The Noahic Covenant - The Rainbow Apparently, man living on the Earth enjoying the faithfulness of God was not enough. Man became more corrupt to the point that every thought was evil continually. Therefore, God judged the world with a great flood. A new definition was needed between God and mankind. But I will establish My covenant with you [Noah]; and you shall enter the ark— you and your sons and your wife, and your sons wives with you. Genesis 6:18 Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. And I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. And it shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow 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; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon 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 9:9-17 The Rainbow is the symbol for God’s covenant with mankind. He will never judge man with a flood of water again (he intends to use fire next time). You will notice that God made this covenant with man and the Animal Kingdom as well. To this day, rainbows appear in the sky after it rains, and they mean exactly the same thing today as they meant to Noah in his day. How was this covenant “cut?” As soon as the flood was over, Noah emerged from the ark and sacrificed one of every “clean” animal. The rainbow became our covering. The covenant with Noah did not replace the covenant made with Adam; it was added to it.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:01 +0000
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