The Messiah returns for the Rapture with all the Angels of Heaven behind him in the clouds.
Mathew 24:5 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
I know we are seeing this now ,but, there will be no question when the Rapture occurs and in a twinkling of an eye the dead in Christ shall rise and all those of the body of Christ will instantly be called up. Gods Words are clear.