{"id":83861,"date":"2026-06-22T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83861"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:16:14","slug":"83861-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/83861-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs Below And Above?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s call this &#8220;odds and ends,&#8221; as we do on occasion.<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll start at what some may interpret as signs of the times\u2014whether warning or promise\u2014in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>You have perhaps seen this one of the sky above the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and behind the Washington Monument before recent celebrations and more to the point, two days after the nation was consecrated to the Sacred Heart by a gathering of U.S. bishops at Mary, Queen of the Universe Basilica in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56429\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdailyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skywashmonument.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1012\" height=\"645\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ran it by both ChatGPT and Gemini to check, as we often do, if it was A.I.<\/p>\n<p>Gemini said it was authentic. ChatGPT said it was computer-generated. A second try with Gemini said the picture was legitimate but had been enhamced with articifical means, which amounts to both chat engines being correct in their own styles.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out\u2014or at least we are told\u2014that the original was more like this (seen on &#8220;X&#8221;):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fight night energy is taking over DC.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Freedom 250 is almost here. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zdqv8eS2HY\">pic.twitter.com\/Zdqv8eS2HY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2065895302796571106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actually, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/double-rainbow-kennedy-center-trump\/\">the rainbow may have been on June 12<\/a>. The widely disseminated photo \u00a0captures a striking, real-world meteorological event that occurred over Washington, D.C., during a severe evening storm. The dramatic sunset rainbow paired with active cloud-to-ground lightning behind the Washington Monument was widely witnessed and captured by numerous local residents and professional photojournalists. ChatGPT said it was enhanced color and sharpness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On June 12, 2026, a stunning rainbow\u2014and in many areas, a double rainbow\u2014appeared across the Washington, D.C. skyline following severe thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Because the severe thunderstorms struck late in the evening on June 12, many of the most striking photographs\u2014including shots of lightning spidering directly above the monument alongside the double rainbow\u2014flooded social media and news outlets the next day, June 13, leading to some confusion about the exact date.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The storm system moved out overnight, leaving June 13 relatively clear, though another separate round of stormy weather and a sunset rainbow returned to the National Mall a couple of days later on June 14.<\/p>\n<p>What if anything did\/does it mean?<\/p>\n<p>There is the promise in a rainbow (dating back to Noah) while lightning is usually more associated with judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Some saw an angel. Some a demon.<\/p>\n<p>You discern. (Some saw it mainly associated with the Monument; others with the Kennedy Center.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaproxy.snopes.com\/width\/600?url=https:\/\/media.snopes.com\/2026\/06\/rainbow.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same can be said of the smoke rising last week (June 19) from a massive wildfire near Miami.\u00a0Is there a serpent with mouth open (a &#8220;gaper&#8221;)?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56393\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdailyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skymiami1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is simply the sky as from a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/rivers-oceans\/atlantic-cold-blob-is-responsible-for-shifts-in-the-indian-summer-monsoon-that-threaten-over-1-billion-people\">&#8220;cold blob&#8221;<\/a><\/span> responsible for potentially catastrophic shifts in India&#8217;s monsoon season takes hold. It could affect one billion people (prayer need). The\u00a0abnormally cold patch of water in the North Atlantic Ocean has triggered changes in the Indian summer monsoon via the jet stream winds, new research suggests.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/MjXscWxuZtnAHUTBzEnox.jpg\" alt=\"Young people play volleyball in a flooded field in India during the summer monsoon. The sky is full of dark clouds.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to looking up, here are two seers on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje viewing the Virgin Mary at the same time\u2014unusual in that the three remaining seers who have daily apparitions usually do so apart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83865\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1209\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-3.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-3-255x191.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83864\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1209\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-2.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-2-255x191.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rare is the person who has gone there and not come back a believer. (Very rare.)<\/p>\n<p>But common it is that the great skeptics never have been. Perhaps one can call it &#8220;armchair discernment.&#8221; Many make snap decisions in our times, at times rafting the cascades of information (and misinformation).<\/p>\n<p>Be careful with posts and podcasts. They can be great and they can be misleading.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate,\u00a0<em>stay tuned<\/em>. The times, and signs of the times, as a singer once sung, &#8220;they are a&#8217;changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.spiritdaily.com\/search?q=future\"><em>Future Events<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.spiritdaily.com\/search?q=future\">Lost Prophecies<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bookstore.spiritdaily.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/FUTUREEVENTS_large.jpg?v=1698839914\" width=\"156\" height=\"251\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bookstore.spiritdaily.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/GI-2304-2_large.jpg?v=1627695049\" width=\"169\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s call this &#8220;odds and ends,&#8221; as we do on occasion. And we&#8217;ll start at what some may interpret as.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}