This thought just occurred to me, but what if Nicolae isn't the Antichrist, and actually Buck or Rayford is?!? Wouldn't that be the ultimate plot twist? The Bible says that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light, and maybe the good people are really evil and the evil people are really good. Or even worse, what if this whole Left Behind series is really not Christian at all? What if we're just being manipulated by demonic forces? What if these books are actually causing Christians to sin by being more materialistic (buying more books) and more covetous (wanting the next book as soon as possible)? I'm going to be a little more careful about all this stuff now. I mean, what if Y2K hits and all the non-Christians disappear and all the Christians are left on earth to suffer God's judgment? You never know - it could happen!