The 1992 Dami Mission Rapture Panic

October 28, 1992.

For those who remember that night, the word rapture was no joke.

At midnight, Jesus would return in the air, and the chosen would ascend to heaven.
After that, war, famine, and catastrophe would begin on earth.

There were people who believed this.

The Dami Mission Church claimed that the rapture would occur at midnight on October 28, 1992.
The Dong-A Ilbo later summarized that the group predicted the rapture for that date—
but nothing happened.

That night, people dressed in white and gathered in churches.

According to a retrospective by The Korea Daily (U.S. edition), around 8,200 believers gathered in 155 churches nationwide, waiting for midnight.
They believed they would rise into the sky and meet Jesus.

The scene was frightening for a simple reason:

A dark church.
People in white.
Apocalyptic slogans on the walls.
Faces waiting for the clock to strike twelve.

Some sold their possessions.
Some quit school.
Some broke with their families.

When someone believes “the end is near,” their life begins to unravel.

If tomorrow doesn’t exist, then nothing you do today matters.
Money, work, school, home—none of it matters.
In that void, some gave offerings, and some simply stopped living their lives.

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