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But HOW does normal tribulation differ from the "GREAT" tribulation? Are these Christians going to go through something far worst than any Christians before them?

All the verses you quoted were to Christians in the first church and throughout the ages. To me tribulation is tribulation. We go through no more or less than what we can handle as God sees fit.

I don't know about any interpretation of any differing views but looking at Rev 12:12-13:

“For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.” And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.”

Couldn’t that be interpreted as 1) the devil coming down is nothing more than the devil entering Judas which, btw, is the ONLY time in scripture it states the devil entered someone; 2) the dragon seeing he was thrown down as the crucifixion and resurrection; and 3) persecution of the woman who gave birth to the male child as the church?

I can understand why Calvin never wrote a commentary on Revelation.