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Topics: Religion, Social Media, TikTok, YouTube, Cars
Ella Scott
Topics: Religion, Social Media, TikTok, YouTube, Cars
A man has sold his car while others have quit their careers after hearing how a South African pastor promised the Earth would ‘shake’ with ‘such power’ from tomorrow.
There have been numerous times that the world was prophesied to end, including the conclusion of the Mayan calendar in 2012 and in 2020, according to Jeane Dixon, the woman who predicted the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Tomorrow we’re supposed to experience another end-of-the-world event, according to Joshua Mhlakela, a religious man from South Africa.
Appearing on the CENTTWINZ TV YouTube channel, Mhlakela explained that he knows God will be coming to ‘rescue the Christians out of the world’ on September 23 and 24, 2025.
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Coincidentally, this is the same day that Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, is taking place.
Rosh Hashanah is a holy day marking the beginning of the Jewish new year. In a prophetic sense, for many Christians, it signifies the rapture—the return of Christ.
The pastor explained that on Rosh Hashanah, God’s judgement would leave the world ‘unrecognisable’.
He also alleged that the rapture would happen with ‘such power’ that it would cause the Earth to ‘shake’.
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“The rapture is upon us, whether you are ready or not,” he said in an interview with Innocent & Millicent Cent.
“I saw Jesus sitting on his throne, and I could hear him very loud and clear saying, ‘I am coming soon.’”
Mhlakela’s prophecy claiming Jesus would make his ‘grand return’ later this week has spread like wildfire on social media.
RaptureTok has well and truly taken over TikTok, with some believers requesting that Jesus allow them to take their dogs to heaven.
“I ask God all the time to please take my dogs when we’re raptured,” said one user, according to the New York Post.
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People are also reportedly quitting their jobs in preparation for them and their Christian neighbours being lifted up into the sky by the Son of God.
“They are selling their cars, clothes, some people are making post-rapture kits for the people who are left behind,” remarked stand-up comedian Kevin Fredericks.
He also questioned the date's validity, claiming that if the rapture was ‘definitely’ happening on September 23, then wouldn’t it take place at a different time across the world?
“What time zone is it happening in? Because the whole thing about the rapture that I was taught was that no man knows the date or the hour…
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“There are 24 time zones on Earth, 38 if you include the ones that have half-hour times. No man knows how you all know,” he said in a reel.
It turns out Fredericks is correct - people are actually parting with their vehicles in the hopes of being accepted by Jesus Christ.
Tilahun Desalegn was convinced by Mhlakela’s prophecy, posting a video to TikTok admitting he’d got rid of his five-year-old car because he was ‘catching a flight to heaven’ in September.
“She’s got to go. I won’t need her beyond September. I’m going home, to where my father in heaven is,” the religious TikTok user claimed.
Desalegn, who has racked up 25,500 followers on the platform, recently posted a video explaining what he would do if the so-called rapture doesn’t end up taking place.
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“If the 23 and 24 September comes and goes by and I’m still here, on the 25 of September if I’m still here, I will upload an apology video [for] everyone that I convinced there was going to be a rapture and left them disappointed.
“I will acknowledge I was very likely deceived and that I was not hearing from God,” he added before claiming he would ‘probably never talk about the rapture again’.
It’s not known what time the presumed rapture will take place, but keep your eyes on TikTok for the possible fallout.