It is as in the days of the flood. That reminds me of:
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Nations and civilizations will rise and fall, but the real horror is when "even the elect are deceived."
Beware of false prophets everywhere, even, and especially, in the church.
Pray for the Good News to find fertile ground in China, so that the light will influence the darkness in China.
Pray that the light won't go out in America.