Getting Over my End Times Phobia

Hi, I’m Aiden. Like a lot of other teenagers in this chat, I’m a Christian 14 year old boy with an intense phobia of the End Times and Jesus’s Second Coming. I understand that I don’t have to worry about Hell because I’ve been saved by Jesus’s Sacrifice. When I hear news about extreme natural disasters, climate change, artificial intelligence, tension between Biblically prophesied countries in Europe, the war in Ukraine, I get depressed because there’s a chance they could be End Times signs. Although sometimes I’m able to reassure myself with scripture saying that more things have to happen before the End Times, such as a world government and an Antichrist community, or just by remembering Matthew 24:36, or by simply focusing on fun things in life, the fear of the end of the world always returns to me at some point sooner or later no matter what. I want to enjoy a rich and full life and die of old age instead of dying young to an apocalyptic event that just so happened to fall into my lifetime. I also don’t want my future kids to experience the End Times either. Although the End Times seem pretty far off, as not all prophesied conditions have been met, how can I rid of this fear? I’ve done things like deleted the News App on my phone, but I don’t want to have to do that. I want to be able to know what’s going on in the world, just, you know, without being paranoid about signs of the End Times. Even worship songs at church that even briefly mention Jesus’ Return makes me surge with uncomfortableness. These fears haven’t come into my life until last year in Spring when I was 13 years old. Is this just a natural cycle of growth that every teenager experiences? I mean, people have attempted to predict the End Times so many times, even dating back to the 11th century, and yet there were wrong, although they experienced difficult times. Again, when I reassure myself that the End Times can’t be near because more things must take place before it, and that the prophesied conditions have even been met before, but the End Times obviously STILL didn’t happen, it still comes back to me. How can I conquer this fear even though it basically shouldn’t exist?

Can anyone help me I'm 13 years old and I am a afraid of it and I can't overcome it I can't sleep good I feel like it already happened at night I'm afraid that the starts will fall at night can some reach out to me and help me please I try to pray about it then I still think bad thoughts about it and can anyone just help me understand it better and tell me that I'm not getting left behind

HEELLOI

I don't have the time to give someone like Carter to help that he needs at this moment. I will say to anyone pushing this on our children please stop. I grew up in the '80s. The devil was hiding behind every song. The era really was portrayed as the end. Pentecostal pastors in the Midwest especially preached the end times. Movies like a distance under, image of the Beast, thief in the night,. Those were played across this country but especially here in the Midwest. They portrayed kids who didn't make the rapture. Who had to spend years alone before the roll out of the mark of the beast. In the movie many got the mark while they watched their friends who didn't get their heads cut off. I was in kindergarten first and second grade when those movies came out. My father happened to be a pastor for a Pentecostal Assembly guide Church. My dad was so afraid that people would die and go to hell. He was so worried about the lives of people he didn't know and many he did being lost in the rapture. He preached what he believed to be true. He was a psychologist and a theologist he was a doctor. But he couldn't see the damage it was causing. His quest to save lives was no different than someone trying to save drowning victims. At all costs even at the cost of his kids he was going to save them. I also grew up in a house that was built in 1880 that resembled a psycho house. And to make things worse I suffered from sleep paralysis nearly every other night. I don't have the intelligence or the vernacular to articulate just how terrible things were. And kindergarten I got picked up from school but starting in first grade I had to walk home. It was a two and a half mile walk. Wow things have changed how they. Usually at the beginning of my walk I would run and stop and run more and stop until I can get to my house. Heart pounding usually sweating dropping my books Etc. This was all a panic driven desperation to find my mom or dad. I don't know who's going to heaven but I know my parents were. This went on day after day. I never tried to show it because they always would affirm anytime I was in fear. If I saw something in my room it was probably what I thought it was and I should probably ask for forgiveness for whatever it is I was doing. I would have inappropriate thoughts about my neighbors their daughters their wives the teachers whatever. So I knew I was going to miss the rapture. I knew I had better be ready for the tribulation. Imagine first grade while you're setting there in class it's almost 3:00. You know you've got a few minutes before you start this journey to get home. Praying that today wasn't the day. Praying that the rest of your time on Earth you wouldn't be alone. If that time was today how are you going to get food was there enough in the refrigerator last 7 years. The fear of being alone. Knowing your future is walking up to a guillotine. Knowing if you took that Mark you would die and never see your parents again. Knowing you had to be strong enough to survive the tribulation. And then strong enough to make that walk to the guillotine to have your head cut off. To have your head cut off of your body. I'm having a horrible time right now just remembering how bad it was I feel so bad for Carter. It's not right Carter. I'm 50 years old. I have lived my life with so much heartache. When you're a child of a pastor who's well revered. A pastor who many believe to be sent from God. When you live the life. When you go to funerals of people you don't know just because no one's there to watch you. When you're at church Sundays Wednesdays Tuesdays thursdays. All of what you are taught is 100% gospel. We weren't going to church and then leaving. We were the church. We lived in a parsonage most of my life. I didn't have a father who would say on the way home don't worry about what he said kids or let me explain things a little different or I'm here to protect you. I wouldn't let anything like that happen to you. Or I will never leave you.. I developed sleep paralysis. Which what happened every other night usually. Sometimes more sometimes less. The damage you cause these children may end up killing them. I can't begin to tell you all my family went through. Here's a quick one. In 1980 my brother was 15 I was 9. He kept tying me up making me get loose tie me up make me get loose again. He went to a supermarket that was closed. One female working counting the money late at night. He got entry into the store pistol whipped her tied her up. Put her in a freezer. Stole her car after filling it full of cigarettes and alcohol. Got 14,000 in cash and headed out. We're from the Midwest. He ended up in California. Took his money bought a ticket got on a flight and went to hawaii. He was 15. I tell that story because it was the first of many bad decisions he made and subsequently I made. All from a genuine fear of what was to come. Why Try? Why think of the future. It's too terrifying. it's easier to do all the drugs you can. I'm here to tell you it's not. I could write a book if about the absolute destruction this caused my family. The scares never go away. The damage will never be erased. To anyone in this I can't tell you how or what you should believe. I can tell you my God inst the one I knew before. My beliefs are radically different then what I was taught. I may be wrong. However, I am no longer worried about things I can't control. (CLUE. you could Do More Time) looking into different ways to find true spiritual happiness. It's not the cure all but it helped me.

