"Belief in a Pretribulational
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 Pretribulational Rapture.
The
score is 3 to 0, three passages for a Post-tribulational Rapture and
three that say nothing on the subject1."
(1) Quote from The Word of
Truth: A Summary of Christian Doctrine
Based on Biblical Revelation, p 556-557, by Professor Dale
Moody