Rainbows in the Sky. What do they mean?

And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:12-17

The people closest to me know that I love rainbows. It’s not just the colors or the brightness of it when it comes out right after a sun shower or a rainy day, or the almost majestic way it sits in the sky and seems to stretch so close that you can touch it that intrigues me. It’s what the rainbow stands for that leaves me in awe and the beauty of it is just a perk. Before I tell you what the rainbow stands for (for those of you who don’t know), I would like to share something with you.

On my blog page I have a layout with beautiful mountain scenery and a rainbow that crosses over the front of the mountains. I think its peaceful scenery describes God’s serenity. Well I was showing a friend of mine my page and she asked me about the rainbow and told me what it meant to the world. It so happens that to the world the rainbow is the symbol of gay pride. Needless to say I was beside myself when I heard that and told her what the bible says about the rainbow. When I think about it, it is just another way Satan has tried to take something that God has meant for good and twist it to associate it with something sinful, but he is a liar and the father of them and God is still on the throne and always will be.

The people of Noah’s time had turned their backs on God and were very wicked. The bible says that the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great and the intent of his heart was only evil, and He was sorry He had made man and grieved in His heart. (Gen. 7:5-6 paraphrased) God saw that there was a man who found grace in His eyes. That man was Noah. So the Lord spoke to Noah and had him build an ark for him, his family, and seven sets of every clean animal, bird, and creepy crawly thing on earth and one set of every unclean animal and bird. While Noah built the ark he preached to the people and told them to repent for judgment was coming but the people would not listen and thought Noah was crazy. The day came when God told Noah to take his family and the animals and to go into the ark. Once they did, the heavens opened up and it rained for forty days and forty nights, till there was nothing living left on the earth except for those in the ark. When the rains had stopped and the earth dried, Noah, his family, and the animals came out of the ark and Noah offered sacrifices to the Lord and the Lord when He smelled the sweet aroma said in His heart that would never again curse the ground for man’s sake. Henceforth the rainbow!!

The real meaning of the rainbow my dear friends is the “covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is in the earth.” It is the covenant that He made with Noah and every living creature with him to never again destroy all flesh with flood waters. The rainbow is the sign of promises! Whenever I see a rainbow, I am reminded that God is the God who keeps His word. He is the God of covenants or pacts. When God makes a covenant with you, you can be sure that whatever He promised will come to pass! Hallelujah!! When I see the rainbow, I am reminded of the promises God has made to me and mine and I am filled with gratitude and hope because I know that He keeps His word! Praise God!

My friend suggested that I write a devotional about the rainbow so that whoever comes across my page on the web will not get the wrong idea about me because of the rainbow. I am writing it to let everyone know the true meaning of the rainbow and what it means to me. The word says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6), and I wanted everyone who comes across this page to know what it really means and that God is a promise keeper! He keeps His word and it never returns to Him void but fulfills the purpose for which He sends it.

My friends, whenever you see a rainbow in the sky, remember the promises God has made over your life and be reassured that they will come to pass and you will rejoice on they day of their fulfillment.