It dose not say that HE is going to bring the dead in CHRIST back to earth when HE comes BACK.
A different perspective
Pre-trib rapture - MEET IN THE AIR. After the trib when the Lord returns & his feet PHYSICALLY TOUCH Mt Olive. The raptured saints ARE WITH HIM
Matt 24:
29 (A) 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:
(NOTE: Immediately after the tribulation)
1 Thes 4:
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(NOTE: The LORDS descends & the dead in Christ shall rise first)
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
(NOTE: The the dead in Christ shall rise 1st. Then saints which are alive are caught up/raptured & MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR)
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.
(NOTE: Immediately AFTER the tribulation they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds)
Mk 13:
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
(NOTE: AFTER that tribulation)
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
(NOTE: After that tribulation they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds)
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
(NOTE: AFTER that tribulation they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds.)
(NOTE: The elect here are those still alive! How do we know this? Read the next 3 verses, the raptured saints are already wiuth him!)
Jude 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, """the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints"""
1 Thes 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, """at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints""".
Zec 14:5 On that day His feet will stand on Mt Olive. The Mt will split in 2 from east to west. Then the Lord your God will come, & """all the saints with Him"""
Now reread Thess the saints are caught-up/raptured & MEET the Lord IN THE AIR!
Now reread Zec 14:5 When the Lords FEET PHYSICALLY TOUCH onto Mt Olive >>> ALL the raptured saints THAT MET HIM IN THE ARE, ARE WITH HIM!)
Supporting verses:
Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
(NOTE: Chamber is a reference to marriage chamber. Until the indignation/judgment/wrath/trib has past)
The Body/Bride of Christ, raptured saints, escape the tribulation wrath:
1 Thes 1:10 wait on his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivers us from the wrath to come
(NOTE: Jesus delivers believers from the wrath to come)
Rev 3:10 I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth
(NOTE: Jesus delivers believers from the hour of temptation/wrath to come)
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
(NOTE: A promise to believers, they will be spared the hour of temptation/wrath coming to be exacted upon a Christ rejecting/unbelievinfg world)
OT Examples of God sparing the Righteous from coming wrath
Noah and his family were delivered from wrath before the flood came
The angels couldn’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah until Lot and his family were clear
The great tribulation is called the time of Jacob’s/ISRAEL trouble (Jer 30:7)
The Body/Bride of Christ/Church is Caught-Up/raptured, delivered from wrath coming to a God rebellious world.