That reads like those are the ones that survived the Tribulation.
>>That reads like those are the ones that survived the Tribulation.<<
Precisely. I believe there will be a “rapture”, but I am a mid-tribulationist, which is technically “post-trib, pre-wrath”.
The scripture I posted marks the end of the 3.5 year tribulation against the saints and the 3.5 year wrath of God against everyone else. I tell people to Remove the “left behind” paradigm from their thinking and look at it fresh. And this can be a big help for many:
http://watchmanbiblestudy.com/BibleStudies/Definitions/Def_Pretrib.htm
The “mid-trib” position works much better with the rest of both old and new testament prophesy. I was a pre-tribulationist at first. I mean, I did go to Assembly of God for 18 years. But about two years into it I started asking, out loud, the questions that I had always had concerns about. As I studied the scripture myself, many of those questions were answered, but only with the mid-trib viewpoint. I happened on the article above about two years ago from a thread here.