I am glad you have decided what you believe about the rapture...I have been back and forth on this for two years. I lean more toward the pre-trib rapture...But I am always open to new insight, incase I am wrong.In Matthew 24:37-42, Luke 17:26-37... "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." (Matthew 24:37-42) "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left." "Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."" (Luke 17:26-37) In these passages, Jesus compared the day of His coming with the days of Noah and Lot. Some people assume that these passages are describing the Rapture (because one person will be "taken" and another person will be left behind), but this is unlikely based on the evidence in these passages. For example, in the two other parables in (Matthew 13:24-43 and 47-50), all of the unrighteous survivors of the Tribulation will be "taken" in judgment (through death) after the Second Coming. In addition, (Matthew 25:31-46) describes the Sheep and Goats Judgment, which is where all of the unrighteous survivors of the Tribulation will be killed after the Second Coming. All of those passages tell us that the unrighteous people will be "taken" in judgment by being killed after the Second Coming, and the righteous survivors of the Tribulation will be left behind on earth. This is exactly what Jesus described in the passages above when He compared the Second Coming with the days of Noah and Lot. Notice that in the context of the Matthew passage (Matthew 24:37-42), Jesus had referred to the Second Coming twice (Matthew 24:27 and 30), and in the context of the Luke passage (Luke 17:26-37, above), Jesus had referred to the Second Coming once (compare Luke 17:23-24 with Matthew 24:26-27). In this context concerning the Second Coming, Jesus said that the events at the time of His coming will be the same as the events in the days of Noah and Lot (Matthew 24:37 and Luke 17:26, 28, above). Then Jesus emphasized this point by repeating it (Matthew 24:39 and Luke 17:30, above). How will they be the same? In the Matthew passage (Matthew 24:37-42, above), we can see several ways in which the events at the Second Coming will be the same as the events in Noah's day: 1.)The unrighteous people in Noah's time ignored any forewarnings of the coming judgment. Instead, they focused on the activities of daily living rather than preparing themselves for the coming judgment by receiving righteousness through faith. The analogy is that the unrighteous people during the Tribulation will ignore the signs of the coming judgment. Instead, they will be focused on the activities of daily living rather than preparing themselves for the coming judgment by receiving salvation. 2.)The unrighteous people in Noah's time did not know when the judgment (the Flood) would begin, and therefore the judgment fell on them so suddenly that they did not have time to do anything to escape their fate. The analogy is that the unrighteous people during the Tribulation will not know when the judgment (the Second Coming) will come, and therefore it will fall on them so suddenly that they will not have time to do anything to escape their fate. 3.)The unrighteous people in Noah's time were all "taken" in judgment through death, and the righteous people (Noah and his family) were left behind to re-populate the earth during the next phase of world history. For example, even though sailors are on top of the water in their ships, they are still considered to be on the earth (they are not considered to be "Raptured"). In a similar way, Noah and his family were on top of the water in the ark, but they were still on the earth. They were not "Raptured." The analogy is that after the Second Coming, all of the unrighteous survivors of the Tribulation will be "taken" in judgment through death, and the righteous survivors of the Tribulation will be left behind to re-populate the earth during the next phase of world history (the Millennium). So Jesus said that the events at the time of the Second Coming will be the same as the events at the time of Noah, and Jesus specifically said that those who were "taken" in Noah's time were the unrighteous people who were all killed in judgment (Matthew 24:39, above). In the same way, the unrighteous survivors of the Tribulation will be "taken" in judgment after the Second Coming by being killed (at the Sheep and Goats Judgment, I shared in another post). Just as the righteous people in Noah's time (Noah and his family) were left behind to re-populate the earth, the righteous survivors of the Tribulation will be left behind after the Sheep and Goats Judgment (after the Second Coming) to re-populate the earth during the Millennium. Just as the Flood happened suddenly and unexpectedly for the unrighteous people in Noah's time, the Second Coming will happen suddenly and unexpectedly for many people during the Tribulation, and therefore Jesus urged people to "keep watch" and be prepared (Matthew 24:42, above). So I do not see where you get rapture from these scriptures?