The lightning strike occured minutes after sunset as Waden en Agua, a deacon at the local Adventist Church, was rushing to finish vacuuming his living room.
Famously spread thin for over-committing to church and other causes around town, Agua said he had lost track of time and was rushing to finish his pre-Sabbath chores at the time of the incident.
Agua said he was grateful to be alive and expressed relief that he had not been soaking in his Sabbath bath when the lightning struck.
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YEAH, SO? IT WAS DIRTY!
I will admit…I have used the vacuum during Sabbath hours. Once it happened as we got the call that guests were coming. When the cot was brought out for someone to sleep on, some of the filling came out onto the living room floor. It was quicker to clean up with the vacuum than it would have been with a broom.
The last thing I do Friday afternoon is to clean the floor. If I do it earlier in the day, I’ll just have to do it all over again. Some folk don’t know that the mat outside the front door is for wiping the shoes off.
Those same folks then prop their feet up on your coffee table
We often went to war and fought and marched on sabbath, the march on Jericho included.
I’m cracking up at this comment because your name is Joshua… Are you THE Joshua who led the battle at Jericho? Lol
He’s retelling the story.
I had to clean my front window once on Sabbath. We had guests coming over for vespers, and my dog, who is a non-SDA, smeared the front windows with saliva. I felt it was like pulling my ox out of a ditch on Sabbath. I did pay extra tithe the next week, just to be safe!,
Way to cover your bases
When I was much younger (and an Adventist) there were many times that I looked over my shoulder, watching for that bolt of lightning or waiting to be turned to a pillar of salt, while finishing some task that was overlapping onto the Sabbath…
Hahaha I felt same sometimes.!
Warning the next bolt is for those sda,s who travel home each Friday at sabbath hours, quick stops at the deli, a few donuts at dd,working at any sda institution, and other emergencies. Woe iz me this sabbath day.
What kind of God do you serve? Really! I feel sorry for all of you believe that. God is loving ,kind and pure. Not harsh. My God is loving!
Barely Adventist is a satirical sacreligious website that does not reflect Adventism in the least. Our God is a loving compassionate God.
Baal’s altar was struck by lightning. End of story. You don’t want to end up like that!! Woe is all of you!!
This is the only area where Adventists are likely to clash with secular government as they regard it as a “sacred responsibility” to be good citizens. Adventist worship is very like other Protestant worship – apart from the fact that the main day for worship is a Saturday not a Sunday.