It is not correct to say that the "pre-trib" viewpoint is that there are no saved people existing on the earth during the great tribulation (
or even during the entire 7-year tribulation, as it is commonly called... except perhaps
the first few seconds of it [immediately
FOLLOWING "our Rapture"]);
I've repeatedly stated that MANY MORE ppl will be coming to faith in Christ
FOLLOWING "our Rapture" (THAT is ALSO the viewpoint "pre-trib" has--tho those folks are not "RAPTURED [IN THE AIR]")... Some of them will DIE during the Trib years; Some will make it alive clear through to the end of the Trib years and there are
about 8-10 "BLESSED" passages that speak in particular about THOSE very ones:
still-living / still-alive saints at the END of the Trib, who will ENTER the
EARTHLY MK age in their mortal bodies (capable of reproducing / bearing children)... whereas the ones who DIE in the Trib will be "
resurrected [
definition: 'to stand again [
on the earth]']" FOR the MK (Rev20:4
b, for example--referring to the ones who will have DIED during those yrs).
I just made a post yesterday, over in a different thread, addressing some of these points:
Post #35 - https://christianchat.com/threads/t...nd-the-first-resurrection.201520/post-4657300
[notice Peter's talking about
"the Day of the Lord" (which is NOT merely "a singular 24-hr day," but a VERY LONG spans of time)... and
one of the OT verses he draws from, as you may recall my pointing out, is a verse
FROM the CONTEXT of both CHPTS of Isaiah 34-35 (covering a PERIOD OF TIME, not merely "a singular 24-hr day"--tho ppl reading 2Pet3:10-12 insist that's what he saying, INCORRECTLY so, however)...
See if you can detect a verse in the context of, say, even just chpt 34 of Isaiah,
which provides indication that children / offspring WILL INDEED be being born DURING the MK age following Christ's Second Coming
to the earth (Rev19)--Peter is referencing a TIME PERIOD which commences WELL-BEFORE that point (i.e. 7-yr Trib) and extends WELL-BEYOND that point in time (i.e. the promised and prophesied
EARTHLY MK age)--not merely a singular point in time, nor merely "a singular 24-hr day" kind of "day"... in his "IN WHICH" phrasing (2Pet3:10-12), etc...]