[equalator]

Some people say there is no rapture because the Bible doesn't use the word "Rapture." That's funny, because the Bible doesn't use the word "Bible," either. If you want to split hairs, it's harpazo.

http://ldolphin.org/kingdom/ch4.html

[G Larry]

I don’t care about the word, the concept is wrong.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, “…then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air;…”

1st, this IS the Second Coming of Christ, which clearly follows the Tribulation, and not an event preceding or interrupting the Tribulation.
2nd, it is very public and audible, rather than secret or hidden from those not “raptured”.