The Bible does not favor a pre-tribulation rapture

INTRODUCTION TS and I agree on the terms, but I failed to define them for the voters. TS and I have agreed to the following definitions: Tribulation is the last 7 years before Messiah will bodily return to earth and reign over it in power. During these 7 years, the wrath of G-d is poured out on the earth. Pre-tribulation believes that Christians will be raptured just before the 7 year tribulation begins. I thank TS for having this debate with me. It's always a pleasure to have a friendly debate with close friends. :) QUICK SIDE-NOTE This debate is on what the Bible teaches, but it is interesting to note that a pre-tribulation rapture was not historically taught by Christians. There is a claim that a document as far back as the third century teaches pre-tribulation, but there is no substantial evidence that it was a commonly held view before the 1800's. Rather, there are extremely early documents such as Didache that teach a post-tribulation rapture, which is my personal belief. ARGUMENTS It would be impossible given the limits of space to prove that no where in the Bible does it support a pre-tribulation rapture. This is why the phraseology in the subject is "favors". Voters are encouraged to vote based on who they believe makes stronger arguments for their interpretation. To keep this argument short and to the point, I have provided full quotations of all the Bible verses I use. No external reading will be required by voters. For fact checking, I provided a link to a website where these verses can be looked up and rendered in other translations (see Bible References section) One of the most popular passages used by those who support pre-tribulationism is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 [a]. However, this scripture appears to occur after the tribulation according to Matthew 24:15-33 [b]. Furthermore, when the Thessalonians were afraid they had been left behind, the Apostle Paul wrote to them that such a thing could not have occurred (in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 [c]) until after the anti-Christ has been revealed and worshiped as G-d in the temple, which doesn't take place at the very beginning of the tribulation. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 [d] shows that the dead will be raised at the last trumpet. This was also emphasized in my first reference [a]. But what is the last trumpet if not the seventh (last) trumpet described in Revelation 11:15 [e]. But the last trumpet is blown AFTER the tribulation just before the 1000 year reign of Messiah on earth [e]. Good luck TS. BIBLE REFERENCES Emphasis will be added in some verses by bold letters. All references are New King James Version (NKJV) and can be found in many other translations at the following: https://www.biblegateway.com... a) 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. b) Matthew 24:15-33 15 "Therefore when you see the "abomination of desolation," spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect"s sake those days will be shortened. 23 "Then if anyone says to you, "Look, here is the Christ!" or "There!" do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 "Therefore if they say to you, "Look, He is in the desert!" do not go out; or "Look, He is in the inner rooms!" do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near"at the doors! c) 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 2 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. d) 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed" 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. e) Revelation 11:15 (added text in italics) 15 Then the seventh angel sounded [the last trumpet]: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"