Fourth, the second seal (peace taken from the earth; Rev 6:3–4), the third seal (famine; Rev 6:5–6), and the fourth seal (massive deaths; Rev 6:7–8) judgments of Revelation 6 parallel Matt 24:5–8.32 Since the seal judgments take place in the first half of the Tribulation (and probably into the second half), then Matt 24:4–8 also takes place within this time frame.33 Concerning the first half of the Tribulation, Jesus instructs Jewish believers in Israel not to be frightened (v 6). But in the second