Flood
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2. Why did God set the rainbow in the clouds, after the flood? |
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He set it as
a sign of the covenant that He established (after the flood) with Noah and
with his descendants after him, and with every living creature that was with
him. Here is what is written in the book of Genesis: “Then God spoke to Noah
and to his sons with him, saying; ‘And as for Me, behold, I 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 go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. Thus
I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by
the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the
earth’. 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
9:8-17 - NKJV) |