Rapture anxiety is a psychological phenomenon characterized by an overwhelming fear or general anxiety concerning the Rapture, an event in dispensational and premillennial Christian eschatologies where it is believed that Jesus Christ will return to Earth and raise faithful Christians into heaven before the apocalypse.
[1] In many popular depictions of the Rapture, Christians physically rise into the sky, sometimes leaving their clothes behind.
It is not accepted by either the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church, who purport that the calling of Christians into heaven as described in verses such as 1 Thessalonians[5] will not be a literal, physical ascension.
[6][7] Furthermore, historic Protestant denominations espouse eschatological positions, such as amillennialism or postmillennialism, which also do not accept the concept of rapture.
Despite this, many children fear that because of some minor sin or transgression, they will be left behind on Earth while their loved ones enter heaven.