Let's read all the Bible passages that talk about the end of time and where we'll be.
Mt 13:24 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Then in verse 36 Jesus explains the parable: “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.“
There will be one harvest only; nobody will be harvested before the very end.
Same in the parable of the dragnet in Mt 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind; and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.“
No fish will be separated before the end of age. No rapture before Jesus returns.
In Mt 16:27-28 Jesus says: „For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds. Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
Every man according to his deeds! Jesus will come with his angels once only and then everyone will be judged, the good and the evil at the same time.
Then in Mt 24:9-14: „Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come."
Only the ones who ENDURE TO THE END, who go THROUGH the tribulation, will be saved. Jesus tells us to preach it to the very end. Stop teaching things God never said! Teach the truth! We have to endure TO THE END!
The next one is Mt 24:27-31: „For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.“
All the nations, all the people, everyone will see it when Jesus comes back. And then it’s over. Jesus‘ return is not the beginning of the tribulation for people left behind, no, Jesus‘ coming is the last act in human history and the end of this planet.
Now let’s move on to Mark 13:19-20: „For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.“
The elected ones have to go through the tribulation. It’s in the Bible, just READ it.
In 1 Cor 10:11 we read: „Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.“
We will be here for the end of ages.
1 Cor 15:51-52: „We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.“
There’s only one time of change, and that’s at the very end, when the dead will be raised and everyone will be judged.
Read very carefully 1 Thess 4:16-17: „For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.“
Do you believe that the dead will rise and nobody of the „left behind“ will notice? Because they will rise before you get „raptured“.
2 Thess 1:7 „… and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire…“
That’s not gonna be some „hidden process“. When Jesus comes back it will be visible to every human being.
Instead of screaming "Jesus would never let his bride suffer!" you should read 1 Peter 4:13 „But to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.“ Be happy that you have to go through the tribulation and stop trying to escape it!
Also in 2 Peter 3:10-12 „But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!“
There is no „inconspicious disappearing“ for us, when Jesus comes it will be LOUD!
James tells us: „Therefore be patient until the coming of the Lord.“ and „As an example of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.“ (James 5:7 and 10).
Very clear is Rev 1:7 „Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.“
Everyone will see him when he comes, not just you.
„These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb“ – Rev 7:14.
We have to go through the tribulation, there is no way around it.
Let me finish with Rev 22:7 where it says „And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book“.
The prophecy is not „yay, we will all go to heaven before the tribulation comes“, the prophecy is all the verses above who tell us that we need to endure to the end, until Jesus comes back visibly for all nations. Goodbye tribulation, hello our saviour!