Once again, another rapture prediction has come and gone.
Social media was filled with stuff about the rapture over the past few days. This recent flurry started when a preacher in South Africa said that Jesus came to him in a dream and told him that the rapture was going to happen either September 23rd or 24th. Apparently, Jesus wasn’t sure about the exact date.
Maybe a good reason Jesus didn’t give him the exact date is because he doesn’t know the date at all.
The Bible hasn’t changed. It still tells us that.
Matthew Chapter 24:36-44
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Yet another religious nut embarrasses us yet again.
So, what’s up with this Brother Joshua?
South African Pastor Joshua Mhlakela publicly described a divine vision apparently given to him in which he heard Jesus speak directly stating his return to earth would take place on the 23rd and 24th of September. According to Mhlakela, it takes place over two days because the Feast of Trumpets itself takes place over two days.
"Pastor" Joshua Mhlakela does not belong to a specific religious denomination; he identifies as a simple person with no title and is known for his involvement in Christian prophetic ministry. So, this guy is not really a formal “pastor” and has no church organization which can hold him accountable. He is yet another self-called prophet who makes predictions to make people think that he has a special inside to God.
Many fell for this nonsense. I was not one of them. I have heard it all and seen it all during my lifetime. In the Old Testament, false prophets like him would have been stoned. What Joseph has done is further embarrass the true followers of Christ.
Do I believe there will be a rapture? Yes, I do but I do not know when and I wouldn’t even be silly enough to attempt to make a prediction. All I have ever known is that Jesus is coming “soon”. It has been stuck on soon for a long time. It just means we are closer now than we have ever been before.
Many fell for this nonsense. I was not one of them. I have heard it all and seen it all during my lifetime. In the Old Testament, false prophets like him would have been stoned. What Joseph has done is further embarrass the true followers of Christ.
Do I believe there will be a rapture? Yes, I do but I do not know when and I wouldn’t even be silly enough to attempt to make a prediction. All I have ever known is that Jesus is coming “soon”. It has been stuck on soon for a long time. It just means we are closer now than we have ever been before.
