Neither! You are wrong in that you have not recognized the difference between the church and the great tribulation saints. You are taking scripture that is regarding the great tribulation saints and misapplying it to the church and that is the problem.
There is no teaching of Christ returning before the Invasion of Israel (Great Tribulation) by the Little Horn, AKA King of the North, AKA Man of Sin, AKA Son of Perdition, AKA AntiChrist (although this name is least accurate). Satan is behind the Great Tribulation of Israel as Rev 12 & 13 teaches. God is absolutely NOT behind the Great Tribulation and any such teaching is folly. Satan inspires the "Beast of the Sea (unruly people)" to attack God's People (Jews and Christian) as well as fellow Muslims who will not support them.
Again, the "Beast" is the Islamic Northern Army. This army will be comprised of 10 leaders (Horns) who do not have a kingdom as of yet. These leaders are most likely leaders of terror organizations like ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas, etc. When the Man of Sin is revealed he will lead this Northern Islamic army and will force everyone, (Muslims, Jews, Christians, etc) within its realm to swear allegiance to it or they will be killed. Everyone will be forced to wear the badge (mark of the beast) on their forehead (head band) or on their right wrist (hand) or they will not be able to buy or sell.
This alliance of 10 terror groups will attack Saudi Arabia and the moderate Arab Gulf States. They will possess chemical and biological weapons. They acquire at least one nuclear weapon which they use to nuke Mecca. They turn on their faith ISLAM and they utter destroy the peaceful teachings of Islam and replace it with a religion of hate and murder which we in America call, "radical Islam."
The radical Northern Islamic forces battle back and forth against the Southern Arab States. He will set up an Abomination in a holy place. This will be the sign for the The ELECT Jews, the 144K, to flee Judea. The flee to countries all over the world who will take them. The Northern Army then invades Israel with overwhelming force and Israel falls. At this time, the Man of Sin will unite the Muslim world as he will be seen as a hero for defeating Israel. He will mock God and claim to be above God, above Allah and above everyone called "god." He will honor a god of fortresses. He will be very rich. Any Christian or Jew living that he finds will be beheaded. He takes over 1/4 of the world. This is the 4th seal. He will prosper until God's Wrath is poured.
The "Church" in this part of the world (middle east, Asia and much of Europe) will be killed. This is the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches otherwise known as the Two Witnesses. This happens at the 4th trumpet. 1/3 of the Light of the World is dimmed. These saints are seen at the 5th seal.
Christ does not return until after all of the above occurs. When Christ returns, He comes back with those saints who were beheaded. They are part of the first resurrection as they are firstfruits to God and the Lamb. They live and reign with Christ for 1,000 years. There will be 200 million of them and they make up the army of vengeance of the Lord. They are the army of Joel 2 and the 6th Trumpet of Rev 9. They retake Israel. When Christ returns He sends out His angels to first forcefully remove all the Muslim invaders and those Tares living in Israel. He then gathers back His Elect Jews, the 144K, to Israel.
The rest of the believers who have died throughout time will not return until after 1,000 years are over.