The order is significant. Paul writes of the judgment of the wicked and the glorification of the righteous in that order. There is no lapse of time between the two. The saints are not raptured first and then the wicked finally judged seven years later. God repays them both at once, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven .
Nothing here is done in secret.
It is the time of Christ s public vindication and honoring at His revelation from heaven with His mighty angels. It is the day of the Lord the day of supreme manifestation of judgment in which the wicked perish for ever and of supreme manifestation of grace, in which the righteous are glorified. Hence, firstly, the rapture of the saints occurs at the glorious appearing of Christ when He comes to execute judgment. The apostle could not more plainly have stated this fact. He warns the saints not to be deceived on this point by any means.