Epigraph: Exodus 19:16 'And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet (exceedingly) loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.'
Matthew 24:27 'For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall all the coming of the Son of man be.'
Luke 10:18 'And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.'
John Berryman" 'And the lightning dances, but I cannot despair.'