Since it is Jesus who rearranged the numbers you can take it up with Him.
I believe there is general agreement that the Great Tribulation corresponds to the events of the 7th seal. Yet Christ said that the events of the 6th seal will come AFTER the Great Tribulation.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (Mt 24:29)
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (Rev 6:12-14)
Unless people are prepared to see that the Olivet Discourse runs parallel with the Seven Seals, they will not have a clear understanding of future events.
I think you must be imagining this. But let's see your proof.
I believe there is general agreement that the Great Tribulation corresponds to the events of the 7th seal.
Strange: I have never heard this before. There is no "action" written on or about the 7th seal - only that it allows the book to be opened. Without much doubt, the Trumpet judgments (as a minimum) are written inside the book. However, I believe very strongly that the 7th seal is a marker for the START of the 70th week, and the 7th trumpet is the marker for the midpoint of the week. Therefore, I think you missed it on your very first point.
Christ said that the events of the 6th seal will come AFTER the Great Tribulation.
No, this is a great misunderstanding. You have not studied these cosmic signs. First, they will be seen over 7 years apart, and second, they are really different signs.
The sign at the 6th seal is the sign for the start of the Day of the Lord. (Rev. 6)
The sign after the trib is the sign for His coming. (Rev. 19)
Just this fact should prove they are two different signs for two different purposes.
The 6th seal sign: the sun appears black and the moon appears blood red.
WHEN does the sun appear black? During a total eclipse.
WHEN does the moon appear blood red? During a total eclipse.
Notice that the way one would KNOW the sun appears black is they SEE IT.
The way someone would know the moon appears blood red is, they SEE IT.
So this sign is a visible sun and moon.
Matthew 24: Darkened: Greek skotizō Strong's tells us:
to cover with darkness, to darken
to be covered with darkness, be darkened
...
of heavenly bodies as deprived of light
In other words, this sign is speaking of total darkness: neither the sun or moon visible.
If we look at the vials of God's wrath, we find one of them is darkness - not even the stars are seen. This is the sign of His coming: LIGHTNING flashing across a black sky.
Joel 3 speaks of this sign also - the sign after the trib.
Joel 3 Hebrew word
qadar To darken or to be dark
Joel 2 - the 6th seal sign: Hebrew word
choshek: Darkness, night
Notice that Joel uses two different words for the two signs.
I repeat, these are TWO DIFFERENT signs for two different events. And the signs themselves are different. In the first, the 6th seal sign, both the sun and moon are visible. The "after the trib'" sign, it is total darkness, neither the sun or moon visible.
Two different Hebrew words, two different Greek words.
Finally, the 6th seal is before the book is opened to reveal the 70th week, but the Matthew 24 sign is after the days of GT are over. In other words, after the week is over. These two signs are divided in TIME by over 7 years so cannot be the same.
As I thought: your proof was no proof at all.