Much has been written about the "imminent" return of Jesus Christ. But what will our world be like if He tarries for 10, 100, or 1000 more years? This story is a view of the post-apocalyptic world of our distant future, as present-day political and social currents are extrapolated to their logical conclusions. It looks at the events of today, and predicts that they are "the shadows of the things that will be," as Ebeneezer Scrooge inquired of the "spirit." Charles Dickens, in "A Christmas Carol," said it best: "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must...