I think, if we fail, we stumble and someone else takes our place. I'm a fan of humanity being at a pre-ordained point, not because I believe in absolute predestination, but rather, because for things to go the way God wants, there is a requirement for the human portion of action and responsibility to be fulfilled. Successful fulfillment of human responsibility has been accumulating in increments throughout history (this is in large part the real message of the Bible). At this point, so much has been fulfilled and accomplished, that the rest is pre-ordained. However, as individuals, whether we step up or fall back, that determines our individual fate, but as a whole, humanity has crossed a rubicon.

In other words, the collective exam has already been passed, to a certain extent, so that the future is laid out, but the individual exam, oh, each of us still has a journey to go on.

Such random thoughts I find comfort in. And to some extent, it really dovetails in to the Q operation concept of "nothing can stop what is coming". To my mind, the Q operation is a really interesting manifestation of, and a symbolic version of, the much larger Great Awakening that humanity has been destined to confront since time immemorial.

I could go on, but <exits, stage left>

Epilogue: What a time to be alive.