This Protestant also agrees. To further emphasise the point one needs to read the Gospel of John chapter 6. There we are repeatedly told that we will all be raised ON THE LAST DAY.
This Protestant also agrees! The events spoken of in I Thess. 4 are part of the Second Coming of Christ - the "Day of the Lord" and the "last day."
Instead of this clear teaching, pre-tribs insist that the "last day" is far from the last day of human history, but will be followed by the Antichrist and seven years of Tribulation, followed by yet another "Day of the Lord," yet another "last battle," and another "Return of Christ," followed by 1000 years and finally yet another "final rebellion" and another final Coming of Christ on a White Horse as per Rev. 19.
These Evangelical Protestant eschatological "distinctives" are a confusing hodgepodge of conflicting teachings that many unfortunately are unwilling to challenge (as I myself was unwilling to examine for many years).
To whom was Jesus speaking in John 6? ... In the Church Age there is no distinction between Jews and Gentiles. But after the Rapture of believers born from above during the Church Age, it is again the Jews who are evangelizing the world.
So when is the last day...Martha knew when the last day was...
Joh 11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
The Last Day is the last day...
Rev_20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
On the last day the heavens and earth will disappear...That has nothing to do with the Rapture or 2nd Coming...