Well, if you consider how Jesus defined the Great Tribulation, you'll see that the Great Tribulation is not for the purpose of saving, but rather, for the purpose of punishing. I'll refer you to Luke 21.20-24.
This is you taking this piece of scripture and saying it has to do with the Great Tribulation -----
This piece of Scripture you quote is all about the destruction of the Temple in AD 70 by the Romans ----it is NOT about the Great Tribulation in Revelation -----the ends times signs start at verse 25 --------see below your verses you quoted
This is that scripture and Commentary -----Luke 21;20-24
https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/luke-21/(20-24a) To walk in these dangerous times, flee
Jerusalem when armies begin to surround it.
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations.”
a.
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies: This warning of Jesus, focused on the nearer aspects of the greater prophecy, were virtually ignored by the Jewish people in A.D. 70 when Roman
armies circled Jerusalem.
b.
Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: Many Jews expected the Messiah to return in glory when hostile Gentile armies surrounded Jerusalem. However, Christians in Jerusalem knew what Jesus had said and they obeyed Him, fleeing across the Jordan River mostly to Pella. Few if any Christians perished in the fall of Jerusalem.
i. The ancient Christian historian Eusebius wrote that Christians fled to Pella in response to “an oracle given by revelation” (
History of the Church, 3.5.3, cited in Morris)
c.
For these are the days of vengeance: The Roman conquest of Jerusalem A.D. 70 was complete. History records that 1.1 million Jews were killed and another 97,000 were taken captive in one of the worst calamities ever to strike the Jewish people. Jesus warned them to avoid it.
i. When the Romans were done with Jerusalem in A.D. 70 not a single Jew was left alive in the city. The Romans eventually renamed the city
Aelia Capitolina, and for many years would not allow a Jew to even enter what was formerly known as Jerusalem, except on one day a year – the anniversary of the fall of the city and the destruction of the temple, when Jews were invited to come and mourn bitterly.
ii. “From the commencement of the history of the Jewish nation, God through His servants warned them clearly that if they behaved unfaithfully and wickedly they would reap disastrous retribution. Cf. especially the striking words of
Deuteronomy 28:15-68. There is almost no form of calamity that visited the Jews during the Roman-Jewish war, not mentioned here in Deuteronomy.” (Geldenhuys)
iii. Truly Jesus meant it when He said
these are the days of vengeance. This is why He wept over Jerusalem (
Luke 19:41-44), because He could see the massive devastation to come upon this city He loved – and why He warned all who would listen how they could flee from the coming destruction.
8. (24b) Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are over.
“And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”
a.
Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles: After the destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersion of the Jews predicted by Jesus in the previous verses, there would come a long period when Jerusalem would be dominated
by Gentiles.
i. After thousands of years of exile, a Jewish state was miraculously established in Israel again in 1948. It was not until 1968 that Israel controlled Jerusalem, but still today they yield the rule and the administration of the most central piece of Jerusalem – the Temple Mount – to Gentile rule (the Palestinian Authority). It can be argued that prophetically speaking, Jerusalem is still
trampled by Gentiles.
b.
Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled: When these
times of the Gentiles are completed, the author believes that the remaining seven-year period appointed to the Jewish people in
Daniel 9 begins. The calamities described in following verses will come in this period.
i. “The Gentiles shall not always tread down Jerusalem.” (Trapp)
ii. “It is highly likely that Jesus intended by this phrase to suggest that the moment will come when Gentiles will no longer possess Jerusalem and that when such a time is fulfilled, the nation of Israel will repossess her land.”
End time signs -----verse 25-28
9. (25-28) When the final period of calamity hits the world, look up – your redemption is on the way.
“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.
I say
This says to me that you are relying on your own self when you interpret and not the Holy spirit -----
This is the 2nd time you quoted scripture that didn't say what you thought it said ------seems to me you are just grasping at straws to prove your point ------
I agree that if he was saying those things, he's certainly ignored or missed lots of important material, not to mention the fact he contradicts the Scriptures
Who is missing out on Important material -------I think it is you as you seem to be having trouble knowing what the scripture you quote is actually saying ------like I said----- Grasping at straws ----
---here is the real truth ----we will all know the real truth when each of us meet and bow before our Creator on His Spiritual Domain -----