One more point to refute

Last time we were refuting some error.  See previous post.  Well, let's move on to what else was in that doctrinal statement.

"We reject as unscriptural any claim that Christians will be physically removed, or “raptured,” from the earth prior to judgment day."

If you believe what you read in the scriptures, it is easy to see that the Lord will remove those that are his one day.

I Thess. 4
13   But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14   For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15   For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
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:
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.
18   Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

There you have it.  Verse 17 speaks of meeting the Lord in the air, that is, being caught up off this earth. 

The Old Testament also spoke about this.
Isaiah 26
19   Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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.
21   For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Just as I Thess. 4:16 speaks of the dead rising, Isaiah wrote in 26:19 of the earth casting out the dead.  Verse 20 is the rapture, as God's people are safe with him while this world is judged. 

The Lord is coming soon.  You need to be born again, given spiritual life to be ready to meet him when he comes. 
Flee from the wrath to come --  the wrath that will punish those in their sins.