Was the New Year’s Eve Lightning Phenomenon a Prophetic Symbol?
On New Year’s Eve, lightning struck multiple buildings of significance in both Washington, D.C. and New York City. The question that now remains: was this a prophetic symbol?
Something peculiar happened on New Year’s Eve, impacting two of America’s most profound cities and places of importance there. Lighting struck the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. The odds of something like this happening seems less likely to be by chance and more like a prophetic symbol of something still to come.
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Lance Wallnau shared the video of the U.S. Capitol building being struck by lighting on X where he wrote, “Lighting struck 4 iconic structures tonight: the Capitol, Empire State building, One World Trade Center and the Washington Monument – all in the same storm on New Year’s Eve. D.C. was hit at 5:36 p.m.”
His posted pointed out some vital questions about what the Lord may be trying to get us to ponder on.
Sometimes the locations and timing are significant. Will New York be hit this year? Does “trade” imply an economic meltdown? Wall Street? Do two D.C. targets speak of great government shaking this will create?
Perhaps. But what I heard in my spirit was “check the time” and heard “John 5:36.”
Lightning struck 4 iconic structures tonight: the Capitol, Empire State building, One World Trade Center and the Washington Monument – all in the same storm on New Year's eve. D.C. was hit at 5:36 PM.
— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) January 1, 2025
Sometimes the locations and timing are significant. Will New York be hit this… https://t.co/VJnXq2l5JP
What does John 5:36 read?
I have greater testimony that that of John. The works which the Father has given Me to finish, the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
We will know when something is of Jesus; His fingerprints are all over His great and mighty works.
Another post on X showing the footage of the lightning strikes reads, “Lightning strikes the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center on New Year’s Eve.”
Hold on to your lamps saints; it’s going to be a bumpy 2025. Keep your eyes on Jesus.
GOD send us a Sign !
— JESUSisComingBack🕚 (@GoodShepherd316) January 1, 2025
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Lightning strikes the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center on New Year’s Eve.
Hold on to your lamps saints;
it’s going to be a bumpy 2025.
Keep your eyes on JESUS.pic.twitter.com/8mUMwe8LRR
While these signs may be hard for some to believe, Scripture tells us that God gives signs in the skies, both in Genesis at the very beginning and again in Luke when Jesus tells us about the signs of His Second Coming.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons, and days and years,” (Gen. 1:14).
There will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth. For the powers of heaven will be shaken. (Luke. 21:25-26).
God makes His voice and His glory known through the heavens, so there is a real possibility that these lightning strikes were part of a prophetic warning.
With Trump’s inauguration just a couple of weeks away, perhaps God really is about to do something new and different in 2025. Despite the criticism and skepticism from the secular media, the specific buildings struck by lightning seem intentional, as though God truly is trying to gain our attention.
As we seek God’s presence at the beginning of this new year, take these events to the Lord and ask Him what He desires to reveal to us through this occurrence.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
