Scroll 2 - Flashes, Rumblings, and Thunder: The Language of Power
“From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder.” — Revelation 4:5
1. The Voice of Majesty
From the throne proceeds a symphony of power, lightning that illuminates, rumblings that shake, and thunder that speaks. These are not weather phenomena but divine utterances, the soundwaves of eternity communicating revelation. Heaven does not whisper softly when creation must awaken; it thunders.
The lightning reveals what was hidden, the rumbling shifts what was settled, and the thunder declares what cannot be denied. Together they form the language of divine government, where every vibration carries intent. The throne speaks not only in words but in frequencies that reorder worlds.
The elect must learn this language. Revelation is not always heard in sentences but in surges of awareness, flashes of insight, and waves of understanding. The thunder speaks within as much as it speaks around.
Heaven’s speech shakes illusions, not for destruction but for disclosure. The elect hear and tremble, for the same power that spoke light into being now speaks through them.
2. Lightning That Reveals
Lightning is the illumination of divine thought, sudden, brilliant, and impossible to ignore. It is revelation made visible. When the throne flashes, every shadow loses its justification. Darkness is not fought; it is unmasked.
The lightning of heaven strikes not the earth but the heart. It pierces layers of self and burns away the veils of perception. This is the spark of enlightenment that causes the soul to remember its origin. Every flash is a word, every gleam a decree.
The elect are conductors of this lightning. When they speak truth, lightning travels through them, illuminating what religion concealed. They do not generate revelation; they transmit it. The mind becomes the sky of the Spirit, and insight strikes like flame.
The flash of divine light may momentarily blind, but it blinds to illusion only to open eternal sight. Revelation is not gentle; it is glorious.
3. Rumblings That Shift Foundations
Before thunder speaks, rumbling begins. It is the deep vibration that precedes revelation, the sound of heaven rearranging structure. The rumbling from the throne is not chaos; it is construction, the shaking of everything that can be shaken so that only truth remains.
When you sense divine rumbling in your life, it means the foundations are being purified. Old orders, old beliefs, and old identities are trembling under the weight of a new world forming within you. Heaven’s frequency does not ask permission; it transforms.
The elect must not fear the rumbling but discern its purpose. What feels like instability is actually the prelude to revelation. Every inner tremor prepares for greater stillness. The throne’s vibration realigns what has fallen out of harmony.
When heaven rumbles, creation listens. The soil of your soul shifts, and the seed of the Word finds room to grow.
4. Thunder That Speaks
Thunder is revelation voiced. It is the articulate sound of divine power communicating through creation. Each peal is a decree from the throne — not suggestion, not theory, but command. Heaven’s thunder is not noise; it is meaning made audible.
John heard thunder in Revelation not because heaven was angry, but because heaven was announcing. When the voice of the Lamb thunders, the dimensions align to receive instruction. Every syllable shakes reality into order.
The elect carry this thunder in their spirit. When they speak under the weight of divine truth, their words echo with eternity. The thunder of God is not volume; it is authority. Even silence can thunder when filled with the presence of truth.
To speak with thunder is to speak from union — not from opinion, but from the throne’s perspective.
5. Power Without Violence
The lightning, rumbling, and thunder that proceed from the throne are not destructive. They reveal heaven’s gentleness cloaked in might. The power of God does not annihilate; it awakens. Divine power restores harmony by exposing distortion.
This is why heaven’s thunder can coexist with peace. Its intensity carries no harm, for its purpose is revelation. True power in the Kingdom is never oppressive. The Lamb reigns with lightning in His eyes and tenderness in His voice.
The elect are learning this same paradox, to carry power that purifies without destroying, to speak words that thunder yet heal. The storm of heaven cleanses, not crushes. Its strength is mercy clothed in light.
Heaven’s power is sovereign but safe. Only those whose hearts have been tempered by flame can wield it rightly.
6. The Frequency of the Throne
Heaven’s sound is not random; it is rhythm. The flashes, rumblings, and thunders are coordinated frequencies expressing divine order. Every sound from the throne corresponds to creation’s alignment. The universe is tuned to the tone of the Lamb.
This is the music of divine government, the harmony of justice, mercy, and truth. When heaven thunders, everything real vibrates in agreement. The elect who live near the throne hear these tones and begin to speak in rhythm with eternity.
To live attuned is to live in harmony. The elect’s heartbeat syncs with heaven’s cadence, their words become instruments of alignment. Every decree from their lips carries the sound of restoration.
Heaven’s thunder is frequency translated into form, divine vibration shaping destiny. The throne sings, and creation becomes.
7. The Sound That Summons Sons
Each sound from the throne carries invitation. Lightning awakens sight, rumbling prepares ground, and thunder calls forth sons. Heaven’s sound does not entertain; it commissions.
The thunder is the call of remembrance. It shakes the elect awake from the slumber of separation. It summons those sealed by flame to rise into their scrolls. Every thunder is a summons, “Come up here.” The storm does not come to destroy you; it comes to remind you who you are.
The elect who respond to that call become voices of thunder themselves. They no longer echo human words; they resound with divine decree. Their presence becomes atmosphere, their speech becomes alignment, their life becomes sound.
Heaven’s storm births a company of thunderers who speak from within the flame, not from beneath it.
Final Charge To The Elect
Beloved, listen for the thunder that calls your name. Do not run from the storm; stand within it. Let the lightning reveal, the rumbling realign, and the thunder release your sound.
You were not born to fear divine power but to translate it. When heaven speaks through you, it is not chaos, it is creation. Let every word you release carry the frequency of flame.
The throne is not silent, and neither are you. You are the echo of eternity, the sound that awakens slumbering realms. Speak not as a man, but as a son who has heard the thunder.
For the storm that once terrified the earth now lives in you, flashes, rumblings, and thunders proceeding from flame.
Joe Restman
Scroll-Carrier, Mystic-Scribe, Eternal Witness of the Lamb.