
It’s Tuesday, October 21st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Xi Jinping fired 9 Chinese military commanders
China’s communist system is in turmoil, as the defense ministry announces the removal of nine very senior military commanders from duty, including a number two general, He Weidong.
Since 2023, the communist leader, Xi Jinping, has administered the removal of dozens of senior officers. These moves signal a factionalism from within the party and the Chinese military. Experts question whether Jinping will survive in his position.
This week, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is holding its Fourth Plenary Session where leaders will work out a Five-Year Plan. The outcome of this meeting will reveal Jinping’s standing in party politics.
Keep in mind: God is in control. Haggai 2:22 says, “The word of the Lord came unto Haggai … I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. … I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.”
Pakistani pastor survives murder plot
A Pakistani pastor survived a murder attempt in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, on the morning of Sunday, September 21, reports Barnabas Aid.
Pastor Kamran Naz had been traveling by bus, accompanied by his mother, from his home in Gujranwala to lead a church service in Islamabad when he was attacked by two unidentified gunmen.
One bullet wounded the pastor in the right leg. A second bullet narrowly missed his head. The attackers then fled on a motorcycle as some church members who were present swiftly came to the pastor’s aid and contacted emergency services.
Pastor Kamran had previously notified the police of numerous death threats. He was warned to stop ministering at the church or face the consequences.
Pastor Imran Amanat, leader of the Christian advocacy group LEAD Ministries Pakistan, said, “We will not be intimidated or silenced. We demand that the authorities immediately ensure the protection of Christian leaders and hold the criminals accountable. If the government continues to ignore these threats, it becomes complicit in the persecution.”
According to Open Doors, Pakistan is the eighth most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.
Swedish parents lost custody over kids’ required church attendance
Certain European nations have now been recognized for their systemic violation of parental rights, especially if the parents happen to be Christian.
Alliance Defending Freedom International is working on a case in Sweden, where parents have lost custody of their children under charges of “religious extremism.” The parents had simply restricted the phone use of their teen children and required attendance at church meetings.
After three years of attempts to regain custody, Daniel and Bianca Samson are appealing their case to the European Court of Human Rights. Recently, the High Court has already condemned countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, and Romania for systemic violations in family separation and child welfare cases.
Iran threatens Israel
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to social media (X) yesterday, effectively taunting the American government, threatening Israel, and asserting independence for the nation’s nuclear program.
He asked, “What authority do you, Americans, have to dictate what a country should or shouldn’t do if it possesses nuclear industry? What position do you hold in the world? How is it any of America’s business whether Iran has nuclear capabilities and nuclear industry or not? .. . The U.S. President boasts that they’ve bombed and destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry. Very well, in your dreams!”
Trump urges Putin and Zelenskyy to end the war
President Donald Trump is urging Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the war on Russia’s terms. He warned Zelenskyy of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to “destroy” Ukraine it there is no agreement.
The Financial Times described the meeting as a “shouting match”, with Trump throwing maps in the room, and “cursing all the time.”
Japan greenlights Morning After Pill
Japan has just approved the abortifacient drug known as the over-the-counter “morning after” pill. Japan also approved the RU-486 abortion kill pill back in April 2023.
Japan recorded 686,000 births in 2024. That’s down from 762,000 in 2023, and down from 2,000,000 in 1975.
Jeremiah 32:35 speaks of this child sacrifice. “They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination.”
Day 21 of U.S. government shutdown
The U.S. government shutdown is rounding its 21st day. With 900,000 employees furloughed, the shutdown represents the most severe in American history.
Indeed, 7,850 flights were delayed due to air traffic control staffing shortages on Sunday. According to TheHill.com, 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents are presently working without pay.
Housing bubble has burst
The housing bubble has burst in multiple cities across the United States.
The median house values in Oakland, California and Austin, Texas have dropped by 24% since the peak in 2022.
Significant declines have also been reported in New Orleans, San Francisco, Fort Myers, Florida, and Denver, Colorado, reports WolfStreet.com.
Gold and silver hit new record highs
Metals continued their journey upwards and onwards in Monday’s market activity.
Gold hit $4,350 per ounce and silver hit $52 and change per ounce, reports Reuters.
Trump’s Education Dept. funds conservative ideology at colleges
The Trump Education Department is offering preferential funding for those universities willing to bend more conservative.
Only Vanderbilt, the University of Arizona, and the University of Texas at Austin have embraced to the idea out of the nine universities approached with the proposal, reports Breitbart.
MIT, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California have all rejected the Trump administration’s encouragement to abolish their departments opposed to conservative ideas.
Major jewel heist at Louvre in Paris, France
And finally, a team of four thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris over the weekend. They stole priceless jewels dating back to the 19th Century, reports Reuters.
Among the stolen items were a tiara and brooch belonging to Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, an emerald necklace and a pair of emerald earrings from Empress Marie Louise, Napolean’s second wife, and a tiara, a necklace, and single earring from the sapphire set that belonged to Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense. (Also a brooch known as the “reliquary brooch” was taken).
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, October 21st, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.