Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

To me the Bible is a love story. We fell into a pit of sin and Jesus came down into the pit to rescue us. But he did not pull us out with a helicopter (in most cases). Rather He led us out of the pit. He tells us it will be a tough journey (the path of the cross) but it leads to salvation. But for those in the pit that don't follow, for whatever reason they think they are better off in the pit, they don't realize a flood is coming and they will all drown. Post tribbers think that the flood equals "tribulation". But that is foolish, idiotic really, because we all know the dead in Christ rise first and none of those went through that seven years of flood. So yes, we all must go through tribulation. So the way I understand that is you can choose to go through tribulation. When you tell people about Jesus they may reject you, they may mock and ridicule you, they may ostracize you, and you might even lose your job. In other words, like Moses you are choosing to suffer the temporary tribulations of the people of God rather than to take part in the pleasures of a sinful world. But when we do finally arrive at the wedding we will realize the Lord saw all that was coming and gave you the wisest and best path towards salvation. Maybe it involved building a huge boat and filling it with animals, maybe it involved fleeing Sodom the morning it is destroyed.