Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... In 2033 Dr. Jayden Reynolds while aboard the Virgin Galactic space station discovers a pair of strange comet like objects entering the solar system... The objects hurtling at relativistic speed are Earth Explorers Twenty-five and Twenty-six, manned by the Centauri family of space explorers returning after a two thousand year absence. Reverend Rodney McDowell is President of the United States of America and waging war on Muslim extremists, and praying for the long expected second coming of the messiah. Pope Billy moved closer to the camera. "There is great unrest among the multitudes, brother. Is there any certitude to the rumors and news reports that we are being visited by extra-terrestrial beings?"