PLEASE! Pre-tribe, mid- tribe, post tribe is all TRIBULATION!
So you think the corp. church of America gets a pass on hard times? How will you know the true sheep from the goats?
So what happens to us poor Jews that follow Yeshua and stand ready for our second coming of our Messiah, Ben David. When it says we will be tried by fire the rapture is just a dream to get out of Dodge before the true test begins. Ask the poor believers in the rest of the world that are getting there heads cut off for faith in Yeshua.
Our test of prosperity in the western world may be worse than the test of confessing Christ or getting our head cut off. It is easy to follow Christ Jesus when bullets are flying and you are in danger of your life each day. How hard it is to follow Christ in a land of prosperity. That is why the warning of the 10 virgins is so relevant to us in the West...
thx lostboy61, if you read what I have posted I do not believe there is a rapture for exactly the reason you have stated. why should I dodge to sword when 250 teenage girls stood tall at the gates of hell and served the Lord.