Explain, using Scripture, why the Rapture of the Church must precede the Great Tribulation. 522 - Session 11-2

Rapture & Second Coming Passages with thanks to CM and his Rapture Commentary:

Rapture John 14:1-3 Romans 8:19 1 Corinthians 1:7-8 1 Corinthians 15:1-53 1 Corinthians 16:22 Philippians 3:20-21 Colossians 3:4 1 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Thessalonians 2:19 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Thessalonians 5:9 1 Thessalonians 5:23 2 Thessalonians 2:1 (3?) 1 Tim 6:14 2 Tim 4:1 Titus 2:13 Hebrews 9:28 James 5:7-9 1 Peter 1:7, 13 1 John 2:28-3:2 Jude 21 Revelation 2:25 Revelation 3:10

Second Coming Daniel 2:44-45 Daniel 7:9-14 Daniel 12:1-3 Zechariah 14:1-15 Matthew 13:41 Matthew 24:15-31 Matthew 26:64 Matthew 13:14-27 Matthew 14:62 Luke 21:25-28 Acts 1:9-11 Acts 3:19-21 1 Thessalonians 3:13 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 2 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Peter 3:1-14 Jude 14-15 Revelation 1:7 Revelation 19:11-20:6 Revelation 22:7, 12, 20

The above Rapture Scriptures imply that the Church will be removed prior to the Tribulation. However, much as I’m praying for a pre-trib Rapture I have a question concerning Revelation 12:5-6, “She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days.”

The woman is Israel fleeing after the desecration of the Temple as the Son of Prediction breaks his covenant with Israel after 3 ½ years. The Son of the woman/Israel is Jesus and if His ascension to the Father represents the Church, could this be mid-trib rapture? A problem with a Mid-trib rapture is that it goes against The Doctrine of Imminency where we are we are to expect Him at any moment; this counters The Doctrine of Imminency because the countdown to the rapture would start with the covenant.

Daniel also prophesies this as the time of Jacob’s troubles. Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”