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Okay so, the #Rapture didn’t happen…
Writer Becky Hunter Kelm unpacks the viral wave of #RaptureTok and the bold claims of a South African pastor who predicted Jesus’ return in September 2025. What follows is both a cultural reflection on how end-times theories spread online and a biblical reminder of where our hope truly lies.
This month, the hashtag #rapture went viral on Tiktok and Instagram since a pastor from South Africa called Joshua Mhlakela claimed to have a vision that Jesus would return on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. He claimed that ‘The Rapture’ would take place on either September 23rd or 24th, 2025.
The hashtag ‘RaptureTok’ has also blown up on TikTok with a whopping 300.000 posts on the subject, from theological explanations attempting to validate Mhlakela’s claims, to Christians even getting rid of all their possessions prior to the expected ‘rapture’.
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