Jesus Christ will return, and the church will soon be caught up in heaven to be with Him. This event is expected soon by all Christians, especially with the frequent apocalyptic events that have been witnessed all over the world in recent times. Many prophets and teachers are now bold enough to publicly advertise the date of Christ’s return and the catching up of saints. This, again, is not a new trend.
In a Centtwinz Podcast interview on Jul 22,
2025, Mr Joshua Mhlakela, of the Chief Cornerstone Ministry based in
South Africa, claimed that he was given a revelation with specific dates during
the days of the catching away of the saints. While discarding the former dates
as mere calls for preparation for the church, he confirmed September 23 and 24
of 2025 as the days when the world will no more be the same. The church will be raptured, and the
world will experience a great destruction” he explained.
Has the church witnessed heretics like these in the past? Sure! Take a trip down memory lane with the USA Apple Store books! Please read on!
In the second century, the prophet and founder of Montanism
predicted Christ’s return and the establishment of the new Jerusalem in
Phrygia, now named Turkey! This failed and he was declared a heretic! In the
18th century, precisely 1843-1844, William Miller predicted the return
of Jesus Christ from March to October 1844. It was a great disappointment for
the world, and many of the Christian groups went ahead and formed the Adventist
Church of today. 
Preacher Jim Jones encouraged
hundreds of cult members to take their own lives in Ghana in the 1970s.
The Jehovah's Witness church stormed the world with its own
predictions. From 1914 to 1975, members of this group consisting of millions of
people all over the world anticipated the end of the world or the rapture. The
days failed to meet their expectations. The teachings of the church were
quickly revised
to comfort broken-hearted and
financially damaged members. Pat Robertson was very certain that Jesus was
returning to take the Church home in 1980. The leader of the cult Heaven's
Gate convinced 39 followers to commit suicide to escape imminent
destruction in 1997. 
Herbert W. Armstrong in his publications
strongly implied that 1975 could mark the beginning of the Great Tribulation or
Christ’s return.
Hal Lindsey, in her book “The Late Great Planet Earth” published in 1970, predicted the rapture for 1988, having counted from Israel's founding in 1948. Edgar C. Whisenant predicted September 1988, on the 11th and 13th days, and his book "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988" sold in millions.
Harold Camping's prediction was widely celebrated. He nailed
the dates of the destruction of the world and the rapture with May 21 and
October 21, 2011, respectively. He made a public apology when these dates failed,
and retired from further predictions afterwards. Ronald Weinland of the
Church of God splinter group predicted dates in 2011, 2012 and 2013
respectively. His predictions failed, and he had tax problems with the
government afterwards. The blood moon predictions were the next global cry. Among
the leaders of this prediction were theologians John Hagee and Mark Biltz,
whose analysis of lunar events and Jewish feasts differs very little from Mr
Joshua Mhlakela's logic lines this year.
The past few years have showcased hundreds of YouTube
and TikTok influencers taking up the prediction business. Rapture
appointment dates are everywhere. It’s now a popular bait for more views and
more followers. From dreams to visions to meeting Angels to seeing Jesus Christ
giving dates, times, and seasons of his arrival, the rapture, and world
destruction. Social media platforms spare nothing to get more views. Are
they permitted to play with this concept? I think yes! Remember when
the disciples came to tell Jesus that a strange person was using his name to
perform miracles? Jesus told them to let him be! He was not an enemy, Christ
advised! (Mark 9:38-41). False predictions by Christians may be a very
active part of the viral drama of Jesus Christ's teachings about the end times!
Let
the church, Christ's bride, remain prepared!
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Centtwinz Podcast [2025] The
Date for the END OF THE WORLD REVEALED|The message i received personally from
Jesus| Mr Joshua. Podcast Episode ∙ Documentary ∙ 2025 ∙ 58 minutes, 38 seconds
Link: https://apple.co/45pcZ68
Centtwinz Podcast [2025] It's
THE END TIME |Rapture, Judgement, the Anti-Christ|7 Year Tribulation|My Heaven
Visitation|Part2. Podcast Episode ∙ Documentary ∙ 2025 ∙ 58 minutes, 38 seconds
Link: https://apple.co/3H5tUBy
Multiple Jewish, Christian
Visionaries [2025] Apocalypse & The End Times: Lost Prophecies of Heaven,
Hell, and the Second Coming of Christ
Link: https://apple.co/4o6xlbF
Martin W. Sondermann [2024] The
Quickly Approaching Rapture: The Imminent Return of Jesus Christ (Unabridged)
Link: https://apple.co/40Bqtdj
Rev. Dr. Feniton Jacquet
[2024] THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST
Link: https://apple.co/40CcfYK
John Arnott [2022] Where is
the Promise of His Coming?
Link: https://apple.co/3TXN3bB
Wilbert Mizelle [2022] How
Close Are We to the Rapture of the Church?
Link: https://apple.co/4lYVEa0
M. James Penton [2015] Apocalypse
Delayed
Link: https://apple.co/4lXMzOT
Jerald Walker [2016] The World
in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult (Unabridged)
Link: https://apple.co/4o9x0VS
William Miller [2013] William
Miller
Link: https://apple.co/4kVoJBV
Mark Koltko-Rivera [2011] Why
Judgment Day Didn't Come: Why Harold Camping's Predictions Failed
Link: https://apple.co/46pBT6P
Dennis Sayles [2018] The
Rapture
Link: https://apple.co/4fdQAfB