It is the time of great tribulation, that would consume all flesh if it runs it's natural coarse, but God checks it, shortens it so that only one quarter of mankind perishes; the seven years of the apocalypse immediately follows this time of great tribulation... apocalypse is from the Greek for revelation... the last seven years, the final week of Daniel reveals or unveils Jesus Christ.... it also has plagues that destroy, but the purpose is to unveil Christ, something that escapes all modern tv programs, et all, they seem to think apocalypse means world destruction... completely misses the mark of what God is doing with those final seven years. Even the guys who teach the science in my Link don't understand that the final seven years are not the great tribulation; the apocalypse follows the time of great tribulation.... 2028-2035. Then Daniel makes us wait another 1335 days... for the new kingdom? Here's a mind teaser... does God fold up every galaxy in the universe (in the final chapter of revelation) or does he just fold up the Milky Way galaxy? Does it then explode, giving us a new earth and a new heavens?