In addition, most of the evidence for the tribulation and rapture are found in Ezekiel and Daniel if they are studied closely.
In the NT, Christ clearly teaches that his return is imminent, not one thing more has to happen before His return for His people. If we are to go through the tribulation, then His return can in no way be imminent, the tribulation has to happen first. There are many other reasons I believe there will be a pre-trib rapture, and not one of them comes from fictional books, although I believe LaHaye got it pretty close to the way it will happen.
“In the NT, Christ clearly teaches that his return is imminent, not one thing more has to happen before His return for His people.”
Explain away Matthew 24. Almost the entire chapter is a list of things that must occur before the end of the world and Christ’s return, spoken from Christ’s own lips.