Genesis 9 & 10, Matthew 4: 23-25, Psalm 5
Genesis 9: 12-13 (ESV)
“And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future
generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the
covenant between me and the earth.”
Verses 12 and 13 remind me that a rainbow was made by God as
a sign of the covenant he made not only with Noah and his sons, but with the
earth and the animals. God’s covenant was that he would never destroy the earth
again with a flood. I’ve always loved rainbows because they are a rare and
beautiful thing to see in the sky. Whenever I see a rainbow, I always see it as
a sign of good luck. I also learned in childhood to make a wish whenever I see
a rainbow. These verses remind me to be grateful to God of his promise to not
destroy the earth by flood. God did a reset on humanity, and from this covenant
he promised not do another reset until the circumstances described in
Revelation. While we should always be afraid of natural disasters, we do not
need to worry about God destroying the earth again.
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