Overview
- Multiple outlets reported by Wednesday that the predicted event had not taken place, even as online chatter continued.
- Posts on TikTok and YouTube propelled hashtags such as #RaptureTok and #rapturenow and drove a spike in Google searches, with “rapto” trending above Taylor Swift in recent hours.
- Mhlakela says he received a 2018 vision and later posted videos naming Sept. 23–24, 2025, a timeframe some backers linked to Rosh Hashanah and the Feast of Trumpets.
- Anecdotal reports showed individuals selling belongings, quitting jobs, and leaving instructions for others, while many users responded with skepticism or humor.
- Scholars and clergy placed the claim in a long history of failed date-setting—from the Millerite movement to Harold Camping—and cited Matthew 24:36 to argue the date cannot be known.