First, the church dead is not a rapture. It’s the resurrection of the dead. Secondly, I didn’t say there was not a harpazo of the living who remain.
We are promised paradise, not Heaven. Our wedding isn’t until he reigns. Not 7 years before. That’s shown in multiple places. And Christ doesn’t leave heaven till the restoration of all things. Are all things restored at Rev 4:1? They haven’t even been removed at that time. Are they removed at the first seal? Nope, keep going. A pre-TB theory scares me because people believe it and love our Lord and they will not look clearly to understand the lie. You will not awake from your death to a resurrection until the heavens are no more. No rapture. No resurrection. Not until that happens and that single verse refutes Pre-TB. Argue that logically with scripture and I’ll decide if you want 20 more I can provide.
I did not say it was 7 years before.
Teh church dead is part of the rapture. Our wedding is before he begins to reign.
REV> 19:
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
The wedding happens before Jesus returns.
Teh wedding feast happens after He returns
And what does Rev. 4 have to do with teh rapture?? I know some dispensationalists call that symbolic of the rapture, but it is not! It is merely John being caught up (physically or spiritually , I won't be dogmatic).
The church is raptured by the opening of the sixth seal which will be when Israel and the Antichrist enter into a covenant.
To buy into your hypothesis of the church not being resurrected until the heavens are no more cannot be if we accept Scripture as written.
In rev. 21 we see all the dead resurrected and all have been assigned their eternal destiny.
The in Rev. 22 we see the new heavens and earth for it is then the first are passed away.
So according to you the church is not resurrected until God has already "started eternity" , that is silly. We cannot be teh bride of Christ in heaven and have the dead in Christ still buried before Jesus returns. The bride would not be filled and the bride would not have made herself ready.
What many believers forget is after the rapture before the wrath of God called the trib is poured out on earth, comes the Bema judgment of saints found in Corinth.
1 Corinthians 3:11-16
King James Version
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
How long this takes is unknown, but once we all p ass before teh bema judgment, our phony "good' works are burned and we are left with our crowns and our robes of righteousness and then prepared for our wedding to the Lamb!