Why TikTok Is Obsessed With the Rapture Right Now

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00:00TikTok has decided the end of the world is happening this month. It's all part of

00:03hashtag RaptureTalk — a wave of Christian TikTokers who believe the biblical rapture

00:07is coming on September 23rd or 24th, 2025. That's the moment, according to Christian Theology,

00:13when God takes his true believers into heaven and leaves everyone else behind to face the apocalypse.

00:18The movement started picking up steam in August, when TikToker at Angela McGurk posted about

00:22secretly stocking up canned food and survival supplies for her husband, who she believes will

00:27get left behind. The video pulled in more than 90,000 views. By late August, others jumped in.

00:33TikToker at Legacy Pays shared a supposed dream that warned the rapture would happen in September,

00:37pulling in tens of thousands of views. And on September 1st, TikToker at Sanj779 posted the

00:43fifth part of her viral Rapture Trip Tips series, reminding believers not to hold onto anything when

00:49they get lifted up into the air. When you finally start moving up into the air, I recommend that you

00:53don't hold onto anything. I definitely don't recommend looking down. I think we learned that

00:58lesson from Lot's wife. Okay. Just keep calm. Take a deep breath. Slowly release it and keep your face

01:07looking upwards. That video alone gained more than 400,000 plays in just two weeks. As the predicted

01:14date drew closer, the countdown posts rolled in. But not everyone on TikTok was buying it. By September 21st,

01:20parody videos flooded the app. One viral clip used a Parks and Rec clip about doomsday predictions,

01:26captioned what it feels like being on Rapture Talk. Another creator at Jubilee Dawns compiled

01:31dozens of Rapture Talk clips into one mega recap showing believers predictions and prep tips.

01:36That post reached 2.5 million views within 24 hours. The trend even spilled over to Twitter,

01:41where one user claimed their psychiatrist suddenly quit his practice after joining a Rapture group.

01:46The post blew up with more than 40,000 likes. So, while September 23rd might come and go like

01:52every other doomsday prophecy, Rapture Talk has already cemented itself as TikTok's latest viral

01:57obsession — a mix of sincere believers, survival prep, and memes about the world ending. Again.

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