when does the rapture happen

The most recent prominent prediction by South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela claimed the rapture could happen on September 23 or 24, 2025. This prediction coincides with the Jewish feast of Rosh Hashanah, also called the Feast of Trumpets, traditionally linked to end-times prophecy. However, such date- setting attempts have repeatedly failed throughout history, and informed Christian teachings caution that the exact day or hour of the rapture is unknown and unknowable, as even Jesus said in Matthew 24:36 that no one knows the day or hour except God the Father. The belief in the rapture involves faithful believers being suddenly taken up to meet Christ in the air, while others remain for tribulation, but predictions of specific dates like 2025 have no biblical certainty and are widely considered speculative.