1 Thessalonians 5:3

Evidently the occasion for the false sense of security felt then will be the Antichrist’s signing of a covenant with Israel (cf. Daniel 9:27). Thus the beginning of the day of the Lord and the beginning of Daniel’s seventieth week also coincide. [Note: See Showers, Maranatha . . ., pp. 58-63.] That signing will set the stage for a period of unprecedented destruction even though it will be the signing of a peace treaty. Unbelievers living on earth then will be able to anticipate this period of persecution since God has revealed it in Scripture. It will be much like a pregnant woman’s delivery which observers can anticipate by her appearance (cf. Matthew 24:8). No one living on the earth then will in any way (double negative for emphasis in the Greek text) escape the turmoil to follow. They cannot escape it any more than a pregnant woman can escape delivering her child. This seems to argue against midtribulationism. No one on earth who is living in peace and safety during the first half of the Tribulation will escape the destruction coming in the second half, except those who die.