It is the most contentious debate within Christian circles. It has even divided believers according to their position on the topic. And all sides to the issue use Scripture to support their various and mutually exclusive positions. Some are certain there is a pre-tribulation rapture. Some believe there is a post-tribulation rapture. Some subscribe to a mid-tribulation one, and others to none at all. Yet, like all other Scriptural topics here, too, a literal approach to Scripture appears to provide the answer.
The Resurrection of the Dead and the Rapture approaches the issue from a very literal perspective using the words of the prophets without considering the theories and doctrines of men. And what they say is both clear and revealing as to the season. Not the day or the hour.