In Revelation 20:4, is the resurrection of Tribulation Martyrs. But in verse 6, it strongly infers that ALL DEAD CHRISTIANS will be IN that resurrection. "BLessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection, against these the second death has no power.
Verses 5 and 6 label the raising of the dead, the FIRST RESURRECTION.
In 1Thess4:15-16, it says "we who are alive and remain shall not preceed those who have died---for the DEAD in Christ shall be RAISED FIRST, and THEN we alive will be caught up to meet the Lord..."
If the DEAD IN CHRIST are RAPTURED BEFORE the living, then why does John call the resurrection at the END of the Tribulation (Rev20:5-6), "the FIRST RESURRECTION"???
(This is obviously not the first ACTUAL resurrection, because of Lazarus, the little girl, Tabitha, Jesus Himself---'course, all but Jesus died again; it is obviously the first MASS or GREAT resurrection...)
How many FIRST RESURRECTIONS are there???
What verses even HINT at a "Pre-Trib-Rapture"? The "Pre-Trib proponents" first give us Rev3:10. "I will KEEP YOU FROM the hour of trial..." In Greek, "KEEP" is "TEREO EK"---maintain or guard you THROUGH. Not "TAKE-YOU-AWAY-FROM".
"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through Jesus Christ" 1Thess5:9 This is "THESIS-ANTITHESIS. The THESIS being, SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST. The ANTITHESIS, "wrath", is HELL. "Wrath" also means "Hell" in Rom2:5-12.
1Thess4:16 says "The Lord will descend with a shout, voice of archangel, with the TRUMPET OF GOD". Matthew 24:29-31, says "Immediately AFTER the Tribulation, ...the sign of the Son of Man will appear ...and He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other".
Let's read 1Corinthians 15:51: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye (we shall be changed immortal), at the LAST TRUMPET; for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and this mortal shall have put on immortality."
Why does Paul say, "LAST TRUMPET"?
In the Tribulation are 21 judgments; 7 seals, 7 bowls, 7 trumpets. The SEVENTH TRUMPET is the END OF THE TRIBULATION. The LAST TRUMPET. Rev11:15
•the FIRST RESURRECTION, specifically stated in Rev20:5-6, occurs at the END of the Tribulation, at the START of the 1000 year reign.
•The DEAD IN CHRIST are raised BEFORE we are raptured. If the RAPTURE is BEFORE the Tribulation, then why (and what) does John call the FIRST RESURRECTION, after the Tribulation?
•Jesus' SECOND COMING, AFTER the Tribulation in Matt24, is where He "GATHERS THE ELECT FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH".
•Paul specifically calls the RAPTURE TRUMPET, the LAST TRUMPET---the 7th trumpet of the Tribulation is ALSO called the Last Trumpet. Matt24, 1Thess4, 1Cor15 all refer to a TRUMPET accompanying Christ's 2nd coming. Is there ANYTHING to dispute that all these verses refer to the SAME TRUMPET?
In Luke 21:36, "Pray that you may have STRENGTH to escape all these things that are about to take place." (I'm aware that the King James translates, "pray that you may KATIXXIO be COUNTED WORTHY to escape", but the more reliable texts use "KATISCHUO-strength to escape"...)
Luke 21:12ff says, "Before all these things, they will lay hands on you, persecute you, deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, bring you before kings and governors in My name. Do not prepare what to say, for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none can refute. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, they will put some of you to death, you will be hated by all on account of My name. But not a hair on your head shall perish---by your endurance you will save your souls." Does this sound commensurate with a PRE-TRIB-RAPTURE? Sounds more like TRIBULATION WARNING, doesn't it?
There are no verses that support a Pre-Trib-Rapture, at all. There are MANY that support "Post". If it IS "post", then all the "trumpet" verses, all the "First Resurrection" and "dead-raised-FIRST", all the verses speaking of only ONE Second Coming, they all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle with no missing pieces...