Rev6:12 corresponds with Joel 2:31, and that passage states specifically, "BEFORE the GREAT [aspect of it]"... (note: not "before the DOTL" in its ENTIRETY, either, as some suggest);
Matthew 24:29-31 literally states *this* thing (described in *this* text) takes place "AFTER" the GREAT aspect of the Trib yrs is concluded (whereas something "BEFORE" the GREAT aspect of those years, would be "BEFORE the AoD" Jesus refers to in v.15,21... but this is speaking of AFTER that entire second half is concluded)
I'm not sure how you can possibly *equate* them, either time-wise or description/appearance-wise.
[and yes, I do believe the SEALS are all before the TRUMPETS and VIALS... with FOUR of the TRUMPETS being in the FIRST HALF (SEALS prior to THOSE), and THREE of the TRUMPETS being from MID-TRIB and following]
Matthew 24:29-31 literally states *this* thing (described in *this* text) takes place "AFTER" the GREAT aspect of the Trib yrs is concluded (whereas something "BEFORE" the GREAT aspect of those years, would be "BEFORE the AoD" Jesus refers to in v.15,21... but this is speaking of AFTER that entire second half is concluded)
I'm not sure how you can possibly *equate* them, either time-wise or description/appearance-wise.
[and yes, I do believe the SEALS are all before the TRUMPETS and VIALS... with FOUR of the TRUMPETS being in the FIRST HALF (SEALS prior to THOSE), and THREE of the TRUMPETS being from MID-TRIB and following]
I have shown BY SCRIPTURE that your theory of four trumpets coming before the midpoint is wacky. You have not shown your reasoning for this, but I am sure it is nothing more that human reasoning void of scriptural proof.
The very first thing Jesus said to me concerning Revelation was that I could find the "exact midpoint" clearly marked" in Revelation, and then I could find the ENTIRE 70th week "clearly marked" because God would use the same marker.
John has given us time stamps for His narrative:
42 month countdown from chapter 11:2 to the end of the week.
1260 day countdown from 11:3 to the end of the week.
Note, these two verses prove to a logical mind that they therefore MUST be very close to the exact midpoint. In truth, I think these two countdowns begin just 3 1/2 days BEFORE the exact midpoint.
Then in chapter 12, we have two more countdowns, these starting JUST AFTER the midpoint:
1260 days of fleeing (Fleeing because they just saw the abomination) and 3 1/2 "times" of protection.
These two verses prove chapter 12 is just AFTER the midpoint.
Finally we have 42 months of authority countdown starting after all the rest, because this countdown ends after all the rest, when Jesus returns.
You seem to want the midpoint somewhere in chapters 8 or 9. WRONG! There is not one hint of anything midpoint here.
Note, when a verse says before the Day of the Lord, of course that means before the START of the Day of the Lord.