The Rainbow of God's Promise

And what is a rainbow?

A rainbow is a beautiful thing. It is a multicolored arch that appears in the sky after a storm that displays for our eyes to see the full spectrum of colors in the sky. It is produced by the refraction of light, and it occurs when tiny droplets of water are suspended in the air and hit by sunlight at just the right angle.

In the scriptures, we are told that God placed His bow of promise in the sky after the rain of the flood of Noah’s day for all to see, (Genesis 9:16) and this has been interpreted over the years to be the rainbow. The rainbow has hence been seen as a sign of God’s everlasting covenant between Him and all flesh that is upon the earth. Like a rainbow across the sky the extent of his promise to redeem us spans over time, from the beginning to the end.

Like the many colors of the rainbow, God's everlasting covenant is a full spectrum of peace and love and life, and every good thing. Its a sign of the promise of God. We do not have to dream or pretend such a thing exists, somewhere in our imagination, somewhere over the rainbow, because the promise of God is real and we have not only the rainbow in the sky which can be seen, but the promise of God fulfilled in Jesus Christ.