A new craze is sweeping the internet : a doomsday prophecy warning that the end of days is nigh.

Evangelical Christians are predicting that the rapture will come this week, with believers leaving Bibles in their houses for “those left behind” and even selling their worldly belongings.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the trend has been picked up in equal measure by TikTok users mocking what has been dubbed “RaptureTok”.

Behind it all is South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela, who claimed Jesus told him the rapture is imminent and would start on either 23 or 24 September.

In an interview posted on 17 June, Mhlakela told religious YouTube channel CettwinzTV he had seen visions of Jesus Christ returning on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and said: “The rapture is upon us, whether you are r

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