In a powerful Manna-Fest message, evangelist Perry Stone shared a riveting teaching linking spiritual warfare in the heavens to increasingly bizarre weather patterns on Earth.
Drawing deeply from Scripture and decades of ministry experience, Stone presented a provocative theory: that angelic battles in the second heaven may directly impact the natural climate on Earth.
“Are angelic demon wars in heaven affecting the weather on Earth?” Stone asked the audience. “It’s something we don’t think about because when weather changes, it’s considered to be either global warming or climate change.”
But the weather anomalies sweeping across America—and the world—may have more to do with the unseen realm than with atmospheric science.
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Revelation and the Second Heaven
Stone grounded his message in Revelation 12:7–9, which describes a war in heaven between Michael and his angels and the dragon—Satan—and his angels. He explained this is not the third heaven, where God dwells, but rather the “second heaven,” a realm of cosmic activity between Earth’s atmosphere and the heavenly throne room. This middle realm, he taught, is where Satan exerts his influence as “prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2).
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Stone delineated the three heavens Paul referenced in 2 Corinthians 12. The first heaven encompasses Earth’s atmosphere. The second heaven includes the sun, moon, stars and galaxies—a region Stone described as Satan’s domain of aerial authority. The third heaven is paradise, the dwelling place of God.
Quoting from Job 1 and 2, Stone pointed to how Satan was given limited access to attack Job through “fire from heaven” and a great wind—both of which destroyed lives and property. He argues these were not acts of God but supernatural weather events instigated by Satan himself.
Weather as a Weapon
Stone believes that certain extreme weather events are not simply natural disasters, but spiritual attacks aimed at disrupting the work of the Church.
“I have experienced the weirdest weather patterns at certain occasions,” he shared. “I believe that bad weather can certainly hinder the gospel—not necessarily the preaching of it, but people being a part of it.”
Stone recounted several events in his ministry where unusual weather suddenly threatened revival meetings, including a funnel cloud that nearly took down a tent in Virginia and powerful winds that disrupted a February tent revival in Tampa. On another occasion, he witnessed 40 lightning strikes hit the property of a church in just 15 minutes—right before a major warfare conference.
“Every time I would go to Tampa… we would have lightning strikes coming out of nowhere,” Stone recalled. “So I quit going to Tampa in the month of June.”
Stone believes these weather disturbances are not just coincidences but are linked to demonic interference—particularly during moments of spiritual breakthrough. “We’re having storms out of season. We’re having floods that come out of nowhere. This is really getting weird.”
Lightning, Fire and the End Times
The connection between lightning and spiritual warfare also surfaced in Jesus’ words in Luke 10:18: “I beheld Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Stone speculates that lightning serves as a symbol—and even a literal manifestation—of spiritual transitions, including Jesus’ return.
“In a vision I had… when [Jesus] shot His left hand out, lightning went that way. When He shot His right hand out, lightning went that way,” Stone said. “And the lightning carried everybody from around the world back to where He was.”
He reinforced his point with Revelation 13, where the false prophet calls fire from heaven—a sign that even demonic forces will wield control over nature in the last days.
Elijah and the Hidden War
One of the most compelling portions of Stone’s teaching centered on Elijah’s encounter with wind, earthquake, and fire in 1 Kings 19. “But the Lord was not in the wind… the earthquake… or the fire,” he emphasized.
Stone believes those events were demonic in origin—attempts by Satan to kill Elijah after the prophet, in a moment of despair, asked God to take his life. “Satan heard it and said, ‘I have authority now because of what he said with his mouth to try to take him out.'”
He warned, “Watch what you say with your mouth. The enemy will take it against you.”
A Spiritual Battle Behind the Forecast
As floods, fires, tornadoes and weather extremes increase, Stone challenges believers to look beyond meteorological explanations. The invisible war in the heavens—between God’s angels and demonic powers—is more than theological metaphor. It may be affecting the very air we breathe and the storms we endure.
Stone concludes that America’s increasing weather instability is more than climate change—it is climate warfare, rooted in spiritual conflict. “There is an invisible side to the freaky weather patterns,” he said, “and we’re about to get into that.”
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As spiritual warfare intensifies in the skies, Stone encourages believers to walk in authority, speak the Word and discern the signs—not just in politics or culture, but in the clouds above.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
