The gathering positive charge begins to 'reach up' through the atmosphere, and the cloud responds. A path is etched through the ozone charged atmosphere by the first bolt to descend. It reaches up, and then the cloud reaches down. Power surges down that path three, four and up to thirty times before it finds another place to connect. As I was watching a program on storms and lightning, the parallel between lightning and the kingdom of God came to me strongly.
Lightning is a 'heaven touching earth' allegory in the sky.
It reminded me of a vision I had in November 1995. The ground, or earth was pinkish grey in colour and the heavens were yellow gold in colour. As I watched, one of the hills began to rise slowly. It formed a mountain, reaching for the sky. As it did, the heavens above it began to descend.