Are the Sixth Seal events at the very end of the 70th Week?

Ted’s Response:

There are those (such as many who embrace the "Pre-tribulation" and "Post-tribulation" Rapture views) who believe that the cosmic disturbances and other events of the Sixth Seal (Revelation 6:12-17) will occur at the very end of the 70th Week. Thus, those of the "Pre-Trib" persuasion believe that Matthew 24:30,31 must be a picture of Jesus’ return to earth, while those of the "Post-Trib" persuasion believe that the same passage is a picture of the Rapture concurrent with Jesus’ return to earth.

Some also believe that the Sixth Seal, Sixth Trumpet, and Sixth Bowl are the same things and describe the same events. I agree with none of these views because, in fact:

1. Matthew 24:30,31 says nothing about Jesus’ returning to earth, only about His appearance on the clouds of the sky, at which time He will send His angels to gather His elect (at the Rapture), and
2. the Sixth Seal events do not occur at the very end of the 70th Week and are not the same as the Sixth Bowl events (see Sixth Seal and Seventh Bowl); after the Sixth Seal, the events of the Seventh Seal will still have yet to transpire before Jesus returns to earth at the end of the 70th Week.