A Christian pastor who predicted the Rapture would occur between September 23 and 24 awkwardly told viewers to be patient when it failed to happen.

South African preacher Joshua Mhlakela went viral after claiming Jesus appeared to him in a vision and told him it would happen during the JewishFeast of Trumpets, also known as Rosh Hashanah.

The Rapture is a belief held by some evangelical Christians that Jesus will return to earth to take true believers to heaven, while the rest would remain for a period of great tribulation, before the imminent end of the world.

The prediction prompted ‘RaptureTok’ – a wave of religious hysteria that swept through TikTok.

But, not so surprisingly to the non-believer, the dates passed and Jesus failed to make an appearance.

Mhlakela hosted a livestream

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