RAPTURE ANY SECOND THEN 7 YEARS TRIBULATION THEN SECOND COMING
The Tribulation in non-negotiable: It must happen after the rapture.
Events immediately before the seven-year period
Church raptured (John 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thes. 4:16-18; Rev. 3:10)
Restrainer (CHURCH AND HOLY SPIRIT) removed (2 Thes. 2:7)
The judgment seat of Christ (in heaven, 1 Cor. 3:12-15; 2 Cor. 5:10)
Antichrist rises to power over the Roman confederacy (Dan. 7:20, 24)
At the beginning of the seven-year period...  more