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According to TikTok, we might be living in the end times.

TikTokers posting under the hashtag #Rapture reckon that September 2025 is the season finale for humanity, and are earnestly awaiting the end of the world.

Welcome to RaptureTok.

"RaptureTok" is a corner of TikTok which is hotly anticipating the Rapture, a belief that faithful Christians, living and dead, shall soon be swept up in the sky with Jesus Christ.

TikTok is filled with videos of content creators who genuinely believe that the world is coming to an end -- some are even selling their cars and quitting their jobs.

The phenomenon has caught the attention of the wider web, with outsiders tuning into RaptureTok as though it is a reality TV series.

Many of the videos are surprisingly practical, showing believers taking careful steps to ensure that their anticipated disappearance won't leave a mess behind.

Non-believers are firmly expected to be left behind, so if you don't notice anything unusual happening on Tuesday, that might just be part of the divine plan.

The flood of Rapture videos quickly inspired satirical skits from non-believers, who made videos mocking the trend.

Faithful TikTokers believe the Rapture will arrive tomorrow -- Tuesday 23 of September.

The specific date came from Joshua Mhlakela, a South African pastor who claims that he saw Jesus in a vision, returning to the world on Rosh Hashanah (New Year in Judaism).

In an interview with CettwinzTV, Mhlakela warned, "The Rapture is upon us, whether you are ready or not."

Mhlakela then gave his prediction a bit of breathing room, clarifying that the Rapture will occur "on the 23rd and 24th of September 2025."

Hence, if Tuesday proves uneventful, there's always the day after.

The anticipation of something big on the horizon, however, isn't just confined to TikTok.

2025 has been an unsettlingly eventful year, and it's far from over -- the rest of the web seems to share a foreboding feeling.

The vibes, it seems, are off.

The Rapture is a prediction that Jesus will descend from Heaven and lift up the faithful "to meet the Lord in the air," as divine judgement sweeps the Earth.

RaptureTok, however, is not doom-mongering, as the Rapture is viewed with great anticipation. TikTok videos show excited believers speculating about the final hours and even cracking jokes.

The Rapture is not universally accepted among Christians -- it's a belief held mainly by Evangelicals.

Other Christian denominations view the Rapture as a modern idea, branching off from the concept of the Second Coming of Christ.

This isn't the first time the Rapture or the Apocalypse has been predicted -- far from it -- history is filled with failed predictions of the Second Coming.

Thankfully, the Apocalypse has proved stubbornly elusive (at least, so far).

Isaac Newton famously calculated that the end would arrive in 2060, so if Tuesday fails to bring about the Rapture, at least there's another date to look forward to.