I’m not sure who’s getting ‘hot and bothered’; I’m certainly not. But I do not believe that a secret rapture is scriptural. And that’s unfortunate because I’d REALLY like to be removed now, if not sooner :)
If you read Ezekiel, or about the plagues (for two, in particular), you’ll read that God has an awesome way of sanctifying the believers and protecting them. When he poured out all the plagues, the children of Israel weren’t affected. Same goes for the destruction he was telling Ezekiel was coming. He told Ezekiel to have the scribe mark the foreheads of those that sigh and cry over the abominations and he would not touch them.
Also the blood on the door jambs would protect his children. The point is, believers will be protected during the tribulation but they will not be removed. We don’t leave until Christ’s real, loud, visual return and that’s where he destroys everything, except us.
Amen!