I actually believe the 7 years of Tribulation are not consecutive, they are split 3 1/2 and 3 1/2.
Jesus Christ the True Christ came first and is the time of peace in the first 3 1/2 years.
The Anti-Christ will get the last 3 1/2 years….and will follow almost the same script as Jesus Christ.
Jesus’ mother and John the Baptist mother were cousins; likewise, the anti-Christ and false prophet’s mothers will be cousins…
The star of Bethlehem- astronomical sign announcing Jesus Christ’s birth; likewise, Mayan calendar ending late December 2012…the end of the world - the birth of the anti-Christ.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem; the anti-Christ is born in Assyria… both places suffered massive slaughter 1 to 2 years after birth.
Syria was slaughtering children in 2014; tons of Syrian refugees fleeing…
December 2024 Satan will enter the anti-Christ because he will be 12 years old with a desire to be about his father’s business…
He’ll enter the public arena when he is 30 years old… December 2042. The false prophet, like John the Baptist will announce his arrival.
He’ll have 3 1/2 years…. then, it’s over. Amen.
The thing is.....
-first seal the AC is revealed
-second seal peace is TAKEN AWAY from the earth
IMO, this may be why Israel is pressured to solicit the AC for the enforcement of the covenant of Dan 9:27 made at the very beginning of the 70th week. In other words, a covenant was made but broken almost immediately. And there seems to be little in the way of peace during the first 3-1/2 years of the 70th week.
Labor pains = seals. There seems to be the HOPE of "peace and security” BEFORE the AC is revealed.
This too is as vain a hope as it is today.
1Th 5:3
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,”
then sudden destruction will come upon them
as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Rev 6:1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Rev 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The Second Seal--War
Rev 6:3
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:4
And there went out another horse
that was red: and
power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.