2026 is already off to a wild start, with Epstein file releases, World War III fears, and all the typical memeworthy moments of President Donald Trump.
Remembering that 2025 contained everything from Katy Perry in space to Lily Allen's revenge album, the Coldplay kiss cam scandal to Nicki Minaj and Cardi B exchanging blows online, who knows what the next 10 months will contain?
We've already turned to Baba Vanga to see what's on the way in 2026, and while there are still wild theories about aliens soon making contact, did anyone have the return of Jesus H. Christ on their bingo card?
Away from creating controversy with the world's first 'free' grocery store, Polymarket is a cryptocurrency-based prediction market that lets you place bets on anything and everything.
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There are some weird and wonderful bets over on Polymarket, with everything from how many people Donald Trump will deport in 2025 to the chances that Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show will be the most-viewed ever on the docket.
You can even bet on the odds of a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire happening before GTA 6 is released.
One of the more unusual is the chance that Jesus Christ will finally make his second coming in 2026. On February 4, those chances just leaped to 4%, leaving many confused about whether the Polymarket masses know something the rest of us don't know.
At the time of writing, the chances of Jesus' return are holding steady at 4%, with $893,578 worth of bets being placed.
Considering spiritual teacher and author Jill M Jackson has seemingly prophesied a series of earthquakes, maybe we should be turning to her in terms of what Polymarket bets we should be making.
In 2025, $3,267,970 worth of bets were made on Jesus returning before midnight on December 31, and unless we missed the memo, it didn't happen.
Discussing the idea of betting on Jesus' return was previously called out in an article from Bloomberg, with Melinda Roth, associate professor at Washington and Lee School of Law, saying: "A market like this is distracting. [It] also diminishes the value of actual prediction markets that provide insights and useful information.”
Over on Reddit, some pointed out how betting 'No' on Christ's return yielded a healthy 5.5% annual gain in 2025.
For those questioning how Polymarket can determine whether Jesus has returned, the site raised a few eyebrows as it stated: "The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible sources."
Replying to the latest trend, one person on X wrote: "You idiots do know you’ll make more than 4% if you leave the money in the bank for that time?”
Another joked: "We can only hope...only thing getting us out of this mess..."
A third concluded: "Haha to the dude who just spiked this graph. Congrats if you win, but Jesus has returned so everything ends. What was the point of betting?"
Jesus strolling back through the doors of your local church could indeed earn you a tidy sum on Polymarket, but with it bringing around a potential rapture, we're sure you'll have bigger things to worry about than your betting odds.