Bob and his family are unexpectedly upended when millions of people suddenly vanish. Due to the resulting chaos and economic upheaval, Bob loses his job as a university professor, while his wife Barbara has to support the family through her work at the local abortion clinic. Meanwhile, Alexander Giannis, the European Union President, is amazingly prepared to deal with the global emergency. After making Chinese billionaire Caleb Wong his lieutenant, he is voted by the U.N. as the leader of the world and given emergency powers. Giannis implements a mandatory barcode on one's right hand or forehead for buying and selling, which gives him total control over the world - but the marks soon result in terrible, painful sores. Soon, more judgements from God follow as demon-locusts, then demon-riders, attack those who reject God with shocking consequences. A severe hindrance to Giannis' goal of world domination, though, is the appearance of "two witnesses" who appear in Jerusalem in a descending ball of fire. They preach repentance and warning, defying the beast for three-and-a-half years as they exhibit incredible, supernatural abilities. As the world reels from even more devastating judgments, Bob and his family struggle to even find enough to eat, while the Antichrist Giannis and his false prophet Wong become increasingly ruthless in their quest to torment and exterminate mankind. Yet believers know that Christ's return is imminent, when he will defeat the Antichrist once and for all.