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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,081 posts) Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:00 PM Tuesday

Why people on TikTok think the rapture is coming and that the world is ending this week

The rapture is here — that is, according to worshippers on TikTok. People are convinced that the end of days will take place between today, Sept. 23, and tomorrow, Sept. 24 — and have decided to prepare accordingly. The phenomenon stems from the evangelical Christian belief that Jesus Christ will return to Earth and ascend to heaven with only his truest believers, leaving the unsaved behind to endure God’s judgment for seven years.

The Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 dates are courtesy of South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela, who claimed in a YouTube video from earlier this year that Jesus Christ told him that is when the world is ending. While predictions of the world ending are anything but new, Christians on TikTok, who’ve come across Mhlakela’s sermon, seem to wholeheartedly believe him.

What exactly is ‘RaptureTok’?

It’s a corner of TikTok where users are posting videos of themselves either discussing or preparing for the end of the world. Christians on TikTok staunchly believe that chaos will erupt on Earth when they’re swept up in the clouds with Jesus Christ. Leaving Earth, according to Christians on TikTok, is a glorious occasion and a great honor.

One woman on RaptureTok said, in what she declared her final video, “I feel like it’s time for me to step away from TikTok. I feel like my story is over. I have been so blessed by this, and the Lord has done so much, and I am so grateful to have been his vessel.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/article/why-people-on-tiktok-think-the-rapture-is-coming-and-that-the-world-is-ending-this-week-202334215.html

The rapture was never part of Christianity till John Nelson Darby invented it in the 19th century.

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Why people on TikTok think the rapture is coming and that the world is ending this week (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP

Apparently Jeebus changed his mind... wcmagumba Tuesday #1

"Superman, you're an asshole when you're drunk." JoseBalow Tuesday #11

Will They Give Away Their Money and Property? MrWowWow Tuesday #2

Well, that might explain why my Halloween adverse neighbors dragged their BBQ out to the street Attilatheblond Tuesday #3

Your last sentence--exactly. tanyev Tuesday #4

I think the guy who wrote it was on some good drugs Captain Zero Tuesday #7

That could indeed be true. tanyev Tuesday #8

Maybe the rapture has already happened, and they're still here... with us. Norrrm Tuesday #5

What time will it happen? In which time zone Jerry2144 Tuesday #6

Nothing happening here canetoad Tuesday #12

NO one is flying naked through the air? Jerry2144 Tuesday #13

In the mid 90's - the Heavens Gate cult built an earthship in a nearby town womanofthehills Tuesday #9

Wouldnt it be great if they all went away Johonny Tuesday #10

I'm 78. My grandmother told me about tavernier Tuesday #14

wcmagumba

(4,748 posts)

1. Apparently Jeebus changed his mind...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:03 PM

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JoseBalow

(8,488 posts)

11. "Superman, you're an asshole when you're drunk."

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:53 PM

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MrWowWow

(1,377 posts)

2. Will They Give Away Their Money and Property?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:05 PM

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Please provide a link to that list!!!

Attilatheblond

(7,336 posts)

3. Well, that might explain why my Halloween adverse neighbors dragged their BBQ out to the street

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:10 PM

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with a big "FREE!" sign on it. I think their 'faith' isn't as strong as they profess it to be, since the car isn't out there with a sign and the keys in the ignition.

tanyev

(47,897 posts)

4. Your last sentence--exactly.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:21 PM

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Denominations that accept a more scholarly approach to the historical context of the books of the Bible teach that The Revelation of John is 100% a commentary on events happening at the time the author was writing, not a literal prophecy of events nearly 2000 years in the future.

But that doesn’t make any money for grifters looking to prey on the fears of the credulous.

Captain Zero

(8,454 posts)

7. I think the guy who wrote it was on some good drugs

Reply to tanyev (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:34 PM

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Seems to me

tanyev

(47,897 posts)

8. That could indeed be true.

Reply to Captain Zero (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:37 PM

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CNN
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If there were any more fun facts to learn about cannabis, its ritualistic use at a biblical site in Israel can now be added to the list.

In 1963, two limestone altars were found at the entrance to the “Holy of Holies” of a Judahite shrine at Beersheba Valley, in Israel’s Tel Arad, an archaeological mound located west of the Dead Sea and surrounded by mountain ridges known as the Arad Plain.

The site is divided into a lower city and an upper hill. Inside the site, there is a shrine devoted to Yahweh, the Hebrew name of God used in the Bible.

Analysis of the materials on two altars, now housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, found they contained cannabis and frankincense, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Tel Aviv.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/world/tel-arad-shrine-israel-cannabis-study-scn

Norrrm

(3,045 posts)

5. Maybe the rapture has already happened, and they're still here... with us.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:23 PM

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"that Jesus Christ told him that is when the world is ending."

One would think that God/Jesus is powerful enough to tell all of us, not just some opportunist.

Such as a voice from the heavens.

Jerry2144

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6. What time will it happen? In which time zone

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Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:26 PM

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If it’s tomorrow, let’s check on New Zealand and Australia since it’s tomorrow there already. Have they been raptured yet? Does the Rapture happen concurrently across all time zones? Or only at local noon?

canetoad

(19,527 posts)

12. Nothing happening here

Reply to Jerry2144 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:00 PM

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Except a bit of rain and wind. SE Oz.

Jerry2144

(2,996 posts)

13. NO one is flying naked through the air?

Reply to canetoad (Reply #12)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:29 PM

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If they are flying through the air naked, is that the Rapture or is it just a damn fine party?

womanofthehills

(10,405 posts)

9. In the mid 90's - the Heavens Gate cult built an earthship in a nearby town

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:34 PM

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In the foothills of the Manzano Mts

The raptured up themselves (39 of them) in a spacecraft behind the Hale - Boop comet. To board the spacecraft, they had to exit their bodies.

Johonny

(24,775 posts)

10. Wouldnt it be great if they all went away

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:35 PM

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It would be great for all of us. Come on God I'm counting on you.

tavernier

(13,972 posts)

14. I'm 78. My grandmother told me about

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:55 PM

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the time that she was a little girl and all the townspeople of her village went to the top of the largest hill because there had been a prediction about the world ending that night. They gathered and sat huddled together and sang songs awaiting the end. She said she vaguely remembered in her sleep her father picking her up and carrying her back home and putting her in her bed. The next morning life went on as usual.

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