Overview

• After no global event occurred on Sept. 23–24, many creators who promoted the Rapture date deleted or privatized posts, issued apologies, or shifted to new timelines, while a minority doubled down.
• The dates trace to a June interview with South African claimant Joshua Mhlakela on CenttwinzTV, whose message spread broadly on TikTok and Google, with hundreds of thousands of #rapture posts and a sharp spike in search interest.
• Some followers documented preparations such as selling cars, quitting jobs, and leaving Bibles and instructions for those they believed would be “left behind.”
• Unverified clips purportedly showing large forest gatherings circulated widely; Newsweek reported no confirmation of time or place, with a visual estimate pointing to Ngwo Pine Forest in Enugu, Nigeria.
• Religious scholars and pastors publicly cautioned that date-setting contradicts biblical teaching and noted that belief in a Rapture timeline is not universal among Christians.