get back home safely.”

As the service grew near, Judd suggested they meet afterward in the same room. Everyone agreed. Judd

then asked Chaya to lead the group in a brief Bible study. She took them to several passages in Luke

and John that spoke of the cost of following Jesus.

“The Scriptures are dear,” Chaya said.

“A life of following God is not easy, but when we give our lives to him, he gives us the power to live and

the promise of eternal life. What more could we need?”

Vicki couldn’t believe her eyes when she looked outside. The service was still a half hour away, but the

parking lot was full and cars lined the street as far as she could see.

Inside, the crowd sat in silence, staring at the casket or looking at their programs. Many cried, but no

one sobbed.

Vicki hoped she wouldn’t either.

She sat at the end of a pew toward the front. She stared at the closed casket. She had been to only a

couple of funerals, and she hadn’t paid much attention.

She opened the program and read the contents. A verse on the back read, “I know that my Redeemer

lives.”

She had known Bruce since the day of the disappearances. She had lived under his roof and had even

been adopted by him.

And yet, she felt there were many things she didn’t know.

The program listed his date of birth, and she realized she had never thought to ask how old he was.

Vicki did the math in her head.

“Bruce was preceded by his wife, a daughter, and two sons, who were raptured with the church,” the

program read. Their names were listed.

Several times Vicki looked up from the page to keep from crying. She spotted Buck and Chloe Williams

behind her near Rayford Steele’s wife, Amanda. Rayford would be on the platform soon, talking about

Bruce. If there was anyone who could give a tribute to Bruce and speak the message Bruce would want

these people to hear, it was Rayford.

Loretta entered and sat near the back. It took Vicki a second look to realize she was with Rabbi

Ben-Judah.

The other members of the Young Trib Force were scattered throughout the crowd. She thought she

would make it without crying until she spotted Ryan. He was in the front row of the balcony, his eyes red.

He waved and tried to smile, then buried his face in his hands.

Atten o’clockRyan saw Rayford Steele walk through a door at the side of the platform. Another elder

stepped to the pulpit and asked everyone to stand. He led them in singing two hymns. Ryan couldn’t get

the words out.

Vicki smiled when she remembered Bruce’s singing. Bruce had admitted he couldn’t sing well, but that

didn’t stop him from belting out what he called a “joyful noise” during congregational songs. At the end of

one service he had leaned over to Vicki and said, “What I lack in tone, I make up for in volume.”

She smiled again as the songs ended. The elder told the congregation there would be no offering or

announcements, just the tribute to Bruce.

“Our speaker this morning is Elder Rayford Steele. He knew Bruce as well as any of us.”

Judd sat in the back. Bruce had died more than a week earlier, but it still didn’t feel real. Hearing

Rayford’s voice, calm and in control, eased the pain a bit.

Rayford opened his notes and welcomed everyone.

“I need to tell you I’m not a preacher,” he began.

“I am here because I loved Bruce. And since he left his notes behind, I will, in a small way, speak for

him today.”

Judd imagined himself at the pulpit, wondering what he would say, when an old woman and a young boy

walked in. The woman wore dark sunglasses. Judd stood and offered them his seat.

“I want to tell you how I first met Bruce,” Rayford was saying, “because I know that many of you met

him in much the same way. We were in the greatest crisis of our lives, and Bruce was there to help.”

Judd moved to the back of the sanctuary, but people were standing shoulder to shoulder from the last

pew to the back wall. He looked into the balcony and saw a space near the sound booth.

Ryan had heard Rayford’s story before. He had been best friends with Rayford’s son, Raymie. Ryan

had even been at their house once when Mrs. Steele had talked about the rapture of the church with her

husband.

Rayford explained that he had called the church when he discovered his wife and son were missing.

Then he met Bruce and saw the video the former pastor had left behind.

“If you had asked people five minutes before the Rapture what Christians taught about God and

heaven,” Rayford said, “nine in ten would have said to live a good life, do the best you can, be kind, and

hope for the best. It sounded good, but it was wrong! The Bible says our good deeds are worthless. We

have all sinned. All of us are worthy of the punishment of death.”

Ryan looked around the room and saw a lot of new faces. The Underground had done a good job of

bringing people in. Now it was Rayford’s turn to give them the message.

“I would fail Bruce if I didn’t say this,” Rayford said.

“Jesus has paid the penalty. The work has been done. We can’t earn our salvation; it’s a gift from God.”

Judd exited through the back doors and swiftly made his way to the balcony stairs. The overhead

speakers carried Rayford’s voice throughout the building.

