VISION - THUNDERBOLT OVER FRANCE

Catherine Brown, Scotland CBrownds1@aol.com

The vision began with the Lord's hand coming down out of Heaven and in His hand was a large thunderbolt. It had the form of a word and when I looked closely, the Lord opened the palm of His hand and allowed me to see that the thunderbolt was fashioned out of the most beautiful platinum gold and formed the word ZION. I looked from my heavenly vantage point towards the earth, and saw that we were looking over the nation of France. I saw France clearly outlined.

As I looked more closely I could see that there was a thick layer of ice covering the entire surface of the area we know today as the country of France. There was no life that I could see; all I could see was ice. I noticed that there was a crack upon the ice and that it ran across the full surface of the ice. I could see that this crack was causing the surface of the ice to melt.

I asked the Lord what was under the ice and He allowed me to see. The ice had many, many layers and as I looked down through these plates of ice, I could see that they became thicker as they descended. At the very lowest level of ice, I saw a heart. The heart was blue and lifeless. It was moving, but the movement was just discernible. I knew the heart was close to dying.

I looked again to the Father and at this point I noticed He was crying. His tears were falling all the way from heaven, and were dropping onto the surface of the ice. I realized that it was the Father's tears that were melting the ice, and this was what had caused the ice to crack and I heard the Father say "France is dying for lack of love and for rejection of Zion".

The Father then lifted His hand heavenward and with great fear and trepidation I watched His hand rise and then He threw the thunderbolt within His right hand to earth. The thunderbolt struck the ice with unimaginable force (and were it not for the fact that the Lord had his left arm around me I think I would have passed out with fear at this point. I do not use poetic license or dramatic words here for effect - I was very much in fear of the Lord).

The thunderbolt struck the surface of the ice and immediately broke it open; the bolt went down through every layer of ice, cutting a path through to the heart that was lying lifeless and blue. The thunderbolt speared right through the center of the heart and instantly the heart began to pump. I saw the heart change color from blue to a healthy red. I saw that the word ZION seemed to be operating like the main artery of the once lifeless heart and the blood of the Lamb was flowing through the heart. The ice in the layers above melted as the heart continued to beat and the ice turned to waters over the land.

INTERPRETATION

The ice in the vision is symbolic of the sins of the nation of France and these seem to fall into two main categories. 1. With specific regard to the children of Israel (because of the use of Zion and the heart) and 2. Cold love - towards the Lord evidenced as self-sufficiency and humanism in the nation. The layers of ice are symbolic of generational sins passed down through family lines. The thunderbolt is symbolic of the power of the Lord and also of the children of Israel (for the Lord used the word ZION to fashion the thunderbolt). The thunderbolt was made of beautiful platinum gold - white gold, the finest and most beautiful gold - because that is how the Lord esteems the children of Israel.

The crack in the ice is indicative of the move of intercession in and for France, in repentance for the sins of the nation. The tears of the Father melted the surface of the ice in the vision, and the prayers of the saints are the conduit for the Father's tears. The crack is symbolic of the prayers that have already been offered up to the Lord for France and her forefathers - but there is more that needs to be done in the place of prayer.

The Lord spoke these words "France is dying for lack of love and for rejection of Zion". The blue heart in the vision is symbolic of this spiritual death over the nation, because of the sin of cold love and also the sins against the children of Israel by the nation of France. (I got a very strong impression whilst receiving this vision, that much of this is in regard to war crimes).

The release of the thunderbolt cut through every layer of ice (sin) and pierced the very heart (of the nation of France). But this piercing of the heart did not bring death - it brought Life. When the once blue heart (the people of France) became one with the thunderbolt (Zion - the Lord's heart for His children Israel), the thunderbolt became the main source of life for the heart and life began to flow.

I believe that when the sins of the fathers have been repented of, and the nation of France receives the Lord's heart for the children of Israel, there will be a massive outpouring of the Spirit (symbolic of the ice melting - the "floodwaters" - bringing Life and Restoration).

There is also a very serious tone to this vision - please my beloved, note that the heart at the bottom of the ice would have died, if it had not received the Father's heart for Zion - it was a power encounter (thunderbolt). France must receive the Father's heart for the children of Israel - or spiritual death will result. It was swift and it was merciful, because the heart (of the nation of France) received the Lord's impingement. The heart was PIERCED - there will be a similar piercing in the hearts of the people of France as they cry out to the Lord and receive His revelation. But as with all sacrifices laid upon the Lord's altar - the price to be paid will pale into insignificance as the blessings of the Lamb are poured out upon the nation through the prayers of the broken and the humbled.

Catherine Brown 24.11.98