No, you did not deal with it in post 273. You gave a convoluted diatribe trying to make his words say something other then what they clearly say. You people try to do that all the time. Either you start throwing up straw dogs or attempt to claim that translations were done wrong or something else.
Let’s let the words speak for themselves.
"All the saints and elect of God are gathered together >b which is to come, and are taken to the Lord, in order that they may not see at any time the confusion which overwhelms the world because of our sins."
He specifically states, in so many words, that it is “before the tribulation” and no amount of double speak on your part can change the words.
Post 273 was not convoluted. Did you even read it?
You cannot take a sentence out of context from the source. Obviously, you did not read the link to the source I previously posted. The "it" you refer to is not the rapture. "Taken to the Lord" means "participate at least in some measure in beatitude" and the "beatitude" has to do with "the highest acts of virtue that can be performed in this life." These acts are performed on earth, not in the sky or Heaven.
Before you post again, please read this thorough debunking of the pre-trib appeals to the Pseudo-Ephraem quote:
http://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/articles/deceiving.htm