Fundamentalist Christian guerrilla David helps condemned dissidents escape, attempts to subvert the computerized Mark of the Beast, and generally tries to survive as prophecy unfolds in the rise of the Antichrist to the pinnacle of his power and the beginning of God's war on sinful man.
#Movie a thief in the night series
Image of the Beast (1980) is the third installment in the Thief in the Night series and is best known for entry in the Mark IV series of fundamentalist apocalypse films. Staring Patty Dunning, Sally Johnson, and Sandy Christen. Relentlessly pursued and finally captured by the forces of UNITE, she is given a choice: Either receive "the mark" or face death.
This action suspense thriller finds Patty living as a fugitive, trying to hide from the ever increasing evil around her. Adventure and suspense build to a though-provoking climax in this powerfully gripping film.Ī Distant Thunder (1978) ) is the second installment in the Thief in the Night series continues the story of Patty, a young woman living in the "end times" referred to in biblical prophecy. As dramatic, earth shaking events begin to unfold around her, Patty realizes she is living in the end times spoken of in biblical prophecy. She meets and marries a young man and her life seems great, until one moment she awakens to find her husband gone and the radio reporting millions of people have mysteriously disappeared. Interspersed throughout the four films are many presentations of the Christian gospel.Ī Thief in the Night (1972) is the first installment in the Thief in the Night series about the story of Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future. The series focuses on the difficulties of those who miss out on the Rapture by having not trusted Christ as savior and thus find themselves in the Tribulation. It consists of four films: A Thief in the Night (1972), A Distant Thunder (1978), Image of the Beast (1981), and The Prodigal Planet (1983). This film includes Larry Norman's composition "I Wish We'd All Been Ready", one of the earliest Christian rock hits and one of Norman's best-known releases.A Thief in the Night is an evangelical Christian film series about the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ. In the ensuing plot the questions are whether or not she will be caught, as she was in her dream, and whether or not she will take the mark to escape execution. Traumatized and distraught, Patty realizes that the rapture has indeed occurred, and she's been left behind. Horrified, Patty frantically searches for her family only to find them missing too. She is tremendously relieved however, her relief is short-lived when the radio announces that millions of people have in fact disappeared. Patty then awakens, and the entire film's plot is revealed to have been a dream. Patty escapes but, after a chase, is cornered by UNITE on a bridge and falls from the bridge to her death. Patty desperately tries to avoid the law and the Mark but is captured by UNITE. Patty seems a strange breed of person who both refuses to trust Christ as her Savior and also refuses to take the Mark.
One morning, she awakens to find that her family and millions of others have suddenly disappeared. She refuses to believe the warnings of her friends and family that she will go through the tribulation if she does not accept Jesus. Patty considers herself a Christian because she occasionally reads her Bible and goes to church regularly, where the pastor is really an unbeliever. The flashbacks also show her two friends and their different approaches to Christianity, one who considers Christ her savior and the other, Diane, who does not take it seriously.
Then several flashbacks occur to times in Patty's life before the rapture has happened. The United Nations sets up an emergency government system called the United Nations Imperium of Total Emergency (UNITE) and those who do not receive the Mark identifying them with UNITE will be arrested. She finds that her family has disappeared and that she has been left behind. Patty Jo Myers is a young woman who awakens one morning to a radio broadcast about how millions have suddenly disappeared and that the rapture has occurred.
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