After!
There is a rapture and it takes place after the tribulation (Mat 24:29)
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” – Mat 24:26-31 KJV
In this video, Pastors Steven L. Anderson and Roger Jimenez go into great detail and depth to explain why the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine is false and how and why the modern Protestant church hierarchy forces this false teaching on the members.
Pastors Steven L. Anderson also eludes to the possible dire consequences of this false teaching and how an expectation of an imminent return of Christ is opportune for a deceiver or antichrist to appear on the scene and claim he is the Messiah. By believing that Christ will return prior to the conclusion of the tribulation period is opening one’s self up for deception.
Don’t fall for anyone claiming to be Christ that is on earth. When the Son of Man returns, He will come in great power and glory and His army of angels with Him. There will be no doubt that this is Jesus, the Son of God.”
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” – Mat 24:31 KJV
In the previous verse, “from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” implies a place not on earth but rather in the air (four winds) or a “heavenly realm.” This is where we the saved will be gathered from when Christ returns.
Link to video: http://youtu.be/jTmZHDb_sP8
Uncontrolled Opposition 
There is the Pre-Tribulation Rapture where all the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive shall be caught up together to meet Him in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. This is a separate event from the Second Coming of The Lord which will happen during Armegeddon. We know not the day or the hour of The Rapture. Thats why we all must be prepared.
That is an interpretation of the Scriptures that was disseminated in the 19th and 20th centuries and more and more people are realizing it is incorrect. There a many things I could talk about such as the Jesuits declaration of war against all opposition to the Vatican which during the Reformation, these protest-ants were. Many false and divisive teaching were propagated by infiltrating and cooperating agents of the Roman Catholic Church. But Noah’s ark is the simplest way to understand the end of times. “But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” – Mat 24:37 KJV. As was then, so shall be now. The door to the ark was closed just before the water began pouring, which was the wrath of God being poured out. There was no schooner or secret boat that came along before the Ark. And yes, today they will be eating and drinking till the very end just like they did in those days till Noah entered the ark. But we have to get aboard the Ark before the rain (wrath) starts pouring. Because the door will be closed when no one expects it and at that time, those on the outside will be drowned in the wrath of God. Two parables that also demonstrate when the gathering or separating will take place is the parable of the wheat and tares and the parable of the nets.