
Volume 44 Issue Two February 2025
Last Trumpet Ministries · PO Box 806 · Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Phone: 920-887-2626 Internet: http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” I Cor. 14:8
Disruption“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.”
Psalm 46:10-11
As the United States prepared to ring in a new year on December 31, 2024, something remarkable happened. Four of the most iconic structures in the country were all struck by lightning on the same day. In New York City, New York, the Empire State Building and the One World Trade Center received lightning strikes. About 230 miles away, a storm was brewing in our nation’s seat of government, too, as lightning struck the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (1) Although it is not unusual for tall structures to be struck by lightning, it is quite extraordinary that these strikes all took place on New Year’s Eve as our country was preparing to enter what is likely to be a profoundly consequential year. Was it just a coincidence, or is it a sign that change is in the air? Mike Lee, a Republican Senator from the state of Utah, posted a video of the Capitol Building strike on X and wondered if there was a deeper meaning to be gleaned from this amazing sight. “Feels like an omen. What’s it telling us?” he wrote alongside the video. (2)

There’s just something special about lightning. It is a visible demonstration of God’s majesty, power, and sovereignty. Psalm 135:6-7 declares, “Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.” No human being can say for certain when and where lightning will strike, but God knows. Thus, lightning is a reminder that God is in control and His will will be accomplished. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ also associated lightning with His sudden and unexpected return when he told his disciples in Matthew 24:27, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Just as no one knows when lightning will strike, no one knows the day or the hour of our Lord’s return. We do know, however, that each moment that passes draws us closer to that fateful day. In any case, the lightning strikes in New York City and Washington, D.C., serve as a salient metaphor for the many surprises and disruptions that are coming in the days ahead.