These saints had been told that they would
"rest yet for a little season until their fellow-
servants also and their brethren, that should
be killed as they were, should be fulfilled".
Revelation 6:11

The time is now fulfilled. When the Sixth
Seal is opened, the day of God's wrath begins.

Before judgment begins to fall, the Tribula-
tion saints are either raptured if they are still
alive, or resurrected, if they were martyred.