"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds" 2Cor 10:4
When Noah saw the earth desolated by the flood he must have been traumatized. Afterwards, whenever the sky grew dark overhead, he would need reassurance. God said "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covanant between me and the earth" Gen 9:13
The rainbow is the flag of God, the seven coloured royal standard. No icon, no regimental colours, no imperial symbol, can match that.
"O Lord my God, in you I put my trust....my defense
is of God, who saves the upright in heart. God is a just
Judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If
he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword, he bends
his bow and makes it ready; he also prepares for himself
instruments of death, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts
........I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness
and wll sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." Ps 7 1-17
The word 'bow' in Genisis 9:13 (where it is translated "rainbow") is the same Hebrew word as for a bow which is used to shoot arrows - a weapon of war.......but what a weapon, spanning the whole horizon!
What mighty arrows it must shoot when God goes into battle against the devil. "The LOrd shall go forth like a mighty man; he shall stir up his zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; he shall prevail against his enimies." Isaiah 42:13
The rainbow is not a mere phenomenon of natural beauty, but a divine reminder of Gods archery. The divine graphics span the whole bible, for when we reach the book of Revelation , we read "A rainbow ...... encircled the throne......From the throne came flashes of lightening" Rev 4: 3-5
Gods mighty arrows. No wind can blow a rainbow away and no devil can switch it off. The battle truly belongs to the Lord.
You may suffer life storms, when ominous blackness fills your skies, but that arching splendour of prismatic colour in the raincloud, seen with your mortal eyes, is the objective standard of God to reassure you. It is a sign of God's love bent toward the world, and to you.
Receive his love today.
When Noah saw the earth desolated by the flood he must have been traumatized. Afterwards, whenever the sky grew dark overhead, he would need reassurance. God said "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covanant between me and the earth" Gen 9:13
The rainbow is the flag of God, the seven coloured royal standard. No icon, no regimental colours, no imperial symbol, can match that.
"O Lord my God, in you I put my trust....my defense
is of God, who saves the upright in heart. God is a just
Judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If
he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword, he bends
his bow and makes it ready; he also prepares for himself
instruments of death, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts
........I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness
and wll sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." Ps 7 1-17
The word 'bow' in Genisis 9:13 (where it is translated "rainbow") is the same Hebrew word as for a bow which is used to shoot arrows - a weapon of war.......but what a weapon, spanning the whole horizon!
What mighty arrows it must shoot when God goes into battle against the devil. "The LOrd shall go forth like a mighty man; he shall stir up his zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; he shall prevail against his enimies." Isaiah 42:13
The rainbow is not a mere phenomenon of natural beauty, but a divine reminder of Gods archery. The divine graphics span the whole bible, for when we reach the book of Revelation , we read "A rainbow ...... encircled the throne......From the throne came flashes of lightening" Rev 4: 3-5
Gods mighty arrows. No wind can blow a rainbow away and no devil can switch it off. The battle truly belongs to the Lord.
You may suffer life storms, when ominous blackness fills your skies, but that arching splendour of prismatic colour in the raincloud, seen with your mortal eyes, is the objective standard of God to reassure you. It is a sign of God's love bent toward the world, and to you.
Receive his love today.