Hello. I am 54 years old and I wake up in a panic every day. The fear and anxiety is overwhelming and I know this can't be right! To live this way. God doesn't want me to suffer like this, but no matter what I do, it won't go away. It's one thing to have the fear of God in you to give you a wake up call, and get right with him if you aren't. But to live in fight or flight mode on a daily basis is not the peace he has to offer. I have been saved all of my life and I love the Lord Jesus with all of my being. But I don't think I have walked in accordance with the bible like I should have. So this IS a wake up call...and I need to get serious if I want to spend eternity with Jesus in heaven. I pray for all of you that the peace of God be upon you. Jesus loves you!

Hello my name is Thomas and I am 20, I’ve been having end time fear for some time and even in my early walk…Anytime I hear about anything on the media or a prophecy being filled it scares the marbles out of me. I just don’t know how to get over it beside the fact that God has told me not to worry and I feel he may have many times…I remember crying one time and a video pop up on my phone about just keeping my eyes on him and not the things going on around me. This happened in my early walk. I fear the day of judgement that Jesus may not know me….I just really fear what if everything I’m doing is wrong even tho they may not be true. I try my best to stay away from prophecy but there’s no escape I know it’s going to happen sometimes i just wish I never existed.

I’m so happy you discussed this. I’m 17 and I have a terrible phobia of the end times. I feel like I’m gonna pass before I even have a chance to even fully live my life. With corona, wars, and even more hatred in the world-it makes me incredibly anxious and sad. I feel like I’m going to miss out on having a family and other things as well. I keep going back to the phase of “why even try” if I’m going to miss out in life. My mom keeps telling me that when Jesus comes back it’s not going to matter but...it matters to me. I’m trying my best to not think about the end times and live my life to the fullest but it’s so hard. This phobia had gotten so bad that I’m just rushing time as fast as I can. That’s why I would like to marry young and accomplish many things when I turn 18 because I feel like if I don’t do it now...I’m going to die before I do. Any encouragement or words of wisdom will help me TREMENDOUSLY! Thanks in advance.

Hi. I’m 21 and I have not been able to enjoy my life since March 2020. It is now August 2023… I had my first baby in March 2020, right off the bat, I had PPD. I struggled with the thought of Death and I struggled with my faith, then in June 2021, I became pregnant with my second child, I had some PPD afterwards but not as bad but it all just turned into Rapture Anxiety. I have been working on my relationship with God since the beginning of all this. I still have problem areas in some spots and some days I don’t feel worthy of going to Heaven. Some days I struggle with the “Why bother” phase. Some days I have good days but most are awful… if I see the news, Facebook, tik tok or politics it all just looks like “The Rapture is Here”... Looking at the sky isn’t about its beauty anymore, it’s about… “should the moon be that color?” “Is this storm to big, does it indicate the rapture?” “Is this extreme heat a sign of the rapture?” “Is that bug a locust?”… talking to my relatives is “Are they too quiet because they know the rapture is coming?” I can’t hardly focus on anything else. It drives me insane. It’s not that I don’t want to be with Jesus… it’s just I fear missing out on my children’s life or my own. I also fear for the ones that won’t go to Heaven (I even fear if I would go)…. All my life, I have loved Jesus & God so much that I would cry during a conversation about him or even when I prayed… I’d even cry a little during saying Grace. (Now I have interrupting thoughts like “You cry because you’re guilty not because you love him” or other discouraging thoughts towards myself. The only thing is.. I do love him and I’m so grateful for him that it hurts. I just want the opportunity to watch my children grow and to have a life with my family/husband. I feel like a bad Christian because of all this. I am grateful for the anxiety on one side because without it, I wouldn’t have pushed myself into such a deep relationship with God but I just want to do what God wants… which is live my life in happiness… to live my life for him…. Not for fear, worry and anxiety. I just want to be a happy Christian again. At this point I’m lost and I’m afraid I’ll never get my life back…… please help me.

Hello, my name is Mackenzie Brinsfield. I have been terrified of the rapture since I really started paying attention to God and following what He wants me to. I have been scared to look at my phone or turn on the tv because I am scared that what I see will either make me think about the rapture or the videos on might be a bad one. I have been in a slump and my husband is worried about me because I am terrified. I know as a Christian I should be excited and ready, but I keep saying in my head that I am not good enough. I have done so much wrong. I know I am on a better path now, but I am still scared. I don't have a community to talk with because I am just now getting back to God.

