Having spent the day in remembrance and worship, I'll address the bulk of responses since. Although this "what if" conforms to the guidelines for topic discussion, I have presented that it involves a direct tampering with fact. This particular "what if" is not only for unbelievers, especially as the shown tampering is more of a glutting by unbelievers, an orgy of falsehood and disdain. And they have had their say and 'victory' in the continued error for hundreds of years. This "what if" offers to show the other side of the story, the real story, the story of fact, not fairy tales. If you'd like a thread on fairy tales, go ahead and start one, see how it goes. I know I won't be joining it, but that's my privilege.
My perspective includes direct witness to these real events foretold, real conflict, real bloodshed, real war.
The amazing thing, at least to me, is that this all came to a sudden end because December 29, 2018 A.D. was the 2,300th day of Daniel 8:14, and December 30, 2018 A.D. was the beginning of the "age to come" foretold by Jesus in Mark 10:30.