What is triggered at the midpoint of the Tribulation?
At the midpoint, the Antichrist enters and defiles the Temple, then turns against the Jews who had a semblance of religious freedom during the first three and a half years. This triggers the last half of the Tribulation, described as God's wrath and vexation, beyond human description.
Les explains that Revelation chapter 12 places this at the midpoint of the Tribulation. At that midpoint the Antichrist will come in and defile the Temple and turn on the Jews, who for the most part had enjoyed a semblance of religious freedom during the first three and a half years. Although the world will experience war, famine, pestilence, and turmoil, the midpoint triggers the last half, which is beyond human description—what Psalms 2 calls the wrath and vexation of God. This is also when Jews flee Jerusalem, as Jesus admonished in Matthew chapter 24.
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When does the event in Revelation 12 happen in the Tribulation?
The Revelation 12 scene involving the Jews leaving Jerusalem is set at the midpoint of the Tribulation.