Revelation 7:11
Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
 
Why is the above verse NOT the church? Because the context of Revelation tells us.
 
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
 
the same ones found in the 5th seal
Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
 
People keep failing to see in the verses they quote that the Christians (church) are raptured before any tribulation. They are a mystery that was revealed to the Apostle Paul. Again when taken the verses above you will only be "twisting" the context to make that the church. Nowhere does it say those are the ones who died before the tribulation started or were taken up in the rapture. It specifically states these are TRIBULATION saints and in the fifth seal they were SLAIN for the Word of God. There are a lot of Christians whom have died for different reasons than being slain for the Word of God. They are not mentioned above.
 
True to YOUR Word GOD not man's twisting
 
I can guarantee you if you are not caught up in the rapture then you will want to be a part of the tribulation saints. But I guarantee you that you would rather be in the rapture!
 
Mike W