Hi I’m 15 years old and recently I keep getting really scared about the End Times. I’m not scared about whats going to happen, I’m just scared knowing that one day I won’t be here anymore. I want to live a long life and do things, but I’m worried it’s going to be cut short because of the Rapture. I know that sounds really selfish but I feel lost. I live in fear knowing that this could be my last day on Earth. I can’t eat properly and it’s hard for me to be happy. I keep praying for this feeling to go away but it’s hard. I feel like the Rapture could happen any day now and it’s like there’s no hope for me

I'm 13 years old and I am afraid of being left behind and

My name's Angel, 23yo female. Since my childhood, I've always grew up under Christianity, however my parents didn't use to be that kind of ''going to church every single Sunday", besides dealing with then single kid's loneliness and overprotective parents, still used to be and have a happy childhood - but since I tried to commit suicide at 13, I got to church but not because I wanted, but my mom told I should do or were I going to end up in Hell. My teenager times were definited by bullying, emotional negligence, abuse, desilusional love, suicidal thoughts and porn addiction thanks my parents that for everytime I asked them about how could I get a boyfriend and I've only heard same stuff as ''Focus on God'' or ''Focus on your studies'' - since my 16s, I've always wished to marry someone special and built a family myself, but how much time passes, especially thanks the End of Times, more I get more and more depressed, highly anxious (I have anxiety issues) and comformed that I'll die alone. Jesus will come back and I will never have my dreams to be true. Just think that if God knew the hell I would suffer and that I'll be unlucky to love, so He wouldn't make me to dream and neither promise me that I will marry someone and built a family. It would be less worse and I would suffer less pain.

Thank you for this article. I thought I was the only person in the world that felt this way. Should I read those two books you mentioned to help me?

Hello! My name is Mackenzie and i'm 17. I love God and have always believed in Him, but just this year, August 11th, I was reborn and walked away from a lukewarm life. I feel so much closer to Him than I have in a long time. I'm really happy I found this piece you wrote because I feel the exact same way. Whenever I think about the revelation, my heart drops and my stomach feels all weird. I absolutely have no doubt that the coming of the Lord will be beautiful and filled with such happiness. The problem is, I am super scared about the revelation. Only because I am terrified of being in pain and suffering and feeling hopeless, ya know? I know everyone says that God will protect us and to trust Him, and I try as hard as I can to ignore the fear, but it also feels like i'm lying to myself from not thinking about it, does that make sense? So, in conclusion, I love God and can't wait for His coming, so we can finally be with Him and rise with Him, but at the same time, I'm scared of going thought suffering and even being killed. I know, I shouldn't be, but I am. I also get anxious about the mark of the beast because I don't want it, but I also don't know what it is and when it'll come. It says it is a chip right? That shall be inserted in either the forehead or wrist and stuff. Yet, all these issues about the vaccines, and not knowing what to do. Anyway, if you can send any words of comfort my way and how to get over my fear f being killed and about the mark of the beast and just, how to move on from the fear, I would totally appreciate it.

Please know your writings hit home. I am grateful for you. Will there be another post?

Hello. Very long story short. I am married and have been for 15 years. Prior to meeting my husband, I lived a pretty sinful life. When I met my husband, while we were dating and before we got married, I was not truthful with him about my past. This has bothered me for a long time, all throughout our marriage. I have repented to God SO MANY TIMES. I recently told my husband some of those things, but not all and I didnt tell all out of shame and fear. I am a Believer and have accepted Christ as Lord (Romans 10:9-10). I have been taught that when you do not disclose everything about your life to a trusted source you will be in danger of missing the rapture and/or going to hell. All of these things were done before I met my husband and before I fully surrendered my life to Christ. I have repented to the Lord, sincerely. If I don’t share these things with my husband, will I miss the rapture and Heaven? I love the LORD so much. I'm so nervous that I'm not measuring up in my life and will be like the 5 foolish virgins.

Thank you for this. I’m 18 and was baptized at age 8. I do genuinely believe in God and Jesus. I believe Jesus is lord and died on the cross for my sins and was raised on the third day. I do have OCD and PTSD from some severe abuse I faced as a young child. Because of this I have severe trust issues and doubt. I doubt everything. Even God sometimes. I have to remind myself God is not human and therefore will not let me down like other humans do. But then I worry, because I had that doubt- does this mean I’m not saved? I was taught doubting God at all results into going to hell. For example, when praying- I pray God brings me closer to him. Then I hear this tiny voice in my head saying “you doubt Him too much, He’s given up on you.” THEN I’ll turn around and say to myself “God will never give up on His children.” But then I will fear, that since I had that doubt, I will go to hell because I doubted God and my doubt may have angered Him. I’ve had full breakdowns, sobbing in the church bathroom to the point my youth pastor nearly called an ambulance for me because I couldn’t quit shaking. I will break down and just sob and say “what if the rapture occurs and I’m left behind and I go to hell because God is mad that I have doubts?” I genuinely cannot stop these doubts, part of my OCD is religious, so I avoid the numbers three and six, If I even see a six I panic thinking it’s a sign I’m going to hell. I know that’s not logical, but I can’t make it stop. Deep down I do trust God to save me, but I can’t stop those occasional “what if” thoughts. I know these doubts are not true and that once again, just because people have hurt me- doesn’t mean God will. My biggest fear is just that these doubts mean I’m not saved. The Bible says if you’re saved you have no question about it- but I do, do my doubts erase that I’ve been saved? I know I’m a sinner and that I deserve hell, and I know it’s my own selfish nature that makes me fear hell- but I genuinely am so terrified of it. The anxiety has caused severe physical illnesses. I can’t break out of the fear. Does anyone have any insight on what it means to have doubts but still believe and want to be a believer? Does anyone have any advice? It’s gotten to the point that I’ve wanted things to just stop and go away so I can stop being scared.

