Signs of the Times: August 2025

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Seven-year Peace Deal at September UN Summit

Those of us who have studied eschatology over the years know that there is a popular interpretation of biblical prophecy, which maintains that there will be a seven-year peace treaty during the Great Tribulation, a seven-year period known also as Daniel's 70th week (Dan 9:27). Interestingly, plans are in place for a seven-year peace treaty to be signed at the UN summit the week of September 23rd, which happens to coincide with the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture on the 23rd or 24th.

A simple Google search online yielded the following results from generative AI:

Based on reports from early to mid-2025, mediators proposed a seven-year ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza, which Hamas accepted, but Israel rejected.

Mediator-proposed seven-year truce (April 2025)

The proposal: Mediators from Egypt and Qatar presented a plan that included a seven-year truce, a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and a restructuring of Gaza's governance.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will formally recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September 2025. In early September 2025, Macron announced that he would co-chair a "two-state solution conference" in New York with Mohammad Bin Salman (Crown Price of Saudi Arabia) on September 22. The goal is to rally the broadest international support possible for the two-state solution.

Support from allies: Following France's announcement, other Western countries, including Belgium, Canada, and the United Kingdom, indicated plans to also recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly. In fact, there are already enough UN Member nations that have have said they will support the creation of a Palestinian state, so that it will definitely be approved, despite any veto from the United States. So essentially it is a done deal.

The above information was mostly gleaned from generative AI and is a direct quote. I think it is a very interesting coincidence that this is set to happen the week of September 23rd, when thousands of saints around the world, who are eagerly awaiting the Lord's return, are hoping to be caught up to heaven in the rapture, after which the seven-year Great Tribulation would begin.

The seven-year peace treaty is the event that initiates the seven-year Tribulation and signals the emergence of the man of lawlessness (antichrist). For this will not bring true peace, but a false peace, as it says in Scripture, "When they say, 'Peace and security,' then destruction will come upon them suddenly as labor pains upon a woman, and they will not escape." Here are the comments being made by various world leaders right now in that context:

Netanyahu (Israel): "Our goal is PEACE AND SECURITY."

Macron (UN): “Together, let us make this Conference on the Two-State Solution a decisive turning point for PEACE AND SECURITY for all in the region.”

Guterres (UN): "The only realistic, just, and sustainable solution is Two States -- Israel and Palestine -- living side-by-side in PEACE AND SECURITY, with Jerusalem as the capital of both."

Meanwhile, President Trump -- the "last Trump" -- who believes he deserves a Nobel Peace prize for bringing peace to so many countries during his second term, will address the UN General Assembly on September 23rd. He recently told reporters at the Oval Office, “I think within the next two to three weeks, you're going to have a pretty good, conclusive ending” to the Gaza war. He has forcefully told Prime Minister Netanyahu to end it. In fact, Netanyahu quoted Trump as saying to him, “Go in with full force and finish it [the war].” Perhaps Trump knows something we don't know. Perhaps he knows that a peace treaty is going to be signed at the UN summit to create a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine to coexist in the land, and perhaps he wants Israel to do whatever they have to do before the summit to finish up their war against the Palestinians.

It seems that Trump is going to build upon the Abraham Accord that was signed during his first term, which normalized relations between Israel and four Arab nations. Is he planning on adding Palestine to that Accord? Could the upcoming, seven-year peace treaty to be signed at the UN summit this month give Israel freedom to build their third temple without interference in exchange for the two-state solution? We shall see.

Scriptures

The rapture is taught in Scripture. Here are just a few of the verses that speak about this time when God will send His angels to "catch away" or "snatch up" (Greek, harpazo) the saints:

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." (1Th 4:16-17)

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." (1Co 15:51-53)

After the rapture comes an hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth (Rev 3:10). This hour of trial is known as the Great Tribulation, which is a seven year period.

