Facing the Future

Facing the Future
Book Series	Left Behind: The Kids
Author	Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry
Publisher	Tyndale House Publishing
Release date	July 1998
Preceded by	Through the Flames
Followed by	Nicolae High

Facing the Future is the fourth book in the Left Behind: The Kids series, by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, with contributions from Chris Fabry. It was originally released in July of 1998. This novella along with three others were later released in the compilation volume, Taken (Left Behind: The Kids).

Plot introduction

Synopsis retrieved from back of the book.

Since the Rapture, Bruce Barnes has been teaching Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan about the coming events during the Tribulation. They are sure Christ will return for them, but one question remains: Who is the Antichrist?

Bruce thinks he knows. The kids aren't so sure. Until a man who has met the Antichrist shares his nightmarish story.

Characters in Facing the Future

Original Members of The Young Tribulation Force

• Judd Thompson Jr.
• Vicki Byrne
• Lionel Washington
• Ryan Daley

Other believers

• Bruce Barnes
• Cameron "Buck" Williams
• Josey Fogarty (first appearance, becomes a believer)
• Talia Grey (becomes a believer, last appearance)
• Beth Murray (becomes a believer)

Unbelievers

• Nicolae Carpathia
• LeRoy Banks
• Cornelius Grey (final appearance)
• Tom Fogarty
• Archibald "Eddie" Edwards (only appearance, death)
• Dan Bennett (only appearance)
• Wallace Theodore

POVs

• Judd Thompson Jr.
• Vicki Byrne
• Lionel Washington
• Ryan Daley

Trivia

• The Young Tribulation Force is officially formed by Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan.
• First appearance of Josey Fogarty.
• Last appearance of Talia Grey. It is unknown what happened to her after she prayed to receive Christ.
• Final appearance of Cornelius Grey, although he may have had some influence in book 11. It is unknown what happened to him after the death of Eddie Edwards.
• Last appearance of LeRoy Banks until book 39.
• Only appearance of Eddie Edwards, who is killed as a result of injuries received in a gunfight between LeRoy Banks and police officers.
• Only appearance of Beth Murray.
• The only book in the series in which Cornelius Grey appears without Andre Dupree.
• Last physical appearance of Josey Fogarty until book 30, although her voice was heard in book 9.
• First book in the series in which Bruce Barnes's name is written in the synopsis.
• The Young Tribulation Force succeed at converting their first unbeliever to a confirmed believer, namely, Josey.
• Only appearance of Dan Bennett, who makes the announcement about Eli and Moishe in Jerusalem on CNN.

Deaths

• Archibald "Eddie" Edwards