TO MARILYN AGEE, re:  Noah and Lot

Thanks Marilyn - you make much sense of my dilemma - the "when" of Noah, and the "when" of Lot.    One thing however, I cannot figure out, though I do understand what you say, is that the days of Lot seem to be ordinary days of buying/selling/planting/building..........and so I don't see where they have been through any "tribulation"; that is, left behind to suffer some of the tribulation prior to God's wrath, for Jesus does not describe the times of Lot as being fearful in any way; in fact,,,quite prosperous......
       That is why I cannot figure out if the rapture is of all saints, "pre-tribulation", but that the Lot's would have been more taken up with worldly activities, economic activities, and would therefore be taken by surprise at the rapture (of all the saints), the rewards differing for the two groups once gathered in heaven,  but their going at the same time.   The Rev. 7 crowd appearing in heaven did come out of "great tribulation", not buying/selling/planting/building, so I have assumed this crowd to be those saved by the preaching of the two witnesses, etc., after the tribulation starts.  But that the Noah's and Lot's were all taken at the same time, albeit their responses to the "taking" are different.
          Just musing..............thanks for the help.......I could use more.........
                          Your sister in Christ,,,,Arlene