Or, so say hundreds of US conservatives and Evangelical Christians on social media over the past few days. September 23 or 24 this year, apparently – inspired by the prediction made by a South African pastor on YouTube. Why do people believe the rapture will happen today or tomorrow? But it only started to pick up popularity after far-right commentator Charlie Kirk's assassination and subsequent funeral this weekend , which was when the prediction started to trend on social media – TikTok predominantly. "I ask God all the time to please take my dogs when we’re raptured," one person wrote in response.