I REALIZE THAT CALLING THE CHURCH "THE BRIDE' IS COMMMONLY ACCEPTED, YET I CAN'T FIND A SINGLE VERSE OF SCRIPTURE TO BACK THAT UP...IN FACT THE BBIBLE SAYS THAT NEW JERUSALEM IS THE WIFE/BRIDE OF CHRIST...
Revelation 21:9-10 (KJV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP] And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and "he talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife."
[SUP]10 [/SUP] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and "he shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,"
HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THERE IS A PRE-TRIB RAPTURE SCRIPTURALLY SPEAKING...
YOUR THOUGHTS?