researcher, i don't get bent out of shape over the rapture because i believed the pre-trib stuff....i believed it because i had been told to believe it, and early on in my quest for absolute truth,no matter what, i found that i could not read it anywhere, and it was based on what the bible "DIDN'T SAY" rather than what it did....just another reason that some folks no longer speak to me that are members of the church where we used to go, and i taught a class at....that is based on rev.4 only.....you know when it occurs, as well as i do, because the bible is so plain and laid out in plain sight....lol, i guess thats why its so hard for some to grasp