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Title The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession

The Indwelling paperback cover
Author	Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Left Behind Series
Genre(s)	Christian, Speculative Fiction, Novel
Publisher	Tyndale House Publishers
Released	May 2000 Hardcover & Jan 2001 Paperback
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Audiobook
Pages	389 pp (hardcover and paperback editions)
ISBN	ISBN 0-8423-2928-5 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-8423-2929-3 (paperback edition)
Preceded by	Assassins

The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession is the seventh book in the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, published in May 2000.

The book begins soon after Nicolae Carpathia is shot, three days before the midpoint of the Tribulation and the opening of the Great Tribulation.

People flee from the scene of the assassination in a panic. Buck Williams notices that the gunshot sounded similar to the sound when Nicolae killed Eli and Moishe. Rayford Steele is still wondering whether he really was the one that scripture singled out to deliver the killing blow to the Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia. He discovers that it was in fact Chaim Rosenzweig who stabbed Nicolae through the back of the head. As the world mourns the death of their leader, and a funeral service is set for three days later, a great statue of Nicolae is erected. Millions gather to view Carpathia's body, encased by bulletproof glass. Suddenly, the statue comes to life in the midst of black billowing smoke, and it speaks demanding worship. Leon Fortunato, who is here revealed as the False Prophet calls down lightning and fire from heaven to kill those who do not worship the image. David, and his new fianceé Annie Christopher (who works in the palace and is also a believer) are stationed in different areas as the powers of hell really become loose. Everyone screams in terror as they notice that Carpathia's chest is rising and falling slowly. His arms start to move, his hands on the glass. Suddenly the heavy glass is thrown a hundred feet into the air. Carpathia is resurrected, possessed by the Devil on the first day of the Great Tribulation. David is frantic because Annie is missing and begins a long and agonizing search for her. The Antichrist speaks to the people of the world, declaring that if anyone is able to doubt that he is god after seeing this, and if there are still people who think that they have already been enduring Tribulation, then they should prepare for the Great Tribulation.

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