“Belief in a pre-tribulational rapture . . . contradicts all three chapters in the New Testament that mention the tribulation and the rapture together (Mark 13:24–27; Matt. 24:26–31; 2 Thess. 2:1–12). . . . The theory is so biblically bankrupt that the usual defense is made using three passages that do not even mention a tribulation (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:17; 1 Cor. 15:52). These are important passages, but they have not had one word to say about a pre-tribulational rapture. . . . Pre-tribulationism is biblically bankrupt and does not know it” (The Word of Truth, 556–7).
The prettiest rapture fits with Scrioture from Genesis when Enoch was raptures through Revelation. Take and defend any position you want regarding the end times but the pre trib or pre wrath reputed can be well supported with Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:9 NKJV
“For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.”
The tribulation faced by believers now is via Satan, his minions, and the sin of the world. The Great Tribulation in Revelation is God’s wrath.