I believe they THINK they believe that they will control when the crisis hits,
but I don’t think that’s how it will go down.
The “crisis” will come under God’s control, and it will be a surprise to everyone - but much more so to two groups.
One, the group that thinks they were going to “throw the switch”,
and two, the group that didn’t know the crisis was coming at all.
They can predict the actions of groups with some measure of precision but individuals are a different matter. Individuals are the wild cards in this game and no one knows how many are out there and what plans they have already put in motion.
God may let this play out, He has been known to teach hard lessons. In the time of Samuel, God warned the elders of Israel how their desire for a king would play out and that when things were horrible He would not hear their pleas. We may have set up this same trap for ourselves.
Hard to believe that there are people who are still ignorant of what is coming but it is true, I have spoken to many of them. It is willful and fearful ignorance, they just can’t deal with the truth. They will not be missed, at least by me.