Hi all,
my view on the rapture or the "catching away of the saints" are based upon different accounts of how God dealt with his people while judgment "fell".
It is also interesting to mention that the accounts I list, are mentioned by our Lord Jesus in Luke 17:28-30: "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was in the days of Lot--they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, 29 but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all-- 30 so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
-My view on the rapture is based on these two accounts, since they are the same accounts our Lord Jesus likened the end of the times to.
1. Noah and his family was locked into the Ark 7 days before the rain came. (Gen 7:10) He was not put into the ark while it began to rain.
2. Fire and brimstone fell on Sodom and Gomorrah after Lot and his family left. While it is totally possible that God could have supernaturally protect Lot and his girls in the midst of judgement, the Angel of the Lord told him in Genesis 19:21 "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there." - Then angel could do nothing until Lot was out of the cities and have arrived where he would be safe.
The one thing you have to love about our God Jehovah is that He is unchanging and that He tells the End from the Beginning. And since there is nothing new under the sun, I believe the Lord will threat His children as He did Noah and Lot. (They were not even under our New Covenant which has far greater promises)
I will not say Post Trib or Mid trib, I do know we will be out of here before things get "hot".
ps. sorry about the length of my post, God Bless you all.