India, Sept. 22 -- A South African pastor's prophecy about Jesus Christ's return has convinced some Christians that the rapture will take place on September 23 and 24. Pastor Joshua Mhlakela claims he saw a vision of Jesus returning to Earth during this year's Rosh Hashanah.

"The rapture is upon us, whether you are ready or not," Mhlakela said in a sit-down interview with CettwinzTV. "He said to me on the 23rd and 24th of September 2025, I will come back to the Earth," the pastor declared.

In Christianity, the rapture refers to the belief that, at the end of times, true believers in Jesus Christ will be suddenly taken up from the Earth to meet Him in the air. This belief is particularly prevalent in American evangelicalism, where some a...