God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the contents of the Holy Bible cannot be stopped. Cannot be legislated against to any effect. No dictator, king, emperor, politician, philosopher, or nation that has attempted to achieve such has ever been successful. None ever will be.

God is Sovereign.

It may appear to us, in our limited, feeble thinking, that God is absent, otherwise occupied, uncaring, distant, or doesn’t even exist, which is the thinking of so many and why they have the ignorance and audacity to ask, “If there is this God of the Bible, why does He allow evil and suffering?” I write that is asked in ignorance and audacity because it reveals the shortness of understanding. Devoid of wisdom. Lacking knowledge. The vacuum created then is filled with the noise, the refuse of words and ideas created by the world, which Satan is the prince of its air. For a season.

What no dictator, no godless ideology can understand is that God’s people, God’s true people, cannot be stopped either. No matter what a dictator or tyrannical, harsh regime does — God and His people will not, cannot be stopped.

Again, it is the exact opposite of what the prevailing beliefs of the world that are true. Those who will be stopped are all those who rise up against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Those who imagine themselves, their ideology above God.

God is not mocked.

Do what you will to God’s people. Take the foolish and vain measures taken of imprisonment, torture, economic hardship, even thinking of banning or altering Holy Bibles, or church attendance, is going to put the light out, stop the will of God and see what happens. Also, we, the disciples of the LORD Jesus Christ, will never come across any of the above folks in heaven, on the New Earth, in the New Jerusalem. They will all be elsewhere. Not a pleasant place either.

I think it’s amazing, the revealing of God to those who refuse to believe, that the more the leader or political party of a nation works to suppress, arrest, imprison, torture, even kill and destroy homes and churches — the more the Word spreads, the more people the Holy Spirit works in to save and change.

It’s Supernatural.

Such a greater power than any on earth.

This would be understood better if the awe of God that once existed and could actually be felt among people, among a community, a place, existed now as it once had.

It can. But just as it isn’t God Who brings pain, suffering, and evil upon people and the world — those are all brought upon by the actions or the inactions of men and women, by our sin, our turning from God. We are responsible. Not God.

Mind, heart, life filled with dung and never thinking about, never believing in the God of the Holy Bible, and multiply this by BILLIONS and the constant scurrying about, the selfishness, the mindlessness passing for being mindful, as the minds, the hearts are empty and dark, cold and dead when it comes to allowing God a place within.

Christianity is flourishing, growing greatly in some places. Which is another sign of just how close the Rapture is and the fulfillment of every word within the Word of God.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Sunday, May 17th, 2026

Communist China Fears The One Thing It Cannot Control-The Explosive Growth Of Christianity

May 15, 2026

By PNW Staff

Reprinted from Prophecy News Watch

As the world watched President Donald Trump engage with Communist China on trade, military power, artificial intelligence, and global influence, another story remains buried beneath the headlines — the relentless and systematic persecution of the Christian church inside Communist China. While diplomats shake hands and cameras flash, millions of Chinese believers continue to worship under surveillance, face imprisonment for their faith, and watch as the Communist Party attempts something few regimes in history have dared to do: rewrite the Bible itself.

For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has viewed Christianity not merely as a religion but as a rival authority. The issue has never been theology alone. It is control. Any institution capable of commanding higher loyalty than the state is viewed as a threat. And with estimates now placing the number of Christians in China as high as 130 million — surpassing the membership of the Chinese Communist Party itself — the government’s anxiety has only intensified.

What makes this remarkable is that Christianity in China has exploded despite decades of persecution. Underground house churches continue to multiply. Secret prayer meetings continue behind locked apartment doors. Rural revivals continue in hidden villages. The harder the state has tried to crush Christianity, the more the church has grown.

That growth has now triggered a far more aggressive campaign.

The Chinese government is no longer satisfied with tearing down crosses, arresting pastors, or shutting churches. It is now attempting to reshape Christianity into a state-approved ideology loyal first and foremost to communism. Under President Xi Jinping, the Communist Party has aggressively pushed what it calls the “Sinicization” of religion — a movement demanding that Christianity conform to “socialist values” and absolute loyalty to the Party.

One of the most chilling examples is the regime’s effort to alter Scripture itself.

A Communist Party-approved textbook rewrote the story of the woman caught in adultery from John chapter 8. In the authentic biblical account, Jesus tells the crowd, “He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.” The accusers leave, and Jesus forgives the woman. But in the Party’s revised version, Jesus stones the woman Himself and declares, “I am also a sinner.”

It is difficult to overstate how shocking such a distortion is to Christians worldwide. This is not interpretation. It is ideological replacement. The goal is not simply to censor Christianity but to transform Jesus into a political servant of the state.

Tina Ramirez of Hardwired Global warned that China has “taken it to a new level” by attempting to rewrite Scripture itself in order to confuse believers and prevent conversions.

The campaign against Christianity extends far beyond rewritten texts.

Children under 18 are banned from attending many churches in parts of China. Sunday schools and youth ministries have been raided or shut down. In several provinces, minors have reportedly been forbidden from entering church buildings entirely. Christian summer camps have been canceled. Youth Bible education has been heavily restricted. Authorities understand a simple reality: if children cannot learn Christianity young, the Party can better control the next generation.

Meanwhile, digital censorship has intensified. Bible apps have disappeared from Chinese app stores. Online Christian bookstores have been shut down. Some believers have resorted to secretly sharing downloaded PDF copies of Scripture because legally accessible versions have become harder to obtain.

The state-approved churches that remain open often function less like churches and more like political extensions of the Communist Party. Patriotic slogans praising communism hang beside crosses. Sermons are expected to promote loyalty to the state. Some churches have reportedly been instructed to sing songs celebrating the Communist Party before worship services begin.

Pastors who refuse compliance often disappear into prison.

Wang Yi, pastor of the underground Early Rain Covenant Church, was sentenced to nine years in prison after publicly criticizing government interference in Christianity. Members of his church were arrested alongside him. Others have faced house arrest, surveillance, intimidation, or economic punishment.

In provinces like Zhejiang, authorities have removed crosses from church rooftops and demolished church buildings entirely. Facial-recognition cameras have reportedly been installed inside some churches to monitor worshippers. In certain areas, Christians have been pressured to replace images of Jesus with portraits of Xi Jinping.

And yet, despite all of this, the underground church continues to grow.

That may be the most astonishing part of the story.

History repeatedly shows that persecution often strengthens the very faith governments seek to destroy. The Soviet Union failed to eradicate Christianity. North Korea has not eliminated it entirely despite horrific repression. And now China — armed with AI surveillance, censorship technology, and enormous state power — is discovering the same reality.

One Chinese pastor reportedly summarized it best: “The rulers have chosen an enemy that can never be imprisoned. They are doomed to lose.”

As global leaders focus on tariffs, trade deals, and military strategy during Trump’s visit, the spiritual battle unfolding inside Communist China deserves equal attention. Beneath the economic superpower is a government terrified of faith it cannot fully control.

And despite surveillance cameras, rewritten Bibles, imprisoned pastors, banned children, and state propaganda, millions of Chinese Christians continue to gather quietly, pray faithfully, and believe defiantly.

The Communist Party may control the streets, the schools, the media, and the prisons. But history suggests something it cannot easily control: a church willing to suffer for what it believes.