What a rivetting testimony !
Surely El Shaddai wanted your undivided attention and was warning you of impeding danger ! You belonged to HIM now and yet you were treading in dangerous territory, the enemy's camp where you could have easily been devoured by the master deceiver, the thief who was not only trying to snatch you out of the Father's hand, but was out
to steal kill and destroy you and your testimony.
It's also possible, you think that your friend was not a good influence on you & God pushed him back w/the message "HEY! Leave my son alone! He's MINE !"
The Scriptures are filled w/countless accounts of God speaking or sending messages through Thunder and Lightning.
Go to Biblegateway.com and key in thunder and/or lightning. It will link you to all the scriptures pertaining to Thunder and Lightning.
From what I have read in the scriptures, Thunder and lightning is ALWAYS from God...not the enemy. There is even lightning and thunder in heaven ! Here are 2 scriptures for you:
Isaiah 29:6 says
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts
with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
with Whirlwind and Storm and the flame of a devouring fire.
Revelation 4:5
And out of the Throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
P.S.S. on a side note, regarding the Seven Spirits of God, there are a few interpretations to what they are:
1) the 7 Spirits are symbolic of the Perfect and Complete Holy Spirit
2) angelic beings, Seraphim and Cherubim
3)
Isaiah 11:2 describes 7 attributes of the Holy Spirit:
(1) Spirit of the LORD,
(2) Spirit of wisdom,
(3) Spirit of understanding,
(4) Spirit of counsel,
(5) Spirit of power,
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6) Spirit of knowledge,
(7) Spirit of the fear of the Lord.
From
http://www.gotquestions.org/seven-spirits-God.html
Great Post
STG ! Thanks for sharing !
Carol