Perhaps there is more in the scriptures that we just have not awakened to. Have you ever seen a pre-trib Rapture believers mention Luke 21:36 as a foreshadowing of the Rapture and Bema Seat? Neither have I, but if you read it thinking of those events it jumps out at you! Jesus not only introduced the Rapture notion in the Upper Room Discourse, He gave a huge hint of it in the Temple Discourse right before the Olivet Discourse!
It might seem that way, but only when you take it out of context. Just a few verses before that verse there is this passage:
“25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
So we have a sequence here:
1. There are signs and disasters befalling the earth and all nations, and men are afraid.
2. The people of the earth see Jesus return, in the clouds, visibly.
3. The redemption of God’s people arrives
That sequence is completely incompatible with any pre-trib rapture scenario. It does, however, line up perfectly with the sequence of events in Revelation leading up to the second coming and the resurrection.