Jesus said, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened." (Mat 24:21-22; cf. Dan 12:1)

"He [antichrist] will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." (Dan 9:27)

"While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (1Th 5:3).

Closing Words

I recommend that you please take all of this to the Lord in prayer, and ask Him to confirm to you whether or not it means the rapture will occur in September 2025. Let's not be like the Sadducees and Pharisees, whom Jesus criticized as hypocrites, because they could not interpret the signs of the times, even though they could discern weather patterns in the sky (Mt 16:3; Luke 12:56).

We should always be ready for Jesus' return at any time, watching, praying, and keeping our lamps burning (see video); but I think these are certainly significant events converging together that should put us all on high alert for the rapture this September. I am not saying the rapture will occur in September, although I think the probability is extremely high that He will do so. In fact, I think the chances of the rapture not occurring this year are approaching zero. I sense in my spirit, as most of us do, that the time of the rapture is very near, and certainly hope it happens this fall.

Whether you believe it or not, one thing is for sure -- Jesus is coming back soon! You need to get your life right with Jesus right now. Give your life to Jesus before the rapture happens and before the Great Tribulation begins. Repent and return to the Lord with fasting and prayer, seeking His face with all your heart, proving your repentance by your deeds.

Attribution Notice: Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.

Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows the day or the hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.

Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, Jacob's Trouble About to Be Fulfilled, Advance Preparations for the Bride of Christ, No Man Knows the Day or the Hour - The Feast of Trumpets, How to Prepare for the Rapture, Woman has Vision of New Jerusalem - Jesus Coming Soon!, Dreams and Visions: Tsunamis, Asteroids, Nuclear, Earthquakes, Chaos, Are You Rapture Ready?, Rapture Dreams: Jesus is Coming Soon!, God Gives Little Girl Revelations of Christ's Return, The Timing of the Rapture, The Great Shaking of 2025, and Warning Dream: The Tribulation Follows Rapture, Left-Behind Christians Hunted. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

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

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Woman Has Vision of Only Few Being Raptured

One of our Doulos Training School (DTS) graduates in Uganda, brother Grace Okurut (pictured left), is traveling across Uganda with a team of around ten gospel ministers (article here), preaching the gospel, warning people that the rapture is about to take place. The reception has been excellent. If you have not yet seen my article about the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, then please check it out today at this link. This is an urgent, time-sensitive message.

I'd like to share with you the following amazing testimony, regarding an experience that brother Grace had at a church in Uganda recently, where he was a guest preacher. He had come to spread the news about the rapture this month and warn people to get ready, but had not yet shared his message. The Spirit of God was falling so mightily in that place. He put his hand on one lady, whom he had never met, who was a brand new believer. Suddenly the Holy Spirit came upon her with mighty power. Here is what he wrote:

"Dear brother Len,

This one especially has astounded me; I'm totally surprised at what the Lord is doing!!!! This is our third day here discipling and reaching out to the communities for the Lord.

As we started sharing today and at the time of prayer, welcoming the Holy Spirit, He really came upon the Church of over 60 in attendance, including women and men.

As we were laying hands on people, the Lord led me to lay a hand on a lady called Sarah (pictured left). Sarah didn't know the warning message of the Lord's coming back I came with; she is new and newly filled by the Holy Spirit! Immediately she burst into tongues, cried with a loud voice and tears rolling. After that intense prayer, Sarah testified, 'During the prayer she received too much power come to her, and she saw men who were wearing very white clothes. She then found herself with 10 others and the men in white caught up to heaven. This vision burdened her, so she asked the Lord, "Why is it we were many in the Church but only 11 were taken to heaven with the men in white!!!!?'

Then the Lord showed her this vision, 'The people who were left behind appeared to her each with strings attached to their fingers, and some of the strings on the men's fingers were connected to women, while some of the women's strings were connected to men; others were busy with money doing their businesses, others were swimming in the water, and all people were busy in the things of the world!'

The voice told her, 'Jesus is coming back very soon and the Church is not ready!!!'

