LIGHTS OUT!

Paris was named the City of Light (Ville Lumière) at the beginning of the nineteenth century because it was the first city in Europe to use gas lighting to illuminate its streets. On the night of July 27, 2024 Paris did not live up to its nickname as a major power outage struck a large part of Paris. From what I can tell from various news reports, Sacré-Cœur was the only building in the blacked-out area that still had light. 

Sacré-Cœur is a beautiful Catholic church located on top of Montmartre, and because Montmartre is the highest point in Paris, anyone in the blacked-out area could easily see the church bathed in light and shining in the darkness. Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) says “a city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Neither could Sacré-Cœur.

I have been unable to find a news report on the natural cause of the blackout, but a lot of people are mentioning a supernatural one.  A day before the outage, the 4-hour opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games featured a tableau showing French DJ Barbara Butch standing with a number of so-called “drag queens” lined up behind a very long table.  The scene reminded many people of Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Towards the end of the tableau, a very large round serving platter rose in front of that display to reveal the nearly naked French singer Phillipe Katerine covered in blue makeup and surrounded by food. According to the Hindustan Times, “The rain-soaked ceremony saw the blue man, dressed sparsely in flowers and leaves, singing “Nu” (“Naked”) as he floated down the River Seine.” I don’t think God appreciated that particular display.

So do you think God killed the Paris lights to make His point?  I think He did--even if it turns out that the French electricians and/or other investigators are eventually able to find a so-called “natural” cause for the enormous Paris power outage. The Bible often uses “it so happened that” when describing things God does.

Margot Armer