As the world heads for the midpoint of the Tribulation, with the Sixth Bowl Judgment taking place, Rayford Steele and Hattie Durham are both seeking revenge against Nicolae Carpathia and are fixing to kill him. Nicolae himself is planning to deal with both the Two Witnesses whose days of prophesying are coming to a close, and with Enigma Babylon One World Faith spiritual leader Peter Mathews, who was inciting insurrection against Carpathia in an attempt to overthrow him. As the Global Gala takes place in Jerusalem to celebrate the founding of the Global Community, the Two Witnesses are killed, Peter Mathews is murdered, and Nicolae Carpathia himself is assassinated, leaving the world in chaos.
This story provides examples of:
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Chaim's super-sharp blade which he was working on in this story. It's revealed in The Indwelling what its true purpose was for.
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Subverted big time with Floyd Charles. He contracts the poison used to kill Hattie's baby from Hattie herself and later dies from it.
- And There Was Much Rejoicing: In the middle of the Tribulation, there were 3 1/2 days of rejoicing when the two witnesses were killed by Nicolae at the start of the Global Gala, which abruptly ended when they were resurrected and taken to heaven in a cloud, according to The Word of God.
- Back from the Dead: The Two Witnesses after 3 1/2 days, in a resurrection that really spooks the crap out of all people present, as in the Dramatic Audio they keep chanting, "JERUSALEM!"
- Badass Army: The 200 million horsemen sent to slay those that do not have the Seal of God on their foreheads. Not just badass, but also downright scary as far as their appearance, and invisible to everyone but believers in Christ.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: When Leon Fortunato asks about whom David admires, he replies that he admires his Father. Leon expresses his desire to meet Him someday. Leon does met David's Father at the end of Glorious Appearing, just not the father he thought.
- Brainwashing: Nicolae briefly interrupts the announcement of Peter Mathews' death at the Global Gala to brainwash the audience into not caring about the man's death just before the deputy pontiff of Enigma Babylon takes the stage to make the announcement. Only Buck Williams is immune to this thanks to his faith in God.
- Colon Cancer: A whopping three colons in Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist.
- Dead Guy on Display: The Two Witnesses are left to rot in the streets for 3 1/2 days after being killed. They are also resurrected and brought forth up to heaven while an earthquake strikes the city.
- Dying Curse: According to T.M. Delanty, upon finding out that his brother Samuel was killed while escorting Hattie Durham, Bo Hansen got wasted in a bar, pulled out a gun, cursed Nicolae, God and the world, and killed himself.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Enigma Babylon leader Peter Mathews was killed in this manner by the ten subpotentates when he was invited to attend a Nasty Party where he was killed with Feather Flechettes from an ice sculpture made in his image. As it turns out, Peter's death was foretold by Scripture in the Book of Revelation, speaking of the "ten horns of the beast" that would hate the whore, that would "eat her flesh and burn her with fire", as Peter's body was then cremated under the cover story that he contracted a contagious disease.
- Feather Flechettes: The razor-sharp feathers from the winged ice sculpture of Pontifex Maximus Peter Mathews are used as murder weapons by the ten subpotentates at a Nasty Party that was held for the High Priest of Enigma Babylon.
- A Fête Worse than Death: The Global Gala was purposely arranged to take place in Jerusalem around the same time that the Two Witnesses in the Book of Revelation were supposed to end their prophesying, with Nicolae Carpathia making a public spectacle of killing the Two Witnesses by his own hand to enforce the law of the Global Community. (It also served as an opportunity for Nicolae to quietly dispose of Pontifex Maximus Peter Mathews through a private little Nasty Party held in his honor.) In fulfillment of what the Word of God says, the bodies of the Two Witnesses were left in the street unburied for 3 1/2 days while the people celebrated their demise, but then they were dramatically resurrected and brought up to heaven in a cloud. At the same time, an earthquake caused a tenth of Jerusalem to fall and seven thousand people have died.
- Hellish Horse: The horses that the 200 million horsemen ride on, based on their description from the Book of Revelation.
- I Call It "Vera": The Saber Handgun Rayford acquires from Albie. Carpathia later uses a Saber to gun down the Two Witnesses.
- I'll Take That as a Compliment: This exchange between Mac McCullum and Annie Christopher in the Dramatic Audio version:Annie: And for the record, Captain McCullum, I can't stand working for either of you. Personnel has a standing request from me, demanding that I be reassigned. The Director of my department is condescending and unbearable...Mac: I can see that.Annie: ...and the captain of the Condor is unbearably sexist.Mac: Why, thank you.
- Invisible to Normals: The 200 million horsemen army in the book are invisible to everybody but believers in Christ, but are nonetheless dangerous to those who aren't believers, as they have been unleashed to slay a third of the remaining world's population around the time of the Sixth Trumpet Judgment (believers not included).
- Jerkass: Rayford's behavior towards Bo in this book. Thankfully T calls him out.
- Like a God to Me: In a conversation Leon Fortunato has with David Hassid, Leon asks David who he finds to be the most inspirational person that he idolizes, and David answers "My father", saying that "he's like God to me". Leon says that he would want to meet him someday, and David says there's a very good chance that Leon will, face to face.
- Million Mook March: The 200 million horsemen that sweep across the globe during one of God's Trumpet Judgments, looking for those that do not bear the Seal of God on their foreheads to slay.
- Nasty Party: Pontifex Maximus Peter Mathews of Enigma Babylon One World Faith is invited to a private party hosted by the ten regional subpotentates of the Global Community to show him a massive ice sculpture made in his honor. However, in playing out what the Book of Revelation says about the "whore that sits on the beast
", the ten subpotentates use that party as a united opportunity to kill Peter Mathews with sharp ice feathers from the sculpture, eventually causing Enigma Babylon to fold with the Pontifex Maximus' death and to soon be replaced with Carpathianism following Nicolae Carpathia's death and "resurrection". - Super-Senses: Buck supernaturally realizes that Nicolae Carpathia had just hypnotized the audience into not caring about the coming announcement of Pope Peter the Second's death at the Global Gala.
- Wretched Hive: Jerusalem during the period of the Global Gala.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Eli and Moishe's prophesying comes to an end after 1260 days, which is when the Global Gala starts.
