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Xi Jinping’s ‘Thucydides Trap’ Warning Is Really About American Decline
By PNW Staff - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9965#google_vignette
Google searches for the phrase “Thucydides Trap” surged after Chinese President Xi Jinping used the term during discussions surrounding his high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump. For many Americans, it was likely the first time they had ever heard the phrase.
But in Beijing, it was not an obscure historical reference casually thrown into conversation.
In China’s leadership circles, the phrase carries enormous strategic weight. It refers to the ancient idea, first written about by Greek historian Thucydides, that war often becomes likely when a rising power begins challenging an established one. In this case, the rising power is clearly China, and the established superpower is the United States.
But the most important part of Xi’s warning may not be that China is rising. Rising powers have always existed throughout history. The deeper issue is this: China increasingly appears to believe America is vulnerable enough to challenge.
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Genesis 6 Reloaded: Rewriting the Days of Noah
By Joe Hawkins - https://www.raptureready.com/2026/05/09/genesis-6-reloaded-rewriting-the-days-of-noah-by-joe-hawkins/
Something is changing—and it’s happening quietly, subtly, and with remarkable precision.
It is not announced with headlines or forced through legislation. It does not arrive with tanks or threats. Instead, it slips into homes through screens, into minds through stories, and into hearts through carefully crafted narratives. What we are witnessing is not merely a cultural shift—it is a spiritual operation. A deception so layered, so strategic, that even those who study Bible prophecy can miss its true depth.
Jesus Christ gave a clear warning when asked about the signs of His return. Before mentioning wars, famines, or earthquakes, He began with a single command: “Take heed that no one deceives you.” Deception would be the defining mark of the last days. Not force. Not fear. But deception.
And today, that deception is being repackaged for a new generation.
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Mysteries Of the Eastern Gate
by Bill Perkins - https://compass.org/mysteries-of-the-eastern-gate/
On June 7, 1967 Israel’s army broke through the Lions Gate and returned control of the ancient city of Jerusalem to the Jewish people for the first time since the time of Christ.
An Israel commando group almost decided to break through the Eastern Gate with explosives.
But at the last minute an appeal by an Orthodox Jew, who was the chaplain of the commando group, had protested vehemently pleading “the Eastern Gate can be opened only when the Messiah comes.”
So rather than breaking through the Eastern Gate, they moved a few hundred yards to the north and broke through the Lions Gate.
The Eastern Gate you see today was built above the original Eastern Gate, which is today underground, directly below the visible Eastern Gate you see today.
