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In this blog, I report on signs of the times indicating the soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ to collect His holy, righteous, and pure Bride. I also provide prophetic revelations and teaching on the topic.

As the Scripture says,

"When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?" (Mat 16:2-3)

We must not be like the religious leaders of Jesus' day, who could not discern the signs of the times. Instead, we must be like the sons of Issachar spoken of in the Bible, who understood the signs of the times, and knew what their nation should do (1 Chr 12:32).

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. (Mat 24:29-33)

Some of the topics covered include the rapture, signs in the sun, moon, and stars, the antichrist, the mark of the beast, persecution, martyrdom, repentance, preparation, the judgment of God, and His wrath upon the wicked.

The End Time Plagues Rapture Dreams: Jesus is Coming Soon! Are you Rapture Ready?
God Gives Little Girl Revelations of Christ's Return Rapture Revelation to Sister Claire Andoun Solomon America’s Destruction is at Hand
Times and Epochs the Father has Determined The Glory of Martyrdom for Christ Economic Turmoil Worldwide
The Timing of the Rapture The Seven Seals Being Opened in Real Time Peace, Safety, and the Thief in the Night
Come Out of Her Trumpet Sounds Heard Around the World The Mark of the Beast (666)
The End Has Come  Very Few Will Hear the Trumpet Sound Rapture Alert
Repent and Flee the Coming Wrath Is Repentance Possible During the Great Tribulation? Grieve and Lament for the Church
Rapture in the Last Hour End Time Events The Amazing Sign of Jonah
This Pales Compared to What's Coming The 311 Moment False Prophet Pope Pushing for Mark of the Beast?
News Headlines Reflect the End Times Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster The Times of the Gentiles
Sequence of Signs Preceding the Coming of Christ Synching Up the Seven Seals with the Gospels Michael Shigaba's End Time Message for Mankind
Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano The Error of Rapture Date Setting Urgent End Time Warning from the Lord
Cosmic Rays Intensifying Word of Warning for America Rapture Revelation to James Agboola
The Rise of Antichrists Rapture Revelation to Ayodelle Sawyerr The End Time Saints
Rapture Revelation to Margaret MacDonald Rapture Beliefs of Church Fathers Waiting for the Lord's Return
The Marriage of the Lamb Has Come Prophetic End Time Warnings from Little Children Brace Yourselves for the Great Shaking
The Land Mourns in the Last Days Understanding the Times The Coming Wrath of God
Wars and Rumors of Wars The Vegas Massacre Marks a New Chapter The Contractions Are Coming Closer Together
The Persecution of the Saints Something is Going on in 2017 Darkened Skies in the Last Days
The Day of Our Lord’s Wedding is at Hand Dreams and Visions: Tsunamis, Asteroids, Nuclear, Earthquakes, Chaos The Antichrist
Russian Attack on Ukraine Begins WWIII City in the Sky  Noah and Lot Parallels with Rapture
The King is Coming for You -- Are You Ready? Woman has Vision of New Jerusalem - Jesus Coming Soon! Numerical Coincidence Confirms Rapture
Worldwide "Drone" Incursions Did the Pope Open Demonic Portals?

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Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. "Time is At Hand" painting © 2012 Danny Hahlbohm, all rights reserved by the artist.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Friday, February 21, 2025

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Did the Pope Open Demonic Portals?

As I have written in the past, the Roman Catholic Church is an occult religion, which I was once a devout member of. The pope is not the Holy Father, although he is called by that title. This is a man who openly promotes sin and evil, and participates in vile things.

Therefore, when I saw the pope on video conducting a ritual on Christmas Eve 2024 to open the first of five portals, I did not take that lightly. While it was a physical door he was opening, it was connected to a portal in the spirit realm, since this was a spiritual ritual. It was not just the usual, everyday type of opening a door that we all do, but one that was done in a spiritual ceremony, where the door was intended to symbolize something spiritual. Things in the physical realm are connected to things in the spiritual realm, and physical objects are used in spiritual rituals (both Christian and pagan) to represent things in the spiritual realm (see The Link Between Two Realms). Any portals that he was opening are certainly not portals to Heaven or the Kingdom of God. They are portals to the kingdom of darkness! So what could possibly go wrong, right?

I would also like to mention that one of the portals that he opened in this ritual that spanned several days had previously been dedicated by a prior pope to "the Mother of God", and was named as such. It's important to understand that this is connected with devotion to Mary, which is completely unbiblical, idolatrous, and demonic. While many Catholics participate in such devotion unwittingly, sincerely believing it is sacred, as I once did, they don't realize that this is completely contrary to Scripture and is evil in the sight of God. Satan and his demons are directly involved in this practice, as with all sinful practices, and receive such worship that people think they are giving to Mary. In essence, the enemy steals the worship that should have only ever been given to the one, true, Lord God Almighty and His Son Jesus Christ.

Since the pope is recognized by people globally as their spiritual authority, they are lending credence to his actions and words. As of 2024, there are between 1.28 and 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide. So over a billion people across the planet are putting their trust in Him as their leader, and that means a lot of people were standing in agreement with him during this pagan ritual, when he opened those portals, even though they naively thought he was doing something beneficial or sacred.

Only time will tell what the direct and indirect consequences are from his actions on Christmas Eve. It's not that I don't believe in portals. There are most definitely portals in the spirit realm. But there are portals to glory as well as portals to darkness. And with all the witchcraft in the church today -- both Protestant and Catholic, it's not unlikely at all that what were opened by the pope were the bad kind of portals. 

