The three primary views in eschatology are pre-tribulational (the rapture occurs before the tribulation), mid-tribulational (the rapture occurs at or near the mid-point of the tribulation), and post-tribulational (the rapture occurs at the end of the tribulation). Other end-time positions, such as preterism, amillennialism and post-millennialism are not part of this study. For those who may be interested in those three other positions could read my analysis here.