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Come Again: The return of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ enlists the aid of an advertising executive -- Ray Cass, a lapsed Catholic -- to promote the Second Coming in return for saving Ray's daughter's life. In this taut literary thriller Ray faces the challenges and dangers that being God’s messenger has always involved. As he struggles to rekindle his moribund faith, Ray must put his considerable experience and skills to work on the most important marketing campaign in history. Alone, except for his daughter and personal assistant, he confronts religious zealots, demonstrators and skeptical clergy. Marked for death by the Anti-Christ, Ray winds up risking his life to complete his mission. He also learns the true meaning of the phrase, “God helps those who help themselves.”
449 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 18, 2011
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March 19, 2019
I really enjoyed this book. Richard Novak is obviously a very intelligent man and it comes across predominantly in his writing.
Come again is about a high powered, successful, advertising man (Ray Cass) who has had some painful experiences. His wife was killed in a car accident several years before and now his daughter lay dying in the hospital of lukemia, she only has a few weeks to live. Ray is so angry with God because of his experiences he frequently curses at God. One day, however, when his daughter was beginning to decline rapidly, out of desperation, Ray goes to Church to beg God for his daughter's life, and in return promises to do anything for God.
Suddenly his daughter begins to get better and while in his office one day, Ray gets a visitor. She said her name was Hope and her boss would like a meeting with Ray. Ray goes to the offices of INRI and meets Jesus (the boss) and finds out that Jesus is planning to return but He wants to do it in a way that will give every soul the advantage of straightening their lives out before He comes back.
He "hires" Ray to take care of the advertising campaign because not only is Ray the best in the business, but when he asked God for his daughter's life, he promised to do anything in return.
Jesus wants a huge media blitz, everything, commercials, internet, music etc. to let the world know He's coming back.
The book is broken up into 2 basic sections: The first half where Ray works with Jesus on the media campaign and the second half where the Anti Christ begins to take control of the world.
I really liked how Novak portrayed Jesus. Jesus is a man's man, no nonsense when it comes to business, but kind, loving, humorous and intelligent at other times. Over many dinners with Ray and his daughter, Jesus tells a lot of stories about what it was like the first time around, Novak has Jesus' character stick to scriptural accounts but also adds some commentary on what was obviously researched on Novak's part. (i.e., the political and social atmosphere of the time, what daily living was like with regards to food, family etc).
Novak also has Ray's character struggle with daily moral questions with Jesus and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. I think I grew a little bit myself in my own faith reading this book.
The part of the book I did not enjoy as much as the second part when the Anti Christ takes over. The story gets violent at times and I'm not a fan of violence.
I sincerely hope Novak writes a sequel. He certainly set up to book to have one and I think he did an awesome job!
Come again is about a high powered, successful, advertising man (Ray Cass) who has had some painful experiences. His wife was killed in a car accident several years before and now his daughter lay dying in the hospital of lukemia, she only has a few weeks to live. Ray is so angry with God because of his experiences he frequently curses at God. One day, however, when his daughter was beginning to decline rapidly, out of desperation, Ray goes to Church to beg God for his daughter's life, and in return promises to do anything for God.
Suddenly his daughter begins to get better and while in his office one day, Ray gets a visitor. She said her name was Hope and her boss would like a meeting with Ray. Ray goes to the offices of INRI and meets Jesus (the boss) and finds out that Jesus is planning to return but He wants to do it in a way that will give every soul the advantage of straightening their lives out before He comes back.
He "hires" Ray to take care of the advertising campaign because not only is Ray the best in the business, but when he asked God for his daughter's life, he promised to do anything in return.
Jesus wants a huge media blitz, everything, commercials, internet, music etc. to let the world know He's coming back.
The book is broken up into 2 basic sections: The first half where Ray works with Jesus on the media campaign and the second half where the Anti Christ begins to take control of the world.
I really liked how Novak portrayed Jesus. Jesus is a man's man, no nonsense when it comes to business, but kind, loving, humorous and intelligent at other times. Over many dinners with Ray and his daughter, Jesus tells a lot of stories about what it was like the first time around, Novak has Jesus' character stick to scriptural accounts but also adds some commentary on what was obviously researched on Novak's part. (i.e., the political and social atmosphere of the time, what daily living was like with regards to food, family etc).
Novak also has Ray's character struggle with daily moral questions with Jesus and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. I think I grew a little bit myself in my own faith reading this book.
The part of the book I did not enjoy as much as the second part when the Anti Christ takes over. The story gets violent at times and I'm not a fan of violence.
I sincerely hope Novak writes a sequel. He certainly set up to book to have one and I think he did an awesome job!
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