I'm emailing this to you with Sarah's photo. I wanted to have taken a video of her testimony but she is shaking, not able to speak well because of the things she saw! This is exactly what you have communicated (see article on September Rapture). I'm busy traveling to different places with my team, and will get back to you again,

Be blessed my brother,

Bro Grace."

Scriptures

Jesus said, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Mat 7:13-14)

Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to." (Luk 13:23-24)

And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?" (1Pe 4:18)

Closing Words

This testimony illustrates the fact that very few Christians are going to make it in the rapture. In fact, God says that most of the Body of Christ is not ready for the rapture. That is why we must prepare ourselves, and that is why the Lord told us to "be ready" (Mt 24:44). Being ready is a condition of our life, and we have the free will to choose to be ready or not.

As I have written in my article, Very Few Will Hear the Trumpet Sound, only about 2% of all Christians are rapture ready. Will you be?

I hope you will take this seriously. If you would like to know how to be ready for the rapture, please see my article on that here at this link. And if you have not yet read my article about the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, then please check it out today at this link.

Author's note: Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, Seven-Year Peace Deal at September UN Summit?, Jacob Was 77 Years Old When He Married, Rapture September 2025 Confirmed Twice!, Advance Preparations for the Bride of Christ, No Man Knows the Day or the Hour - The Feast of Trumpets, The Error of Rapture Date Setting, Mankind Will Enter Final Age in 2025, Woman has Vision of New Jerusalem - Jesus Coming Soon!, Dreams and Visions: Tsunamis, Asteroids, Nuclear, Earthquakes, Chaos, Are You Rapture Ready?, Rapture Dreams: Jesus is Coming Soon!, God Gives Little Girl Revelations of Christ's Return, The Timing of the Rapture, The Great Shaking of 2025, and Warning Dream: The Tribulation Follows Rapture, Left-Behind Christians Hunted. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Jacob's Trouble About to Be Fulfilled

In my last post, I wrote about the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture. Today I'd like to corroborate that further by noting some signs indicating that the time of Jacob's Trouble is about to begin.

The prophet Jeremiah predicted the time of Jacob's trouble in Jeremiah 30:7, in which he described a period of intense tribulation and distress for the nation of Israel. It is often associated with the Great Tribulation, which the Lord Jesus prophesied about in Matthew 24:21, a coming period of hardship and persecution for both the Jewish people and all mankind before His return. This time is going to be one of intense suffering, persecution, and warfare, as God's judgments and wrath are poured out, but also a time of divine intervention and ultimate salvation for Israel.

You don't want to be here for the Great Tribulation, as this is going to be a time of hell on earth, a dystopian world, in which the antichrist will reign globally as an incarnation of satan. He will seek to control the thoughts and activities of everyone who lives upon the earth, and part of his plan to do so includes the mark of the beast that he will require everyone to take.

According to Scripture, the Great Tribulation begins immediately after the rapture of the Body of Christ, in which the saints will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air when He comes for us in the clouds (1 Thes 4:14-18). The rapture will occur at the last trumpet (1 Cor 15:51-53), which is why so many believe it will coincide with the Feast of Trumpets, as the Lord has revealed to numerous believers around the world independently. Therefore, if these revelations are truly from the Lord, then the great Tribulation would begin this fall, after the Feast of Trumpets.

According to the book of Revelation, there is a period of three and a half years or 42 months, when the antichrist will reign, as spoken of in Revelation 13:5. During this period, which is also equal to 1,260 days, the Jews will be taken care of by God in a place that He has prepared for them in the wilderness (Rev 12:6). In the book of Daniel, it speaks of 1,290 days, which some believe to refer to the other half of the Great Tribulation. When we add 1,260 to 1,290, we get 2,550 days.

