2 Thess 2:1-2 – what is the timing relationship between the rapture and the day of the Lord?

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1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being
gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,a 2not to be quickly
shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a
letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord
has come.

There are two events here:

1. Rapture – coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him
2. Day of the Lord

On a purely grammatical basis, it seems the order is

1. Day of the Lord starts
2. Rapture happens

Grammatically, it seems Paul is saying the equivalent of: if someone says the rapture has happened, then they are saying the day of the Lord has started

QUESTION

Grammatically, is Paul placing the rapture after the start of the day of the Lord?

Also: day of the Lord is after antichrist sits in temple of God