After this period, all people are judged. After Christianity became the official religion of Rome in the fourth century CE, this was declared a heresy and suppressed. It has received general acceptance by most Fundamentalists and other Evangelicals after the publishing of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909. As in Historic Premillennialism , the Tribulation precedes the second coming of Christ, and the subsequent establishment of the millennial kingdom. But, theologians are divided over the timing of the Rapture.
All theories appear to contradict some passages in the Bible.
The Rapture happens just before the Tribulation, so that believers will not have to experience any of its disruption and pain. The main difficulties with pre-trib are contained in the Olivet Prophecy of Jesus. In Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, Jesus describes the terrible destruction and loss of life of the tribulation period. Jesus then continues by describing his return towards earth immediately after the terrible devastation. From this passage, it is obvious that the rapture will follow the Tribulation.