In honor of George Floyd, a mural was erected in his memory at Summit and Lagrange in Toledo, Ohio, was recently destroyed by what is believed to be a lightning strike.
Toledo Police reported that eyewitnesses said they saw a lightning bolt hit the mural causing the collapse. ABC 13 reported that their Doppler Radar picked up a lightning strike in that block around 4:30 AM.
However, city building inspector Hugh Koogan told the Toledo Blade that the mural fell due to ‘natural deterioration.’
It was just age. It just came away.
Another City of Toledo building inspector said the building itself is structurally sound.
Police could be seen surrounding the building that used to be home to an old bar, setting up a perimeter and taping off the area around the fallen bricks.
The owner of the building is now working to clean up the debris and tear down the rest of the idol.
Almost one year ago exactly was this now toppled mural of George Floyd set up.
‘Groups have held memorial services for Floyd in front of the mural, including on the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was later convicted of murder and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison,’ says the ABC 13 report.
The city of Toledo announced in a statement that they are already in the works to make a new mural with the arts commission, or help them and the artist relocate. They also said they were ‘heartbroken’ to see the artist’s work ruined.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Job 38:35. God speaking to Job
[4] Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. [5] Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. [6] Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. [7] Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; [8] Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. Psalms 144:4-8
Seems pretty clear to me that the Lord is sending a warning by destroying this idol, especially when it is right around the time this image was painted a year ago. Floyd was nothing more than a criminal, who was already arrested 9 times before he was getting arrested for the tenth the day he died.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalm 12:8
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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“It was just age. It just came away.”
They did not like to retain God in their knowledge…
The real fireworks start once we are gone.
.\\itch – Psalms 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
LOL, God hit it dead center.
Direct hit! Bullseye!
Joy and hope just struck me like lightning (no pun intended) that is some very really good news!
God is saying “you wanna glorify a criminal and exalt some loser who was a perpetual felon with no remorse? Someone whose years I had to cut short because he refused to repent and change? You wanna be a bunch of BLM criminals? Alright then, let me show you what I think of your idolatry and I’ll also give you a foreshadowing of what’s coming for BLM:” BLAM LIGHTNING
Thunderstruck!
Nice that “chance of mind” is Still readable.
God says “Repent”
Amen Fredrick! BLM has a nasty fate waiting for them and you can be that the vast majority of them took the death shot, so when they start keeling over dead with liquified squishy slushy organs they’ll be answering for what they’ve done!
On the anniversary of painting the idol of that criminal good-for-nothing loser, God held them a “celebration” with some demolition.
By the way, God didn’t destroy that idol because “he’s black!” It doesn’t matter if George Floyd was black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, Creole, or green with blue and purple polka dots, he was a worthless bum who lived the life of a constant unrepentant criminal and God finally had enough and cut his life short!