I think rainbows are completely amazing. Maybe it's because they're so rare (I haven't seen one in quite some time) or because there aren't many places in nature where all the colors of the spectrum converge, I just think they're precious somehow. Maybe that's where the legend of the pot 'o' gold came from. Or because it's the only time in history that God used a recurring natural phenomenon to sign, as it were, His covenant with humanity. We shall never be wiped out again by a flood. Want to read the story of the rainbow covenant?
I love that story. God did what He had to do to satisfy justice, and the He put a promise in the sky. It's a promise to find another way to bring holiness to the world, to provide a way for His people to dwell with Him in righteousness. I believe that the rainbow was a promise of the cross, and now it is a reminder of the cross. God so loved the world that rather than give them over to their sinful desires, He sent His only begotton Son that whosoever believed in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
Did you know that a complete rainbow is a circle? It never ends. And almost every civilization in recorded history has had a flood story in their religion. This covenant is for everyone, just like the covenant of the cross.
Here's some more information about rainbows, if you're interested. Have you seen a rainbow lately?
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