The Omega Code

The Omega Code #1

by Paul F. Crouch Sr.

When a Rabbi is murdered, his work--decoding hidden text within the Torah known to reveal future events--is discovered and sets the foundation for the endtimes. Ancient codes hidden within the Torah reveals the secrets of global events, past (i.e. Hitler, the Kennedy assassination, the Gulf War), present, and future. One man is after the Code, seeking the power to change the world as we know it...for the worse. Another seeks the truth, risking his life and everything he stands for in order to stop him. In this spiritual thriller, an ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of Apocalypse.

Genres: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Christianity

312 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Paul Franklin Crouch Sr. (March 30, 1934 – November 30, 2013) was an American religious broadcaster who, along with his wife Jan, co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).

Reviews

[Aggie]

This book was better than the cover makes one anticipate.

This helps you remember that the way the end may play out in the end can be so many ways, but it all has the same guidelines of the prophecies in the bible.

So interesting, and a genuinely good, exciting read. A true page-turner. The end was quite satisfying, as the main character got saved, and that was what I was anticipating for so long.

[Sergio Alonso Méndez]

Interesante planteamiento de los últimos tiempos. Un tanto similar a Left Behind en un solo libro en lugar de 12. Por lo mismo está acelerado. Un final decepcionante. Deja qué desear.

[JJ Waggy]

I picked this up back around the millennium, when everyone was quite sure that Y2K would wipe out the world as we knew it and Jesus wouldn't stand for this new era. It's kind of hilarious to have come across it again in 2012, as everyone secretly wonders if the Mayans had it right. I doubt it.
Read this for the lulz, really, because it's fairly absurd. The characters are pretty shallow, nothing is ever truly explained, and the ending comes out of left field--but it's fun in a speculative kind of way. What if there really is a hidden code embedded in the Bible? What if the Antichrist really did run the major news networks? (You can have all the fun you want with that one.)
It has some interesting things to say about the importance of family and the freakiness of the spiritual world, but I think I'll stick to things like Revelation itself. That's freaky stuff.

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library)]

I'm a long-time fan of Christian fiction, but I have to be honest: The Omega Code was largely a travesty. The story and writing style were passable, despite the implausibility of the whole thing, but the formatting wasted an insane amount of space; it had wide margins, large spacing, full-page chapter introductions (without illustrations, I should add), Biblical quotations at the end of each chapter, etc., the book could have been made much thinner. Unless you're a die-hard lover of Christian apocalyptic fiction, I wouldn't suggest this one; I'm not a fan of Jerry Jenkins' writing style, but the Left Behind spin-off series by Neesa Hart and Mel Odom are much better-written and more worthwhile "end times" reading.

[Victor Orozco]

Nice story. I've got to say that this book tells a better story than the film it was based on. Taking its cues from a belief that within the pages of the Bible is encoded the secret of all life that will ever exist. Trinity Broadcasting Network took this theory and turned it into a movie.

Not a great movie, but it's a good one to watch. Though clearly, it is better to read this than watch some of the hammy acting from Casper Van Dien and others. But there were some good performances, like from Michael Ironsides.

[Matthew Broman]

Awesome book....I liked it...I know there are a ton of other just as equally amazing books out there but this is wasn't bad...There's nothing quite like the joy of finishing one book and starting another!

[Ricky Perez]

So far this was a great book bu then someone took it from Mr. Del Real and now i cant read it. :(

[Josue Aka]

this is book in an eye opening experience..
like it m akes you think baout things and makes you question some things.
as a christian beliver i actually enjoyed what i read.

[Sheila]

This was ok, but it could have used more detail and description to the story. It skimmed too quickly from scene to scene for my taste.

[Vina]

It's a book about the Bible. How the Bible that we know contains decoded prophecies. Intriguing but the ending is somehow "weak".

[Teresa]

I read this book in one day (not one sitting). Smoothly written makes it an easy read. I may pick up some of Paul Crouch's other books in the near future.

[Jim]

A very interesting, fast-paced book that is only hampered by its rushed conclusion. I felt like this story needed an epilogue to really wrap it up.