Pretribulation rapture

[1] This view is generally associated with Dispensational premillennialism, and it was popularized in the 20th century by the Scofield Reference Bible.

Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice have suggested that Fra Dolcino (c. 1250 – 1307) taught a pretribulational rapture.

Because his view was premillennial, he wrote in his 1788 book Millennium, Last Days Novelties of the first resurrection taking place with Christ in the air, he is referenced by dispensational premillennialists such as Tim LaHaye to support the view that a pretribulation rapture theology existed prior to John Nelson Darby (1800–1882).

This was strongly popularized in the 20th century by the publication of the Scofield Reference Bible, which followed Darby's system which viewed Israel and the Church as being distinct peoples of God, with their own distinct purposes in God's redemptive plan for humanity.

[10] Pretribulationalist argue that the Biblical commands in 1 Corinthians 1:7, Philippians 3:20-21 and James 5:8-9 imply the doctrine of imminency.