Scroll through TikTok, and it might feel like the end of the world.
The big picture: Videos about an alleged Rapture have taken TikTok by storm, as end times discussion finds a new vehicle — algorithmic social media.
- Some Christians generally see the Rapture as an end times event when believers ascend to heaven during Jesus Christ's second coming.
- As you might imagine, there's plenty of skepticism and division over how the Rapture would play out.
Driving the news: Two weeks ago, a South African pastor claimed the Rapture would hit Tuesday — and it quickly became TikTok fodder.
- "The Rapture is upon us," Joshua Mhlakela said in the Sept. 9 episode of the CentTwinz TV podcast. "Whether you are ready, or you are not ready, the Rapture, in 14 days from now, is going to take place."
- Mhlakela said he was "a billion percent sure" about this, claiming Jesus told him about it in a dream.
- The video has more than 500,000 views on YouTube.
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