Why people on TikTok think the rapture is coming and that the world is ending this week [View all]

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.”

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