Why start at verse 7? Why not start at verse 4? I quoted Christ quoting Daniel, given this was the thread topic. The first tribulation according to Christ in verse 4 is d e c e p t i o n. Check out Amos 8:11 Behold the days come, saith the LORD GOD, that *I* will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, *BUT* of hearing the words of the LORD:
We are in that God sent famine.
Notice there is no warning the tribulation being of nuclear wars, blood shed, but only DECEPTION.