Judd stopped and listened as Rayford said, “If I can get through this,

I would like to speak directly to Bruce. You all know that the body is dead. But Bruce, we thank you.

We envy you. We know you are with Christ. And we confess we don’t like it that you’re gone. We miss

you. But we pledge to carry on. We will study, and this church will be a light house for the glory of God.

“

Tears in his eyes, Judd put his hand on the railing. As he did, someone grabbed his arm roughly and

turned him around.

The man damped his hand over Judd’s mouth and leaned close.

“Don’t make a sound,” Taylor Graham whispered.

“You’re coming with me.”

Vicki hung on every word. Rayford was about to preach the very sermon Bruce would have given.

“But before I do that, I want to give you a chance to say something in memory of our brother.”

Vicki looked around. No one moved. Finally, she heard a voice from the back. Loretta stood and

described how she had worked with Bruce since the disappearances. She challenged people to give their

lives to Christ as Bruce did, then she broke down. The man next to her gently put his arm around her.

People around Vicki wept. Loretta was crying. Vicki wanted to stand and say something, but she felt

nervous. Would anyone care what she thought about Bruce? Finally, she knew if she didn’t say

something, her heart would break.

She stood.

Taylor Graham hustled Judd through the front door and around the side of the church. Judd tried to pull

away, but the pilot was strong. Judd looked for Global Community officers or a squad car. Two blocks

from the church, Graham found his car, unlocked the passenger side, and pulled Judd in after him.

Vicki shook, but she knew what she was doing was right.

“I’ve done some bad things in my life,” Vicki said.

“When my family disappeared, I thought I hadn’t been good enough.

Then I met Bruce, and I heard the message.

“He was always kind, and it never bothered him that I asked a lot of questions. When I got sent to a

detention center, he visited me. When I heard someone wanted to adopt me and make me his daughter, I

couldn’t imagine who. But I should have known.”

Yield’s voice trembled. She pushed her hair behind an ear and bit her lip.

“I can’t tell you how much Bruce helped me understand God’s love,” Vicki continued.

“Mr. Steele is right. God loved us enough to want to adopt us into his family, even when we didn’t

deserve it. That’s what Bruce did for me, and I’ll always love him for it.”

Vicki scanned the crowd. Some wiped their eyes. Others nodded.

Everyone looked at her.

“Don’t let this day go to waste,” Vicki said.

“If you don’t know God, ask him to forgive you today and become his child.

You’ll never regret it. “

Vicki sat and bowed her head. From all over the sanctuary people stood and told what Bruce meant to

them. After more than an hour, Rayford said they could take one more person before a brief break.

Vicki heard a voice with a thick accent behind her.

“You do not know me,” Tsion Ben-Judah said.

“Many Christian leaders around the globe knew your pastor, learned from him, and were brought closer

to Christ because of him. My prayer for you is that you would continue his ministry and hismemory, that

you would, as the Scriptures say, ‘not grow weary in doing good.”“ At Rayford’s request, Vicki and the

congregation stood and stretched.

“We’re long past our normal closing time,” he said, “so I’d like to excuse any who need to leave.”

As Rayford backed away from the pulpit, everyone sat down and looked at him. Someone giggled, then

another, and a few more. Rayford smiled, shrugged, and returned to the pulpit.

“I guess there are things more important in this life than personal comfort, aren’t there?” he said. Vicki

heard a few amen’s. Rayford opened his Bible and Bruce’s notes.

A thousand thoughts flashed through Judd’s mind as Taylor Graham drove in silence. Was Graham

turning him over to the hands of the North American Global Community? Was he out for revenge for

Judd and Ryan’s escape? Judd had always been able to think quickly. Now he didn’t know what to say

or do.

Graham turned into the forest preserve that led to the Stahley property.

They wound along the access road and to the edge of the woods. Graham stopped the car, flipped on a

gadget on his dashboard, then sped into a clearing. The pilot activated a remote control device, and the

side of the hill opened.

Graham drove into the secret plane hangar and punched the door closed.

“Why didn’t you do that the first time we came here?” Judd said.

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IntoTheStorm–LeftBehindKids11JerryB.JenkinsandTimLaHaye Category:fictionreligionSynopsis:JuddThompsonJr.andhisfriendsareinthemiddleoftheadventureofalifetime.AfterhearingareportabouttheirfriendsinIsrael,JuddandRyanDaleyhurrytotheHolyLandtodiscovertheirfate.JuddisjailedbytheGlobalCommunity.Ryan...

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