The Apocalypse Cometh is set in a time when the world is ruled by an International Oligarchy of High-Tech Moguls and Malcolm Mabius, Satan incarnate, controlled them all. To gain power he had created an endless succession of "Frankenstein" diseases that had caused worldwide pandemics. Malcolm also owned "The Chip" which was said to be a cruel-all but was a mind-control microchip Implant that gave him control over all aspects of everyone's life. Satan knows what awaits him on God's Judgement Day so his only hope is to upset God's timetable by corrupting the righteous, destroying the earth, and setting up a Throne inside the Holy Mountain. Pooseenachukka where he will rule his new Eden. There were no public schools as BVR (Beyond Virtual Reality) Holocausts did all the teaching, only approved texts glorifying Malcolm were permitted to be taught. Networks on which Malcolm's Hour of Divine Prophecy Holocausts was aired would preempt any other broadcast. His God-like holographic image of himself could be projected anywhere as a divine apparition so that many came to believe he was God.
Malcolm's Mabius Media had total control of the education system from kindergarten teachers to college professors and atheism is required course. Church attendance was close to zero. Robots did most of the work and too much free time led to boredom, which led to anything to ease that boredom, which led to exotic opioids and super-designer dopamine, which led to a relaxation of most morality and ended up leading to unbridled, open public debauchery. It was an egocentric time of unabashed hedonism where basic manners and civility were scoffed at as passe'. It was no time to be without spiritual guidance. Yet, the spiritual leaders seemed devoid of courage, and there was no one to speak for God. Devout religious people, who openly espoused their faith. Were ridiculed in public and lost their jobs. The day after the repeal of the Bill of Rights was ratified, all churches were forced to close, and any use of the word sin was punishable by prison. All the purveyors of vice and mayhem came out of the shadows, and Pimps replaced police on the streets. Einstaz Gruppe Goons were allowed to arrest people who attended any worship service and to make sure they were never seen again. On an Easter Sunday, Notre Dame, the last Cathedral left, burned to the ground with only a grinning gargoyle smiling through the ashes. Only the 144,000 Keepers of the Word; Sam John Pattos, a defrocked Priest, have any chance of stopping Satan's plan to upset God's timetable for Judgement Day. If they can't stop him soon Satan would have it all.