Pre-Tribulation Rapture

¹⁶For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.

¹⁷Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.

¹Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you.

²For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

³When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.