The Rapture (novel)

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The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye/Countdown to the Earth's Last Days

First edition cover
Author	Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Cover artist	Veer
Language	English
Series	Left Behind series
Genre	Christian fiction Speculative fiction Apocalyptic fiction
Publisher	Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date	Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	384 pages
ISBN	1-4143-0580-X (hardback)
OCLC	69393438
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Class	PS3562.A315 R43 2006
Preceded by	The Regime
Followed by	Left Behind

The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye/Countdown to the Earth's Last Days is the 3rd prequel novel in the Left Behind series, written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in 2006 and published by Tyndale House.^[1] This book is the final of the three prequels and covers events leading up to the first book Left Behind. The narrative of the novel The Rapture includes events that take place during the first chapters of Left Behind and provides a backdrop story for the book Left Behind. The book was released on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 (6/6/6), which is the Number of the Beast, a concept that plays a large part later in the series. It takes place from 14 months before to the day of the Rapture. For the week of June 19, 2006, Publishers Weekly ranked it the 10th best selling book in the U.S.^[1]