I’m 28 and experience some pretty intense anxiety about the end times. It’s been going on since I was a kid, hearing about how food would soon become scarce, how Y2K was going to usher in the Antichrist and so on. The end is always just one blink away and it leaves me a nervous wreck. This fear is one of the reasons I don’t enjoy my life at all. I can’t. The overwhelming feeling of “what’s the use” keeps me solidly anchored here. My Dad is very interested in prophecy so he spends a great deal of time consuming content related to it and it seems like everyone around me is constantly seeing signs everywhere. I can’t even enjoy looking at the night sky anymore because it longer seems beautiful, just terrifying. I worry a lot about what’ll happen to my cats once we’re gone. I try to remember what Jesus said about being anxious, but it doesn’t really help that much. I just want to be able to enjoy this life that God gave me without fearing tomorrow, but every time I start to get in a better headspace, someone around me will always manage to pull me back into my fear. They don’t do it intentionally, they just don’t understand why I’m going through this. I already feel depressed most of the time. I don’t need this anxiety to keep making it worse 😞

I'm unsure if l am saved l believe in God and Jesus is the died for my sin and asked to forgive my sins, but Im terrified of the rapture and death and some times seeing God. I also get confused and don't know when God's directing me even when I read the Bible. I want the Peace and assuredly the Christians around me have.I'm scared matt.7 21-22 applies to me.

Hello, I am 14 and have been raised a Christian. I have always had faith in God, but i have recently been trying to get closer to him. My reason for writing this is so maybe you could provide some comfort. I have had this terrible anxiety about the rapture for a couple years now. It comes and goes but when it comes it is terrible. My fear is not so much being there, but the getting there part. That one day I will hear a trumpet and just be teleported to Heaven. It's like when you're sitting in class and you're anxiously waiting for the bell to ring. That's what my anxiety is. And also the fact that it is coming no matter what. I know it is not something I should fear, but it still makes me anxious when it is mentioned. I don't really think about it in the day, but at night is when it is the worst. I can hardly fall asleep because my mind is just racing with thoughts about how it could happen any second or what it will be like when it does. Is there anything I could do to get rid of this anxiety about the end days and such? I really need your help!!!

I took the vaccine out of peer pressure and I’m terrified that it’s the mark. I wish I could take it back. I feel like I’m constantly having a panic attack and I’m having trouble focusing on every day tasks. I have moments where I feel close to god still but when I’m fearful I feel further. I hope I haven’t severed my relationship with god. I have other Christian friends who have taken it that aren’t afraid, but after seeing more prophecy fulfilled every week, it’s terrifying me. I just wish I could take it back and not get it.

Hi, my name is Zhy’elle, and I’m 16 years old, and honestly as a teenager I’m terrified. I was raised in a Christian household, where I was taught certain morals and I went to church every Sunday. However I didn’t start taking God seriously until about last summer since corona really opened my eyes to what’s going on. I had really bad rapture anxiety between august and December but I remembered this verse from Matthew where it says not to worry about tomorrow, but to focus on today. But seeing how they’re starting to mandate the vaccine for us to basically do anything, and realizing that this is basically conditioning for the mark is terrifying. I’ve always wanted to go to college, have a career, get married, have kids and live an amazing life to serve the Lord. But based on everything that’s happening I have a feeling that my hopes are pretty uncertain. Now personally I believe in the rapture, but since I don’t know for sure, it kills me inside, hearing some Christians say that we’ll be saved from God’s wrath, and then hearing other Christians say that we’ll have to go through this apocalyptic period is horrific to me as a teen. I can’t even watch the news without feeling scared or anxious, and it’s gotten so bad that I don’t even wanna enjoy my youth anymore, I just get so scared that if we were to go through this, that I might not be strong enough to die for Jesus, who literally gave His whole being for the entire world. It’s so scary and I don’t know what to do :(

