The satanists are forcing it to a head. Too bad for them they are guaranteed to lose in the end. But force they will, for they have no other course open to them, but to drive that sled farther and farther into the blizzard, with wolves snapping at them. Same with all they do.
Oprah: "…those people will just have to die." We'll see who leaves this Earth in disgrace, and who strides into the new world.