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

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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.

[wcmagumba]

1. Apparently Jeebus changed his mind...

[JoseBalow]

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

[MrWowWow]

2. Will They Give Away Their Money and Property?

Please provide a link to that list!!!

[Attilatheblond]

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

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]

4. Your last sentence--exactly.

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]

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

Seems to me

[tanyev]

8. That could indeed be true.

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]

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

"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]

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

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]

12. Nothing happening here

Except a bit of rain and wind. SE Oz.

[Jerry2144]

13. NO one is flying naked through the air?

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

[womanofthehills]

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

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]

10. Wouldnt it be great if they all went away

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

[tavernier]

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

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.