Nothing says Eve of The Second Coming of Christ like a longish existential short story by a forgotten Swedish Nobel winner (repeat: not nepotism) about a delusional old urchin who lives and preaches as the saviour of man.
I don't know where you can find this in print-- Jesus knows, I'll bet. I have it in a tattered dimestore paperback anthology called The Existential Mind, Documents and Fictions, which has no ISBN so far as I can see, though the fact of its existence as a dimestore paperback fills makes me long to have lived yesterday. No matter, I'm sure you can find it somewhere if you want. Or just listen, allthewhile Praising the Lord for PodCASTs.
Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast: Par Lagerkvist: Saviour John