Editing Rapture (section)

==== Prewrath premillennialism ====

The [[prewrath|prewrath rapture]] view also places the rapture at some point during the tribulation period before the second coming. This view holds that the tribulation of the church begins toward the latter part of a seven-year period, being Daniel's 70th week, when the Antichrist is revealed in the temple. This latter half of a seven-year period [i.e. {{frac|3|1|2}} years] is defined as the great tribulation, although the exact duration is not known. References from Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 are used as evidence that this tribulation will be cut short by the coming of Christ to deliver the righteous by means of the rapture, which will occur after specific events in Revelation, in particular after the sixth seal is opened and the sun is darkened and the moon is turned to blood.<ref>{{cite web|title= Welcome to the Pre-Wrath Consortium |website= Pre-Wrath Consortium |url= http://www.bibliology.org/PW |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041020000043/http://bibliology.org/PW/ |archive-date= 20 October 2004}}</ref> However, by this point many Christians will have been slaughtered as martyrs by the [[Antichrist]]. After the rapture will come God's [[Seven seals|seventh-seal]] wrath of trumpets and bowls (a.k.a. "the Day of the Lord"). The Day of the Lord's wrath against the ungodly will follow for the remainder of seven years.<ref>{{cite book |last= Rosenthal |first= Marvin J. |title= The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church |publisher= [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] |year=1990 |isbn= 978-0840731609 |url= https://archive.org/details/prewrathraptureo00rose }}</ref><ref>Marvin Rosenthal, author of ''The Prewrath Rapture of the Church'', is a proponent for the prewrath rapture view. His belief is founded on the work of Robert D. Van Kampen (1938–1999); his books ''The Sign'', ''The Rapture Question Answered'' and ''The Fourth Reich'' detail his pre-wrath rapture doctrine.</ref>