[[Try reading the 2nd coming passages in the NT as if there was only one return (see Biggirl’s post 161), it is quite an eye opener.]]
The rapture isn’t a ‘return’ We are caught up to meet Him In the clouds- His return is when He comes to reign in the millennium
[[After this, the notion that there was a coming in addition to the one after the tribulation never entered any of the NT writers minds.]]
John speaks about the millennial reign of Christ- Issaih spoke of it, Zachariah did, The millennial reign comes after the rapture- whether you believe the rapture occurs, pre-mid-or post trib - the bible is clear that a rapture happens pre millennial reign
The rapture isn’t a ‘return’ We are caught up to meet Him In the clouds- His return is when He comes to reign in the millennium.
>>Not if you understand the rapture an aspect of the same event, when He returns to reign in the millennium. It doesn’t take two separate events, its all done in one movement from heaven to earth.