September 23–24, 2025
Joshua Mhlakela and the September 2025 Rapture claim
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Quick facts
- Predicted date
- September 23–24, 2025
- Who predicted it
- Joshua Mhlakela
- When announced
- 2025
- Reasoning
- The claim was based on a dream, reported by the preacher, and on the timing of the Jewish New Year. It did not come from a published calculation.
- What happened
- The dates passed without a documented event matching the prediction.
- Historical status
- Well documented. The prediction and its date appear in primary or reliable secondary sources.
- Outcome label
- No documented event matching the prediction occurred
- Editorial certainty
- Low: thin or conflicting sources
- Editorial review
- Pending. This entry has not yet been checked line by line against its sources. Treat details as provisional.
Prediction
What did Joshua Mhlakela predict?
A South African preacher said that believers would be taken on September 23 or 24, 2025, around Rosh Hashanah. The claim spread widely on TikTok and other platforms.
Interpretation by the author
Why did they believe it?
The claim was based on a dream, reported by the preacher, and on the timing of the Jewish New Year. It did not come from a published calculation.
Scripture as used by the author
Biblical basis cited
Not documented in detail. The claim cited the feast of Trumpets and 1 Thessalonians 4.
Historical record
Historical context
The claim circulated at a time when short-form video was the main channel for such predictions. Many Christians, pastors and denominational leaders publicly responded by citing Matthew 24:36.
Historical record
What happened when the date passed?
The dates passed without a documented event matching the prediction.
Historical record
What happened afterward
The sources consulted for this entry do not document what the preacher said afterward. This entry should be updated when reliable sourcing is found.
Scripture
Passages cited
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1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (KJV)
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
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Matthew 24:36 (KJV)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
Excerpts are from the King James Version (public domain). Listing a verse here does not mean this site agrees with how the author used it.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Various outlets. Press and social media coverage, September 2025. 2025. Website Specific citations still need to be added. This entry has the thinnest sourcing in the collection.
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