Some social media users are bracing for the end of the world.

Videos tagged #Rapture have gone viral in recent days, with some warning that Jesus will return Sept. 23-24 for the Rapture, an event during which followers believe they will ascend into the sky to meet Jesus Christ.

What is the Rapture?

The Rapture refers to a largely evangelical belief that faithful Christians will be “caught up” to meet Jesus in the air before a period of judgement on earth. Many point to 1 Thessalonians 4:17 as the scriptural basis: “We who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”

But the idea of the Rapture as a separate event from Jesus’ second coming is relatively recent.

“Some Christians believe the rapture doctrine is biblical,” s

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