People think the world will end tomorrow due to a viral prophecy from South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela. He claimed to have received a vision that the biblical "rapture" will occur on September 23-24, 2025, which coincides with the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets). According to him, God will come to "rescue the Christians out of the world," causing a powerful event that will leave the Earth "shaking" and unrecognizable. This prophecy has gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok under the hashtag #RaptureTok, leading some believers to quit their jobs, sell their possessions, and prepare for the end.
Historically, such predictions are common and have repeatedly occurred without any actual apocalypse. Major doomsday scares like the 2012 Mayan calendar prediction, Y2K, or Harold Camping’s failed rapture dates have caused panic but did not come to pass. Experts and scientists confirm there is no factual or scientific basis for the world ending tomorrow; NASA and other monitoring agencies detect no catastrophic threats.
In summary, the belief arises from a religious vision shared by a pastor and amplified by social media, fitting into a long history of apocalyptic predictions that have always proven false.
