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Rapture predictions by year
21 documented predictions in date order. Each entry has its own page with the reasoning, sources and what happened.
500
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Hippolytus of Rome expects the end around the year 500
c. 500 · Hippolytus of Rome · Date passed
1000
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Apocalyptic expectations around the year 1000
c. 1000 · Various medieval chroniclers and preachers · Record disputed
1600
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Martin Luther and a limit of about 1600
c. 1600 · Martin Luther · Record disputed
1843
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William Miller and the return of Christ in 1843 to 1844
1843–1844 · William Miller and the Millerites · Later reinterpreted
1844
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Samuel Snow, the seventh-month message and October 22, 1844
October 22, 1844 · Samuel S. Snow and the Millerites · Later reinterpreted
1914
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The Watch Tower Society and the end of the Gentile Times in 1914
1914 · Charles Taze Russell and the Watch Tower Society · Later reinterpreted
1918
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Watch Tower expectations for 1918
1918 · Joseph F. Rutherford and the Watch Tower Society · Date passed
1925
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Watch Tower expectations for 1925
1925 · Joseph F. Rutherford and the Watch Tower Society · Date passed
1975
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Watch Tower expectations for 1975
1975 · Watch Tower Society · Later revised
1981
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Chuck Smith and the expectation of a Rapture before 1981
1981 · Chuck Smith · Date passed
1982
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Pat Robertson and the "judgment on the world" statement of 1980
1982 · Pat Robertson · Record disputed
1988
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Hal Lindsey and the forty-year generation from 1948
c. 1988 · Hal Lindsey · Record disputed
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Edgar Whisenant and 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988
September 11–13, 1988 · Edgar C. Whisenant · Later revised
1992
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The Mission for the Coming Days and October 28, 1992
October 28, 1992 · Lee Jang-rim and the Mission for the Coming Days · No matching event documented
1994
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Harold Camping and September 1994
September 6, 1994 · Harold Camping and Family Radio · Later revised
2000
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Y2K and end-times expectations around the year 2000
January 1, 2000 · Various authors and commentators · No matching event documented
2011
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Harold Camping and May 21, 2011
May 21, 2011 · Harold Camping and Family Radio · Later revised
2012
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The 2012 Maya calendar claims
December 21, 2012 · Popular authors and online communities · No matching event documented
2014
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The four blood moons of 2014 and 2015
2014–2015 · John Hagee and Mark Biltz · Record disputed
2017
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The Revelation 12 sign and September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017 · David Meade (pen name) and others · Later revised
2025
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Joshua Mhlakela and the September 2025 Rapture claim
September 23–24, 2025 · Joshua Mhlakela · No matching event documented