People claim the 'rapture' is back on for this week because the wrong calendar was used
Remember the rapture that was meant to spell the end of humankind as we know it, which never materialised?
Well, according to some folks online, it wasn't a false prophecy after all - and in fact, the day of retribution has been rescheduled. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were told that the world was supposedly set to end on either the 23rd or the 24th of September... but both of those days came and went, and we're all still standing.
So, the people who had been peddling the 'rapture' theory on social media were left pretty red-faced when it never came to pass, especially as people had been selling their cars and belongings in preparation for it.
South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela was one of the loudest voices proclaiming that the end of the world was nigh, and he boldly declared he was 'a billion per cent' certain that it would take place last month.
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He called on Christians to get their houses in order before God came to 'rescue' them, claimed that non-believers would be left to face the wrath and warned that the world would be left 'unrecognisable'.
And although life on this weird and wonderful planet has continued to get crazier by the day, Mhlakela's other predictions didn't come true.
However, it turns out that there may have been a mix-up when he interpreted the message he claims God gave him back in 2018.
The pastor has alleged that he was visited by God seven years ago in a dream, in which he was informed that he was to be a 'vessel' who would spread His message.
According to Mhlakela, God told him that 'he was going to use me in this last move before he comes'.
As his claims about the rapture coming in September went viral, Mhlakela had a lot to answer for when it didn't transpire.
So, he sat down with the hosts of CENTTWINZ TV to explain himself and revealed that he may have made a slight oversight, which resulted in him getting the supposed dates wrong.
Mhlakela explained that it dawned on him after watching a video that back in the day, Jesus was working off the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian one we use these days.
Most of the world now abides by this schedule, which was first introduced in 1582 and adopted by Britain in 1752. We made the switch to the Gregorian calendar, which is named after Pope Gregory XIII, after boffins realised it wasn't entirely accurate timings-wise.
The one we use now has a 0.002 per cent correction on the length of a year, though the difference in days went from Julian being 13 days behind to 12 in 1900, when the Julian calendar didn't have a leap year.
According to Britannica, the 'current discrepancy between the Julian and Gregorian calendars is 13 days, however, the difference will become 14 days in 2100'.
So, what does this mean in relation to the alleged rapture?
Well, Christians reckon that we need to add another 13 days onto the original date Mhlakela came up with...and that would take us to either this Monday (6 October), or Tuesday (7 October).
"It clicked to me," the pastor said. "People have to believe me. I repeat this. I saw Jesus face-to-face. There's a narrative out there that it was not the real Jesus...we will see in days to come."
Once again, Mhlakela is willing to bet it all on the rapture actually taking place, only this time on either Tuesday or Wednesday (8 October).
So brace yourself, lads, as he reckons the rapture round two is on this week.
Topics: Religion, World News, Weird, Conspiracy Theory, Viral
Olivia Burke