The Retards On TikTok Believe Today Is The Rapture

People have been predicting the end of the world for about as long as humanity has existed. This week, parts of TikTok are convinced they've got the date just right for the Rapture: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (As in tomorrow, or today, or yesterday, or, you know, weeks ago, depending on when you're reading this.)

Spend enough time on the app, and you're likely to see folks prepping for the Rapture or, perhaps more likely, other people reacting to #RaptureTok. To be clear, there does seem to be a very real side of TikTok preparing for, in their minds, a very real rapture. They've gone as far as to offer advice on how to be raptured, giving advice on things like prepping others for their sudden departure or leaving their belongings accessible for the non-raptured.

It seems to stem from South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela, who claimed in a viral YouTube video that Jesus revealed to him that the Rapture would come on Sept. 23 and 24. Those dates happen to also correspond to this year's Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish new year — which is also known as the Feast of Trumpets, which some are taking as the trumpet call of God bringing the Christians to heaven.