Eschatomania can be defined as an excessive preoccupation with the end times. One question I have for these groups. If we know that we can not know when the second coming will be, then why are so many people still trying to pin "the end" down to a certain time. Do they consider themselves greater than Jesus who said that he doesn't even know the times that these things will happen. If God wanted us to know, would he have told us? Is there enough biblical evidence to fully support what is known as the rapture other than the second coming of Christ? You tell me… Will it just be one event? I have looked into this subject and am inconclusive with my findings. The common definition of rapture that I have heard is expressed like the events found in the Left Behind series., but is this biblical? Are all Christians going to disappear out of their clothes? Will there be a trumpet, and will everyone hear it or just Christians? Is the "church" defined as the New Testament and following gentile believers only or the collection of Old and New Jew and Gentile? After looking for these answers and finding few solid answers (and some conflicting ones) I believe that I may develop a form of eschatophobia. I get so confused when I try to sort these issues of the end times out. Maybe this is what was happening with Thessalonica. It seems to me that the context of the scripture suggest that they need to be ready for what will happen (no specifics on what will occur), and that the dead won't be left out of the picture. I am a Christian, so, when Jesus comes (pre, mid, post tribulation) and however he does (Once, twice, three times a rapture) I am secure in my salvation and I will be ready.
Craig A. Golden
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