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A woman who has claimed to have sold her house in fear that the world will end today has explained why she is convinced that ‘the rapture’ is coming.
Rumors of an impending rapture are doing the rounds on social media after a South African pastor predicted that today (September 23) will be a global judgement day.
This isn’t the first time that people have predicted that the world will come to an end.
Back in 2012, many believed that doomsday was upon us as this coincided with the conclusion of the Mayan calendar.
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Then, again in 2020, many feared it could be the end of time due to a prediction from Jeane Dixon, who had also predicted the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
Now, it looks like another theory is upon us with many believing that the pastor, Joshua Mhlakela, could be onto something.
Mhlakela appeared on the CENTTWINZ TV YouTube channel, where he claimed that God will come to ‘rescue the Christians out of the world’ on September 23 and 24, 2025.
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 ‘unrecognizable’.
He also alleged that the rapture would happen with ‘such power’ that it would cause the Earth to ‘shake’.
“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’.”
One TikToker, @alpharoyce_, has taken to the video sharing app to detail her own thoughts on the rapture, saying: “As many of you know, the rapture’s on Tuesday. I’ve given away all my earthly possessions to the heathens that I know will not be coming with us, the chosen ones.
“I’ve already transferred the deed to my house. I just need to give this car away.”
Stand-up comedian Kevin Fredericks remarked: “They are selling their cars, clothes, some people are making post-rapture kits for the people who are left behind.”
He went on to say: “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…
“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.”
