I'm watching the Allison McDowell video again (there is a ton of information in it and it moves quickly) and at 1:55:15 goes into how they are able to harvest human energy from body heat and sweat.
Really, watch the whole video.
I understand not wanting to see what's coming but I think if there is going to be a remnant we need to have people who know how to navigate what's coming. It will be too much of a shock otherwise.
I go through the five stages of grief with this again and again...
1. Denial
When you experience loss, your brain may try and protect you from the pain by denying the event ever took place. If you’re feeling disconnected from reality or refusing to even think about the loss, this is a clear sign that denial may be present.
2. Anger
Once your brain begins to accept the loss, one of the more common coping mechanisms is anger — frustration at the world and anger surrounding the event. This emotion may help you to feel more in control, and it’s a perfectly normal and healthy reaction. Staying in anger for too long, however, can do more harm than good.
3. Bargaining
While intellectually you may understand it’s too late for bargaining, it’s still a common stage. Perhaps you promise yourself and your higher power that you’ll be the best person you can be if everything went back to normal.
During this stage, you may be obsessed with “if only” thoughts — if only I had noticed sooner, if only I had done something differently. This stage can also bring on feelings of guilt, which add to your grief.
4. Depression
During this stage of grief, the reality sets in and you mourn your loss. When we say depression, it doesn’t necessarily imply major depressive disorder, though untreated grief can certainly lead to longer-term issues with depression. In most cases, depression is part of the grieving process and does get better over time.
5. Acceptance
This is, arguably, the most beneficial stage of grief as it allows you to accept the loss and get on with your life. This acceptance doesn’t have to mean that you’re happy about what happened, but it does help you integrate the loss and move on in healthier directions.
Cognitive dissonance is real and can be painful to overcome.
But I think it's better if we try to embrace the challenge of continuing to learn more and more about the reality of our situation and the plans of our opponents so we can accept the things we cannot change, change the things we can and resign ourselves to God's will come what may.