“We all know, but still pay insufficient attention to, the frightening scenario of a comprehensive cyber attack, which would bring a complete halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our society as a whole” — Klaus Schwab, WEF, 2020

In my opinion, this parallels Rev 6, the four horsemen, in which a quarter of the earth would perish.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Didn't we witness the conquering of the earth by the white horse rider beginning in 2020? Are we not in the midst of the red horse phase, as peace (prosperity) is taken from the very hearts and minds of most humans as they try to grasp what is happening to their world?

Will any state be more survivable when men begin to kill one another for food and resources, or simply out of anger?

I think March 11 2020 was "the middle of the week" and somewhere around Sept 22, 2023 may be the Abomination of Desolation.

March 11 2020

Sorry for the delayed reply, jeremiad.

I was doing some calculations with the dates in your comment.

I see that the WHO declared the pandemic on that date.

I would have guessed that 3/11/2020 would be the start of the trib.

3/11/2020 plus 1290 days would bring us to 9/22/2023, which I could see as a good date for the "middle of the week" (the mid-point of the trib).

Another possible start date would be 9/15/2020, the signing of the Abraham Accord.

According Daniel 9:27, the tribulation begins with the signing of a peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel, intended to be for one “seven,” that is, a set of seven years. But the “seven” is divided into halves: midway through the seven years, the Antichrist breaks the treaty and sets up in the temple a sacrilegious object (the “abomination that causes desolation”). The phrase “in the middle” indicates that the first half of the tribulation lasts for 3½ years (1,260 days, using a “prophetic year” of 360 days). (source: https://www.gotquestions.org/tribulation-1260-1290-1335-days.html)

I think people believe that Babylon is an unknown city. In the Bible it is pretty clear that it is the city where Christ was crucified, and where the two witnesses will lay in the streets. What cause more desolation than a nuclear attack? Jews are commanded to go to Jerusalem at certain times of the year, Passover 2020 they were prohibited.