I think your observations and reasoned conjectures are spot on.
Would love to read the rest even if only in FREEPMAIL.
Thanks for a very meaningful contribution to this thread.
The naysayers are chaff. Their ideas are even less substantial.
Thanks for posting the Friedman stuff. IMO he could answer a lot of the WHYs by just reading 2Thessalonians 2, which explains the restraint placed on demonic forces. When that restraint is lifted... we’re in for it. Least that’s my take on it.