Rick Smith (30 Apr 2013)
"Garry B Rapture Date"



Garry B,
To add to your analysis,

"SCRIPTURE TELLS US EXACTLY WHEN THE RAPTURE HAPPENS.....
First we are told:

1 Thessalonians 5;9
"For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Then we are told:

 1 Thessalonians 1:10
"And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come."

Then we are told that God's wrath begins at the opening of the Seventh Seal:

 Revelation 6:17
"For the great Day of His wrath has come...."

Therefore the Church is raptured just before the opening of the Seventh Seal which is when God's wrath begins.
The Church is raptured on the Day of the Lord which begins as described when the Sixth Seal is opened:

 Revelation 6:12
"I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and behold,........the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
and the moon became like blood...."

Scripture tells us the Lord Jesus raptures His Church/bride when the 'Day of the Lord' begins as described during the events of the Sixth Seal, but just before the wrath of God begins at the opening of the Seventh Seal.

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!"

The Day of the Lord is also called "The Last Day" by Jesus and by Martha, when the first Resurrection takes place.
We know from Paul that the rapture takes place immediately after the Resurrection,
when we meet the resurrected saints in the air.

Not sure why Jesus calls it "The Last Day", maybe the Last Day of the Church Age?