There are numerous prophecies, and little understanding of them. And those who think they know pile one on another and wind up with a house of prophetic cards. The erroneous pre-Trib rapture is just one of those...
...another is Daniel’s ‘70th Week’...the gap theory played with Daniel’s ‘Weeks of Years’ does disservice to what God says in His Word...
...And I am convinced that there is nothing written in Revelation that the Christians John addressed, those in the 7 Churches of Asia Minor, that they did not fully understand...
...Also note the symmetry between Revelation and Genesis...the images in Revelation come from Genesis...
For that and many other reasons, I prefer to just wait and see what happens. The prophecies are all true, but my understanding of messages from the Infinite is limited by my finite knowledge and understanding. After it’s all done, we’ll know exactly what was meant.