For the past week, all that has consumed my mind is the “end times,” especially with the Coronavirus stuff happening right now. My family has constantly been saying how this pandemic is fulfilling one of the many prophecies of Revelation and how the rapture could happen any day now. At first, I just brushed this theory away because there have been major pandemics in the past, like the Spanish flu, the bubonic plague, etc. so why would and how could this one pandemic be so different from past ones? But even looking at religious scholars online say that this is different and it’s fulfilling one of the seven seals. All my mom is saying is how she’s ready for Jesus, and my sisters are mentally preparing to be gone by the end of this year practically. However, I’m terrified of it happening and am just not ready for it to happen. This has been controlling my daily life for a bit now, and even looking at the news or YouTube videos or just having a simple conversation about it triggers me and I feel sad and scared about the end. I know Christians are supposed to be excited about Jesus’ return and that fear is just Satan toying with your mind and that life on earth is only temporary, however, a part of me wants to have experiences that my parents have had and some of my siblings weren’t denied, like marriage, children, career opportunities, etc. I also feel like I’m not spiritually ready for his return and want more time to learn about him. I have believed in God my whole life, but only recently started getting into Christianity this year and I’ve been trying to accept Jesus as my Lord and savior (still trying to accept Him and feel it in my heart I guess you could say, I’m just not the most “feeling” person). I don’t want to worry about this anymore, but I don’t know who to talk to about my feelings on this. I feel that my family and anyone else who are Christians would judge me for this feeling because I’m thinking too worldly and shouldn’t want to live on earth and that Satan has me completely brainwashed with fear. But the majority of other people I know who aren’t religious would just make fun of me for being religious and wouldn’t even listen or help me through this. Are there any scriptures that dig into this? And is there any advice you could give me to help me not be so afraid but excited? And how do I cope that I may or may not get to have the same experiences as others?

I’m in tears. This has been a crippling fear in my life. And it’s been getting worse.I’ve had nightmare after nightmare about being left behind, and being scared out of my wits, of what I’m going to do when I only have the choice of taking the mark or dying. It’s a fear that has brought me to my knees. Some days SO bad, I feel it’s like the rapture has already happened and my fate’s been decided. I thought I was the only one, who was absolutely terrified, and I was on my own with God, to figure out how to live with this fear. I’m crying tears of relief that I am not the only Christian who lives with this fear completely overtaking their life. I am so so grateful that God led me to this site and this discussion board. I am overwhelmed by all of you sharing your fear, as well as the scriptures, re-assuring us, that our Heavenly Father is hear to comfort us. I do fear God. In both a healthy and unhealthy way. The thing that I would re-assure myself, in my own faith because I thought I was alone, is that when Jesus appeared, or God’s presence would appear, everyone was afraid. In every reference, the first thing they were always told, was “Don’t be afraid” up until now, that’s all I’ve held onto. I have been reading in Matthew right now, but I am going to start in on John, to see if that might help bring me more of the comfort it has brought to some of you. Thank you Jesus, for leading to this discussion board, and for finally showing me, I am not alone in this, and you are still in control as you have always been. Please be with all the others on here, please comfort all their fears, strengthen their faith, and bring others who are like me to this, so they too can know they are not alone. I ask this in your name. Amen.

Hello, my worries & anxiety about the rapture are a little different. I’m a lifelong Christian but haven’t always been as close to God as I would like & also don’t have a great knowledge of the Bible. I have an overwhelming fear of the unknown. I have faith & completely believe in God/Jesus, but my logic takes over sometimes and I have a really hard time not knowing exactly what will happen after the rapture & what afterlife in heaven will be like. The thought of death or the end or when someone mentions the rapture or says “I can’t wait for Jesus to come back”, my first emotion is anxiety/sadness. My heart knows that heaven is going to be beautiful & amazing but my mind just thinks about the sadness of not being with my husband & kids the way it is on earth. Not knowing what eternity will be like & relationships with my children/husband/family, is absolutely the most overwhelming feeling to me (as I write this on the verge of a panic attack). The intensity of my love for my husband & kids is so strong and I’m afraid it will be different in heaven. I know our life on earth is not just about us, but to live for Christ & to bring others to know him and that heaven will be so glorious. I’ve always heard that things in our earthly life won’t matter to us in heaven & it will all be about worshipping & praising God. I know that’s the purpose & our children are not ours, but Gods. It’s so hard for me to understand that & to think I may not be with my kids or have the same earthly relationship is gut-wrenching. I feel so much guilt for these thoughts & doubts, but I can’t stop the thoughts and it ends up taking over me. I’ll stop now or it will never end. Thanks for reading!

Pope Francis comment regarding fundamentalism being a plague on the globe these days . His comments resonate with my 45 years of previous life experience, as I saw the anti-Catholic fundamentalists out to convert priests and nuns and lay Catholics away from catholic teaching to Biblical Fundamentalism. Excerpt of Pope Francis comments: "Pope Francis called fundamentalism a disease that exists in all religions. In the Catholic Church we have some – many – who believe they possess the absolute truth and they go on sullying others through slander and defamation and this is wrong. I say this because it is my Church. Religious fundamentalism must be combatted. It is not religious, God is lacking, it is idolatrous."

I am paralyzed with fear over this. I try to talk with people about it but I can barely even put my fears into words and no one can relate. I’m praying day and night, I’m so depressed, I’m gripped by satans minions and I know it, but nothing is working to rebuke it. I would love to talk with someone. Is there someone who could? My therapist is great but not a Christian. And it’s destroying me. I am barely eating, sleeping, or able to take care of myself and family. On another note, since I feel isolated in all this: we’ve tried getting into churches around here but they are all following such extreme covid rules that it really is unwelcoming and makes me feel like they are just going with the grain of the world.

