How Can the Rapture be After the Tribulation Based on the Order of Revelation?

Many believe that the church is raptured in Revelation 4 and as a result are not on earth for any of the following events. First, let’s look at the layout of the book of Revelation. Revelation 1:19 says, “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.” When we get to Revelation 4:1 we find that John begins to record the things that shall be hereafter. So the things recorded in the first three chapters were for the seven existing church of Asia Minor of that time. We can still learn from principles that were taught in these chapters however these things were not prophetic. Now dealing with the order of the book, it is very clear to see that Revelation is not in chronological order. Everyone will agree that the Antichrist reigns on the earth before the Lord returns and establishes His kingdom on the earth. With that being said, Revelation 11:15 records that at the sounding of the seventh trumpet the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ. Now we have a problem with the chronological order thinking because two chapters later in Revelation 13 the Antichrist begins to rule on the earth. With this being established let me explain how the book is laid out. The seals are the long story, the trumpets are the short story, and the vials are the real short story. You can think of them as three different vantage points of the end time period. To prove this simply look at what takes place at the sixth seal, the seventh trumpet, the seventh vial, and Matthew 24:29-30. You will find that all of these show the same event.