The Scriptural Evidence for a Pretribulation Rapture (However, the Seals are not part of the Tribulation)
Even though this is a long post, it is not complete. I have written quite a bit more on this subject, but I will start with this. One rapture passage is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. (i.e. dead.) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words." The Greek word translated as "shall be caught up" is harpazō. It is defined by Strong's Concordance (g726) as: 1) to seize, carry off by force; 2) to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly; 3) to snatch out or away. (From danger to safet...