Thanks for this discussion. I am 43 and have become a believer in the last few years but no one around me, friends or family believes so it is tough. I belong to an online ministry called Ichthys which has really built my faith. I do fear the tribulation from time to time. Personally I do not believe in the rapture before the tribulation, I believe that we will be raptured at Jesus' 2nd coming. The thing people need to separate is two different sets of things that happen in the tribulation. 1) for believers we will be persecuted by the antichrist when we refuse the mark (which will be an actual Mark) and we will be persecuted generally by those around us 2) for unbelievers who have taken the mark they will experience the wrath of God which will be a very terrible thing but believers need not fear God because we are now His children and not appointed to wrath. So yes the tribulation will be a tough time but it will be impossibly hard for the unbelievers as they will experience the wrath of God whereas believers will have the love and fellowship of God throughout. The tribulation should be feared by unbelievers NOT believers as God is ON OUR SIDE. Remember that the antichrist, though powerful is merely a creature and that God is still on the throne the whole time. You will see in the bible that even when believers were persecuted, God was with them and protected them. See how God parted the sea to save the Israelites in Exodus 14 Read how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who were put into a furnace and Jesus was in the furnace with them and the fire didn't hurt them! Read Act 7:55 and see how Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God before he died! Realise how much God loves you! Realise that Jesus created the whole world and has overcome it, Satan AND DEATH! Jesus could walk on water because he created water itself! He literally invented water! He invented and created the earth you are standing on and he invented and created YOU! Jesus has power over life and death because He created life! A believer in Jesus has nothing to fear of death itself. David in the psalms said that "death had no sting". For us death is not the end but the beginning of blissful eternity. If eternity frightens you, don't let it. You know how you now have a concept of time passing? A second, a day, a month? Well in heaven you won't experience time like that anymore. We will be living outside of time so it won't feel the same. Peter said that a day is a thousand years to God and a thousand years is a day. It will be the same for us. You won't feel it so you can't fear it. You won't experience pain, fear, time or anything that worries you. There are no panic attacks in heaven. Just joy and peace in paradise. It is hard to comprehend it now but just imagine a moment in your life where you felt very safe, very comfortable and very loved and happy. Well that is how you will feel forever in heaven with Jesus! Remember how much Jesus loves you enough to die for you even when you were a sinner? Imagine how much more He loves you now that you believe in Him! So focus on living and loving now! We are not in the tribulation yet but these in 2021 are the birth pains. We can roughly work out a year (but not a day or hour) of the start of tribulation. We add 2000 years on to the year Jesus was crucified and then minus seven years. When tribulation begins it will be obvious as there will be loud trumpets and angels calling from heaven. There also will be an earthquake that you will not miss. Please do not fear though, you are now God's children. He literally knows how many hairs are on your head and also knows when a sparrow falls down. He knows everything and HE LOVES YOU. He loves you more than you'll ever know. People talk about not wanting to leave their family because they love them so much well God loves you infinitely larger amount than your family does. Remember the time that your family rowed with you or upset you and there was a time you doubted their love and this caused you pain? Well God is better than all of your family and loved ones put together because He will NEVER leave you nor forsake you! So yes go on living! Live every second of your life in love for God. There are people around you that need your love, your faith and support. You are only here to glorify God. That is your ONE purpose in life. Family and friends and jobs and school and hobbies etc are just extra blessings that God gives you but they are not the reason why you are here! You are CALLED to a greater purpose. You are CHOSEN. You are a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. You are a SAINT. So this will call for the perseverance of the SAINTS! You can do this because you have the comforter the Holy Spirit inside you! God is always with you. Go forth to love and praise the Lord! Amen!

I'm 61 and have dealt with the fear of the end of the world all my life... consciously and sub consciously.... with this past year, covid 19, vaccinations being imposed on people to travel, go to concerts or even to work has exacerbated this fear times 1000! I have many Christian friends who look forward to the end (because they believe in the rapture) but I'm more of a what if there isn't one? It's spiraling mostly too as I've turned 60+

I'm deb, and I'm 13. I always hear so much about how prophecies are being fuffilled such as Joe Biden winning the election is and that the end times is here. This bring so much fear to me because I don't feel as close To God as I was before and I haven't been spending time with him and when I do, it feels forced and I'm just doing so I don't go to hell, its not genuine.

To those particularly teens on this thread terrified- its normal- the enemy knows his time is short and is on the attack.Rebuke his voice in your ears and press into Jesus. We are not to have a spirit of fear but of power and a sound mind. Believe it or not the Bible has a dont fear message 365 times !-one for everyday of the year! I know it’s hard as I too fear fearful but God keeps His promises. Our God is an awesome God not a coward! Stand firm and keep your faith endure to the end and repent daily.

My name's logan and I'm 12 years old. I get really scared whenever I feel like I see "signs." And the worst part is that I don't know why I'm afraid of it. Maybe just the whole world ending scares me, or that I'm afraid I won't be able to live my life because I'll get raptured out. I'm really glad I've found somewhere where I can openly say how I feel. I've been Christian and going to church since I can remember, and I believe that Jesus died on the cross for us and that God is real. But for some reason, the rapture scares me. Please help.

Hello, With everything currently going on (covid19) and all these protests,earthquakes,talk of valacanoes erupting and locusts arriving I haven’t been able to focus and am crippled with fear.I believe in God,pray,don’t attend church and only read my bible every now and then and I feel like I am not where I need to be and will be left behind.I feel like I’m constantly on the verge of a panic attack and have a 18 month old baby boy and feel terrible I brought him into a world that is getting worse by the minute.I don’t know how to stop fearing this,it sounds like it’s going to be awful and I can’t find hope.

