One Rapture Or Two?

Q. A well known author says there will be two raptures. The first, preceding the tribulation, will be for those who “have overcome the world” by putting Christ above all else. The remaining who are saved but “love the world” must go through part of the tribulation in order to be ”purified”. They will be raptured at the seventh trumpet.

Normally I learn from reading this man’s works, but I’ve never heard anything like this before. Your thoughts?

A. I’ve never seen any credible evidence in the Bible for 2 raptures. I’ve found that most people who put this kind of idea forward have misunderstood  what it is to be an overcomer, making participation in the Rapture a function of works, not faith.  And there’s no justification at all for assuming that  Paul’s last trump is the same as the 7th Trumpet of Revelation.  I don’t buy it.