Really? And yet the words "the Church", "church" and "churches" are absent. A rather strange situation, don't you think?
No. "church" is not the only way to speak about Christians plus candlestick is a church.
And why would the Church be subject to God's wrath? You should struggle with that question before you go any further.
The church is subject to wrath of satan not the wrath of God. It is quite obvious the Great Tribulation is something very bad that Christ said would happen to Christians. Anyone with basic English comprehension should be able to see that in Revelation and the Olivet Discourse.
I also supplied the scripture that prove this in Revelation. I can do so with Matthew also:
The Christian saints who are the Church are killed during Satan's wrathful Great Tribulation:
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Mat 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
See? The church, the followers of Christ will NOT be raptured to heaven before all this happens. The church is right there and some will be killed for their faith in Christ.
DON'T LET PRE-TRIBBERS TELL YOU THE OPPOSITE!
Mat 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
See again? Those of the church that endure unto the end of the Great Tribulation shall be saved!
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: )
Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Mat 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Mat 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Once again, the church that sees the AoD will physically flee to the mountains for those who live in that area. None of them are raptured before the AoD arrives! No Pre-trib rapture at all.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
The elect is the church and it's right there on Earth for the GT. The GT will be shortened so not all their flesh will perish.
Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
"You" is the church! People will tell you Christ has returned but DON'T BELIEVE IT!
YOU will be there and see the Great Tribulation happen!
Anyone see a Pre-trib rapture in any of these scriptures?? No, because it is not a biblical doctrine.