Currently, you are believing a lie called pre-trib rapture.
You believe a lie called the post trib Second Coming.
Jesus and the angels will be on earth during the GT. It is called the final harvest in Matthew 13. The GT is the calling out of Israel from all Nations, per Matthew 25.
Did you not notice that Jesus and the angels are on the earth prior to all being dead? Those 10 virgins were not already dead and 6 feet under when the groom appeared. They all were alive on the earth, and 5 of them hanging out still on the earth after the Second Coming. (My hunch is that 5 represent the church, and 5 represent Israel. Some poster today want all 10 to be "Spiritual Israel" and half are backslidden) When the Lord came to hand out rewards all of them were still on the earth, not dead. When Jesus comes as King, he sits on His throne in Jerusalem. Thousands are still alive on the earth after that point.
All on earth are dead at Armageddon. Sorry but no one is hiding out in the Antarctica waiting to be rewarded after Armageddon. There is no one alive to reward or seperate between sheep and goats. Armageddon is not the Second Coming. The 6th Seal is the Second Coming, and then the GT starts.
If you think you will still remain alive at the battle of Armageddon, you will have the mark of the beast. Only those who literally chopped off their heads escaped the mark. No one is on earth still deciding who to serve, God or Satan, at that point. Even the 2 witnesses were killed, then resurrected, and ascended to heaven prior to Armageddon.
Even those who think that is the church alive and remain would still not be alive and remain at Armageddon. According to John and Revelation, without surgically moving all of Revelation around into some twisted pretzel, it is logically and physically impossible to be alive and redeemed on earth at Armageddon. So Armageddon is not the Second Coming. Paul said the rapture and Second Coming happen at the same time. John declares Jesus on earth at the 6th Seal. Those on earth see the Lamb physically present among them, and are trying to hide from the Lamb. John never uses the term Second Coming nor rapture. Probably because he is a witness to the over use, and misuse rampant in the church today.
You do realize John was doing the writing? After chapter 4, God was showing him the events, not telling him what to write. Many claim he used OT symbolism a lot. That does not mean he was plagiarizing OT prophecy. He was not seeing the same visions they did. He was literally seeing events happen, and the worse case scenario of those events. Then he wrote down these events in his style of explanation.