I have to admit that eschotolligy the study of the end of time has never been a popular topic with me, nor am I the person you want teaching about it on Sunday. I have no charts, no graphs, no timelines…and I wouldn’t trust them if I did.
I’m sure some of my aversion goes back to when I was a kid. I was raised on pre-tribulation rapture theology, coupled with my own brand of self-imposed legalism, because I had a tormenting sense of conscience…which meant I spent much of my “tween” years fearful of missing the rapture by some sin I might commit that might disqualify me moments before it happened. (I’m sure watching those cheesy “Thief in the Night” films they were showing in church in those days didn’t help much. Those movies scared me snotless.)