lokiare, you know I have the highest level of respect for you, so please understand that I'm not trying to pull anything here. Read Revelation 3:10 (each of the 7 churches are description of the various stages of the church for the last 2000 years+/-, they also describe the various states Christians find themselves in) To the church in Philadelphia- "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial, which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." The Laodicean church is the apostate church of today. There are so called mainstream churches that are teaching there was no crucifixion, no resurrection, there is no hell and that God will welcome His unrepentant enemies into heaven. We will make heaven here on earth, God does not control the earth, mankind does, Israel has no right to be in the Holy Land and all kinds of non-Biblical heresies. This is the "falling away" in 2 Thes 2:3 Then 1 Thes 4:16, 1 Cor 15:52 written by Paul describe the rapture (snatching away) of the church. In Matt 24:31 Jesus Himself describes the extraction of the church. True believers are not condemned to suffer the wrath of God, or why did Christ have to die on the cross?
The church is not mentioned from chapter 4 to the end of Revelation, but the saints are, and the focus is on Israel and reckoning all things with that nation. Though there are more verses that apply in OT and NT, a clear key is that the Saints return with Christ for the final battle. In order to return the church has to have been taken up. There's more regarding the wedding supper of the Lamb etc. but imgflip is not the ideal place to discuss it. Hope this is helpful.