Great Tribulation

[galgal]

The Great Tribulation can be identified with the Sabbath year:

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

(Matthew 24: 20-24)

There is no word for "day" in the Greek text, the beginning of the Great Tribulation is obtained together with the beginning of the Sabbath year, from September 7, 2021, with an increase towards the beginning of winter. It would be a mistake to expect some kind of super-powerful natural disasters, fierce epidemics or thermonuclear wars during this period. The Great Tribulation is a disaster for Christians, not for unbelievers or people from other religions. Jesus Christ showed us that the main danger for Christians during the Great Tribulation is to be tempted by false Christs and false prophets. Then this points us to the period of the 4th seal:

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

(Revelation 6: 8)

Here, the beasts are the very false Christs and false prophets who destroy God's sheep:

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

(Acts 20: 29,30)

Why does the 4th seal say about the fourth part of the earth, and not about the third, as during the trumpets of angels? Because not all Christians participate in the events of the seals. The fourth part participates, and those who do not participate, during the 7th seal, find themselves together "in heaven", that is, outside their former earthly denominations, having fellowship with each other according to the laws of the Heavenly Kingdom. On earth, in the denominations of Christianity, a third part remains. Over them, over earthly Christians, the Antichrist, the "Star of Wormwood", will receive power.

The third part is a conventional name. There is no word for "part" in the Greek text, it says "third", "tritos". This may be a hint that the main body of Christianity believes in the Trinity, which is not in the Holy Scriptures. They are subject to the Council of Nicea, which was convened at the initiative of Caesar. The Church committed an act of adultery against God by submitting to Caesar on a matter related to the spiritual realm, a matter of confession. In the future, all decisions of the Council of Nicea should be declared null and void.

So, I added the Great Tribulation period and the approximate opening times of the seven seals in the scheme.