Hey I’ve been a Christian all my life and I do believe God exists. Ever since I was a child I came to realise I liked boys and tried so hard to change my ways but still felt the same ways towards boys. I read a few articles and websites saying God did not burn sodom and gamorah because there were gay people but because there was child trafficking. Is this true because I am gay and I do love God and want a relationship. This correlated to my fear of the end times as I don’t want to be rejected by the rapture and be left behind because I like boys. Is there any advice you can give to me?

please help me i’m 14 and i’m terrified i know the bible says no one knows when the rapture is coming not even the angels, but i’m so afraid it’s freaking me out more and more each day. I can’t even eat anymore i wake up sick and scared please help me

Hi, Im a thirteen year old and i am terrified for Jesus' return. i love my life, i dont want to die, and i srsly dont want to be left behind if the rapture is real. i feel like a 'lukewarm' christian (a christian who only believes in God because they are scared of going to hell) and i cannot enjoy my life because everything reminds me of end days. More prophecies are coming true such as the finalising of the building of the third temple which signifies the start of the end times. i rly dont want to die and im terrified. i keep having nightmares and i rly want to have a relationship with God but im struggling to keep one which scares me even more and I can talk to my parents about this either

Hey so I’m a young teen and I’m truly terrified of the end. Everyone says that it’s the last days and that scared me for many reasons. I want to grow up and live and have a family. And another reason is I’m afraid I’ll get left behind. This fear has taken over my life. I’m so scared that I’m in tears praying almost every night and I feel far away from God.i just want a relationship with him so bad.this fear is so bad that it’s making me question my salvation. I don’t know what to do, it’s making me want a relationship with God so bad that I’m about to quit doing the thinks I love to do. I look at these other Christians who are on fire for God and are exited that it’s the end. I just don’t get anything but fear. I feel like I won’t ever have a relationship with God and I will go to hell. Please help.

End times does not mean the 'End of the World' . See this www.judgmentday.info

Um im a 12 year old girl and ive been scared of this for 2 or 3 years. I went to church one day when i was about 9 and they showed us a movie about the rapture and u know the earthquakes and the wars and u know.. People getting left behind..ive been really scared and me being scared about this, it just happens everyday. Im scared of whats going to happen to this earth and my friends and family who dont belive in him. My parents are really religous and my mom watches like people worshipping him and them singing. And my dad always watches stuff about politcs and wars and God’s coming ( they are spanish btw) and i understand a lot of things that the video says. About the signs and everything. And I always keep thinking that “what if im not ready?“ “what if I get left behind?“ “what about judgement day? Will God accept me to his kingdom?“ and i have a lot of suicidal thoughts like “i should just kill myself so i cant feel this pain anymore“ and its so possesive. My dad comforts me about it and says that will only happen to the bad people and not me. But I still get scared about it. I also want to tell my friends about it to spread the gosepel but I also dont want them to get scared..

I related a lot to this article . And I’m thankful others feel the same . I’m someone who reads the Bible, is baptized, served in church, always cries in the presence of God, am a preacher, am baptized in the spirit aswell, I wake up to pray at 3 am, and I pray a lot . But for some reason I’m scared . I fear the rapture . Thinking about it scares me and gives me anxiety . I’m scared of the moment it happens. I’m scared of staying and being lukewarm. I wanna be happy and I wanna rejoice but I’m scared of change. I’m scared of leaving my family and life. But at the same time I long to home bc nothing feels right anymore. This world isn’t comfort for me . But I’m scared of going home . Pls help, I wanna continue life in happiness rejoicing in his coming but idk how to🥺

Hello my name is Vincent I am finding this in a fearful heart. It helps to know there are others dealing with this same fear. Although unlike everyone who commented, sometimes I fear that maybe I won’t go to heaven. I do love the lord and I too find peace when I pray to god thanking him for all the things that he does and has done, for all the great things in my life. And I also fear for my daughter and can directly relate to the fear of what’s to come for her and how could I subject her to this world. So I ask for prayers to overcome this as well as I have asked God to do the same for all of you. But I have a terrible trigger I can’t seem to shake.. YOUTUBE. I see very real evidence of visitors coming to earth that are being found by nasa then I myself see things in the sky that cannot be explained I’ve recorded these sightings and have shown people who state in a state of shock. How do I overcome these very real things that seem to defy what were taught in Sunday school as a kid. Please help me make sense of all this as I have a real battle going on in my mind everyday. I believe in Jesus and the Holy Spirit and the Father. But I have this burning desire to believe what I see also. YouTube triggers this fear everytime. Thanks for your prayers in advance.

Hello, I just need some guidance. I’m a fellow 13 year old Christian and I just feel so scared about everything that’s happening. Are we living in the end times? In the times of the Antichrist? Ever since I was a little kid that thought had terrified me. I am scared of the rapture, but more so, I’m Scared of being left behind. I don’t want to experience the evil of the Antichrist. I consider myself a good Christian (I read the Bible every so often, I take study classes on theology, I live in a Christian family, I pray every night, I attend a Christian school, I trust in Jesus and believe in him), but I am still scared. I know that God is real and I believe in him, but I am still scared that I will be left behind. Everyday I am hearing signs and things that point towards the end times, but I don’t want to experience the end times. I am just so scared and I don’t know what to do. I just want peace And to enjoy my life. Please help me.

