There are 2 verses that tell me you are correct Patrick---Great Question
2 Thess 2:2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness[
a] is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Clearly states that the Day of the Lord cannot come till after the middle of the Tribulation when the antichrist takes his seat.
Second verse is from Dan 2:44
And in the days of those
kings the God of heaven will set up a
kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people
Clearly another verse sometime in middle of the Tribulation the Lord sets up his kingdom and not at the end of the Tribulation
“Clearly states that the Day of the Lord cannot come till after the middle of the Tribulation when the antichrist takes his seat.”
it was written about 1950 years ago just before Nero was about to rose to power , burn rome , blame Christian’s for it , then in 67-70 ad besiege and destroy Jerusalem and it’s temple , slaughter Christian’s and Jews and exile then into the rest of the nations. That all happened in 70 ad millions of Jews and Christian’s were burned alive , thrown to wild beasts in the Roman Arena , hung on crosses and set ablaze as human torches bioled alive all because they would not deny Jesus and swear alleigence to rome
thesselonians was written just before this happened between 55-67ad
to understand the great tribulation Jesus told his apostles about you have to consider whatbhaopened to Jerusalem shameful of years after Jesus left that’s what he was talking about the siege of Jerusalem by rome in ad 67-70
“And
when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
For
these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
But
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”
Luke 21:20-24
this happened about thirty years after Jesus said it what Luke is saying is contemporary to this in Matthew teo perspectives with different details
“And Jesus went out, and departed from
the temple: and
his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And
Jesus said unto them,
See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ( this happened in 67-70 ad it’s about jerusalems destruction by rome and the temples destruction in 70 ad leaving the city desolate without a way to honor thoer covenent without a tabernacle they can’t )
When ye therefore shall see
the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, ( the rejection and crucifixion of the messiah )
then let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 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.”( it’s not the end it’s saying it will get so bad during this time ot will never be as bad again never was before )
Matthew 24:1-2, 9-10, 15-16, 19-21 KJV
“And after threescore and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Daniel 9:26 KJV
look into what
Nero and Titus did to Jerusalem and to Christian’s and it will be clear
“See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.”
when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
For
these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
But
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”
the time of the gentiles will end when Christ returns at th e end of the world which is the other part of what he’s saying
“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? ( the temples destruction he just told them about )
and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”
Matthew 24:3 KJV
They ask him two questions so his answer is layered after ll the tribulation he’s talked about look at marks third contemporary account
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”
Mark 13:24-27 KJV
seewhat jesus said was there was going to be perpetual tribulation in the world but against Jerusalem there was going to be a slaughter like never before or never again like the Old Testament said would happen