This is one of those signs of the end times, and I want to point out a pattern of evil that I have seen taking place since the day after he opened those portals. The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He has demons that cause accidents of all kinds, including car accidents and airplane crashes, as well as train wrecks, industrial accidents, and "natural" disasters. 

Here is one particular pattern I have seen taking place since the portals were opened on Christmas Eve (additional ones listed in epilogue following my conclusion):

December 25, 2024 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 shot down by Russian missile, crashed near Aktu Airport, Khazakstan, 38 died, 29 injured.

December 29, 2024 - Jeju Air Flight 2216  crashed at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, 179 killed.

January 25, 2025 - An F-35A Lightning II aircraft crash occurred on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Pilot ejected safely.

January 30, 2025 – Jet airliner midair collision with Army helicopter over the Potomac River, DC, 67 dead.

January 31, 2025 – Air ambulance crash in Philadelphia, 7 dead, 19 injured.

February 7, 2025 – Plane crash in Alaska with 10 on board believed dead

February 12, 2025 – US Navy EA18-G Growler Jet Crash in San Diego bay, both pilots ejected safely.

February 17, 2025 – Delta plane crash lands upside down at Toronto International airport, 18 injured.

That's a total of 8 airplane crashes in just 7 weeks and 5 days (54 days). Eight crashes in nearly eight weeks is an average of one per week, or one accident every 6.75 days! And 301 people have died in these crashes. That's the pattern I have seen since the pope opened the portals. 

I understand that there are lots of airplane accidents, but these were major ones that have all occurred in a nearly continuous string since Christmas Day, which was the biggest air crash of 2024. And by way of comparison, in 2023, there were no commercial jet crashes that ended with fatalities. Let that sink in for a moment.

All of these airplane accidents followed a nearly continuous string of UFO sightings around the world for the three preceding months in October, November, and December 2024. As I have written about in my article, Worldwide "Drone" Incursions, these unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) were observed in 43 states, 19 foreign countries, one US district, and one US commonwealth. These things terrorized people for an extended period of three months.

Trump's Alibi for the "Drones"
While Trump was President-elect, he said the government surely must know what these "drones" are, and he vowed to find out and tell the public after taking office. Later as President, after his inauguration, he stated that most of the New Jersey sightings were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be flying for research and other purposes. I don't believe that. 

First of all, it was shown that the FAA was not even able to see most of these drones on radar. If they were approved, they would be visible on radar, and the FAA would have told the military and police what was going on. But the military and police didn't know what was going on, and even the FBI and Homeland Security said they didn't know who was behind the drones. In fact, they even sent fighter jets and helicopters up to chase after them. 

Secondly, while the FAA acknowledged these mysterious sightings, they claimed that the cause was unknown. I even listened to a recording of Air Traffic Control (ATC) transmissions with airline pilots over Oregon, regarding such sightings by pilots, in which the controller called them UFOs (U stands for "unidentified"). And ATC works for the FAA, so it would make no sense for them to speak like that if they knew what these were. 

Thirdly, the only ones Trump referred to were those over New Jersey, but he never mentioned the other 42 states, 19 other countries, plus one US district and one commonwealth. I think there was a more nefarious purpose behind these UAPs. 

Fourthly, if the FAA lied to the military, the police, the airline pilots, and the public during these sightings, and is now saying the sightings were authorized flights for research and other purposes, then they should be investigated and prosecuted for fraud and terrorizing the public and creating mayhem. Trump is normally one to hate corruption and fraud, and to go after it to root it out, so why did he give them a free pass? 

The FAA is under the Department of Transportation (DOT), which at the time of these sightings was headed up by the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. If the FAA authorized most of these drones, then surely Buttigieg should have known about it. Why isn't he under investigation for possible involvement in this? 

Lastly, there should be ATC employees coming out to either confirm or deny Trump's claim that the FAA authorized most of these aerial vehicles. They would certainly know if the FAA had authorized them or not, and should be able to tell us whether that was true or not. 

Closing Words
I say these are all signs of the times pointing to the soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ. He said that leading up to his return, there would be fearful events and great signs from heaven (Luke 21:11). It's time to repent, and get ready. Jesus is coming back right away, so you need to get your life right with Jesus right now. I hope this article has helped you to see that more clearly now, so that you will take action to ensure you don't get left behind in the seven year Great Tribulation, which will be like hell on earth.

Epilogue
The so-called AI fact checkers are now (after the fact) denying that the pope actually opened any spiritual portals on Christmas Eve, calling that a false, conspiracy theory that was spread widely on social media. However, it was not only reported on social media but in mainstream media, as well as Vatican News itself, saying that he was opening five "sacred portals". Any time you see "fact checkers", you can usually count on one fact, and that is that whatever they are saying is probably the opposite of the truth. 

Additional crashes since this article was originally published include the following (note the dates):

February 10, 2025  - Two private jets collided midair at Scottsdale Airport, Arizona; 1 dead, 4 injured.
February 19, 2025 - Two small aircraft collided midair near an airport outside of Tucson, Arizona; 2 dead.
February 25, 2025- AirLink Medical Helicopter Crash in North Carolina, no fatalities.
February 26, 2025 – Private plane crashes into mountain in Manchester, Vermont, 2 injured, no fatalities.
March 9, 2025 - Small plane with 5 people aboard crashes near airport in southern Pennsylvania, no fatalities.
March 10, 2025- Medical helicopter crashes near Natchez Trace, Mississippi, 3 killed

Attribution Notice: Scriptures takes from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission. Images used according to Fair Use Act for educational and commentary purposes only.


Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org