Hey I really need answers I want to know if we are in the end of times I get sick just thinking about just thinking about men coming into my house decapitating my mom and sister my fear keeps on growing and sometimes I wish my parents didn't even have me I can't enjoy my life its so scary to think about the antichrist,hell,and the end of times.I just want to know if we are in the end of times. A part of me wishes that this isn't real and I also seem to not want to believe in god after reading all of this.

I really would love for someone to clear some things up for me I am a young woman and I’ve always believed in god but just recently began to dive into him and for my whol life the end times has given me a crippling fear that I haven’t gotten from anything else. Now that I’m older I’m not to afraid of it but the things that scare me are what is prophesied to happen, this virus doesn’t scare me but things like lakes of blood, sun blisters , war , all of those things put fear in my heart and I believe in the rapture because I truly don’t believe god would let his people who are truly devoted to him go through this. But when I hear some of you say that we won’t be raptured and I’ll have to go through those things I begin to become afraid all over again... I guess you could say I have 2 different scenarios 1. If I am right in saying that we will be raptured ... why do I fear things I won’t endure ? Why is it that I can’t seem to be as joyful and fear free as other Christians in my life ? 2. If we won’t be raptured why is that ? I don’t want to sound as if I’m questioning him because that’s the one thing I really really really don’t wanna do but I just can’t understand... and I feel like I’m in a limbo with all of my emotions and I just don’t know what to do with all of them I want to be able to just give it to god and just keep on keeping on but I just can’t and I don’t know why 😔 it bothers me so much because I feel like I’m so so so wrong for feeling this way and sometimes I feel like god gets disappointed in me when I do feel this way someone please help me understand 😭😭

Experiencing the same things. What are some of the things specifically you learned that helped “break the chains?”

This is absolutely horrible, I just feel like I can't live man. I thought I was the only one, but I'm not. That why it says in the word, not to worry, because people around the Earth are experiencing the same thing. And, that is very true. This fear just appeared to me over watching videos on youtube about the rapture happening, and there's no point in doing anything, because my whole life is going to be taken from me. That's what I I thought, and think. But it's all just a LIE. From Satan . You know why, Jesus said that he came to give us life, and life more abundantly. But I just don't know how to conquer it. That's why I haven't got a haircut in months, I don't really get regular showers, or even clean my room. I haven't made any Strong attempts for a better job. I just hate these thoughts. I hate them. The terrible thing is, if I spend all this time worrying, and the rapture doesn't even happen in my life, I'll just be dead anyway in 80 years. That's why I feel there's not even a point in life man. I have total faith that Jesus can take this away as well, I've been prayed for by my pastor several times.

I'm crying so hard right now. I've been dealing with this fear, this phobia for a while now and I didn't know what to do. It's gotten stronger and I cant look at a bright day the same without thoughts of our coming future. The day gets closer and closer and I feel more and more panic attacks coming through. It comforts me knowing that others are experiencing the exact same fear as me. How do I cope? I know when the day comes, we will rejoice for we are welcoming a friend. Jesus, God, He doesn't want us to fear. But I can't help the human side of me to think to much and panic and cry. I'm afraid to talk about this with my parents. I don't know what to do...

I hate this discussion. People like you have officially destroyed my life. Thanks a lot for nothing but pain. What sane person can live like this. Always in fear of Hell and the End Time. What will happen to all of your friends and family? Oh wait that’s right they’ll be tortured for all eternity. This religion sucks. It’s this discussions fault that I’m committing suicide. Hope you have a nice time making even more people insane. Let’s give applause to the stupidest religion ever! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It is so comforting to know that I am not the only one who has this fear. I fear the unknown, I fear growing old, I fear living without people I love.... I fear the future. I am in fear of my children’s safety. I just cannot fathom anything happening to them, I sometimes just sit and stare at them. They are totally innocent and have no idea what is coming. I know Jesus and I worship him. I have faith in his word, but what if God doesn’t find me worthy of being raptured up and saved? I could take it if it were just me, but my kids? I can’t even imagine. I know we must accept death, and I know that God wants us to have no fear, but I am human and the thought of that chance that I could miss the rapture terrifies me. I am not who I was because I no longer see the point of doing anything because of the last days. I am so scared on the inside... please pray for me that I rejoice instead of having this great fear..

I am struggling a lot with this in the last few months. Especially the last few weeks. I see prophecies coming true and I'm so scared of the things that are going to happen in this world in the last months and years. I'm having major trouble trying to figure out if I should have children and set goals and try to live a fulfilling life with my family and husband or should I just start to physically prepare for things like famine etc. I'm also scared because I know I am not courageous and I don't know how I am going to handle the things that may happen to me in the last days. I know Jesus as my Lord and savior and I am saved but there is the part of me that is just so scared that I just may not be good enough for the kingdom of heaven. I have always suffered with anxiety for as long as I can remember and now depression as well. So for anyone who reads this I just ask you to please pray for me to find peace, comfort, and understanding. Thank you. -Alexandra Hughes