“ if believers are to be light and salt to an unbelieving world, why would a loving God remove us and leave people to fend for themselves? AND...take the Holy Spirit out of the world, which is what leads people to believe in Christ. None of us can believe in Him without the Holy Spirit.”
Because He will pour out His wrath and judgement on an unbelieving world.
Believers are already judged in Christ.
You might ask the same questions about a previous judgement...
“ ...why would a loving God close the door to the Ark with believing Noah and his family alone and inside, and let the world drown?”
It would be essential to KNOW what the ‘tribulation’ literally is... Those who claim ‘rapture’ as their security, have no clue what that first tribulation is about and who is going to ‘suffer’ the Heavenly Father’s wrath.
Christ said the first tribulation is ‘mass deception’.... wonder what that deception is?