Interestingly, the period between the first day of the Feast of Trumpets on September 22, 2025 and the Jewish Day of Atonement seven years later in 2032 is exactly 2,550 days. This phenomenon rarely occurs. In fact, it has never occurred prior to Israel returning to the Promised Land in 1948, and has only happened six times since then. This next one spanning from 2025 to 2032 will be the seventh time it has happened since 1948. But there are no future years after 2025 when it will occur, as the specific alignment in September 2025 is a unique event. For example, the number of days from 2026 - 2033 (7 years) between the two holidays is 2578, not 2550 (see here). So this phenomenon will never occur again after this fall, which further lends credence to the many revelations about the rapture possibly occurring next month.

It has also been pointed out by some that 2025 is the 77th anniversary since Israel regained their statehood in 1948. The nation of Israel is named after Jacob, whom God renamed Israel. He was 77 years old when he married Leah and Rachel (see here), who gave birth to the twelve sons of Israel, which became twelve tribes. He had to work another seven years for his father-in-law Laban after he married the two sisters, so he was 84 years old at the end of that seven years.

Coincidentally Israel will celebrate their 84th anniversary in seven years. Could the next seven years be the time of Jacob's Trouble, which would parallel the period when Jacob encountered those troubles with his father-in-law Laban? We know that during the seven years Jacob worked for his uncle, Laban changed his wages ten times (Gen 31:7), and at the end of that period, Jacob took his wives, children, and all his property, and escaped from Laban without telling him he was leaving. Certainly that was a seven-year time of trouble for Jacob, so it seems reasonable to draw the parallel between his ages at the beginning and end of it, and the anniversary dates of Israel at the beginning and end of the next seven years. If this parallel is valid, and if the time of Jacob's Trouble begins this fall, then Israel would coincidentally be 77 at the beginning of it and 84 at the end of it. This parallel will never again occur at any future point, so it is worth giving it careful consideration, especially in light of all the other signs pointing to the rapture happening next month, including the perfect fit for the 2550 days.

Moreover, in my related recent article called Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, I stated that seven years ago in 2018, the Lord told a man from South Africa named Joshua Mhlakela that when Israel is celebrating their 77th anniversary from the time they were reestablished as a nation in 1948, the "exodus" (i.e., rapture) would occur. It's important to note that Israel is currently celebrating their 77th anniversary this year in 2025.

Divine Coincidences

The day before I wrote this article, I wrote an article called Jacob Was 77 Years Old When He Married, which I referenced and linked to above in this present article. A few minutes after I wrote that article, I happened to watch the first part of a video on Youtube about the Feast of Trumpets in 2025, after which I was quite amazed to find the following statement in the video comments, which the channel owner left in reply to one of his viewers:

"Jacob (Israel) was 77 when he took his first bride..." That seemed to me like a divine confirmation of the article I had just written. So that occurred last evening.

Then this afternoon, after I wrote this present article about Jacob's Trouble About to Be Fulfilled, while I was praying and seeking the Lord, I glanced over at the thermometer on my desk in front of me in my office, and was amazed to see that the indoor and outdoor temperatures displayed side-by-side were 77 and 84 respectively (photo below)! I knew that was definitely a divine confirmation of this article that I had just written, in which I referenced the numbers 77 and 84 regarding Jacob's age, as well as the age of the nation of Israel.

[Note: As of September 6, 2025, nearly a month later, I still haven't seen that 77/84 number combination again on my thermometer, since it happened on August 13, 2025.]

Closing Words

We should always be ready for Jesus' return at any time, watching, praying, and keeping our lamps burning (see video); but I think these are certainly significant warnings that should put us all on high alert for the rapture this September. I am not saying the rapture will occur in September, although I think the probability is extremely high that He will do so. In fact, I think the chances of the rapture not occurring this year are approaching zero. I sense in my spirit, as most of us do, that the time of the rapture is very near, and certainly hope it happens this fall.

Attribution Notice: Scriptures takes from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission. The cropped image above is of the 1652 painting by Jan Victors, called Jacob Seeking the Forgiveness of Esau, which is on display in the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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