Now that is nothing profound since we are in the rainy season and it rains almost daily. However, I never tire of rain showers. When our little storm was over, my dad called out, "There's a rainbow!" All of us scurried excitedly to different windows to catch a glimpse of this phenomenon.
"Phenomenon?" you may ask. "We see that all the time!" I'll agree, it is a frequent occurrence. Science even has broken it down into a technical explanation:
"An arc-shaped spectrum of color seen in the sky opposite the Sun, especially after rain, caused by the refraction and reflection of sunlight by droplets of water suspended in the air. Secondary rainbows that are larger and paler sometimes appear within the primary arc with the colors reversed (red beinginside). These result from two reflections and refractions of a light ray
inside a droplet. " (The American Heritage Science
Dictionary)
But a rainbow is much more than droplets of water suspended in air. According to Scripture, it is an established sign, an everlasting covenant between God, Noah, Noah's descendant's (that's us!), and all living creature on the earth.
"And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and ever living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.'" (Genesis 9:12-16,emphasis added)
After the thunder clouds roll away and the rain clears up, we stand here on earth and see a rainbow. At the same time, God in heaven promises he will see the rainbow as well and remember His promise. Is that not incredible? Sometimes I can't quite wrap my mind around it. That a sign established thousands of years ago is being enacted every day with God taking note. Yes, it is indeed incredible!
So I urge you next time you see a rainbow to keep in mind that the God of the universe is at that moment witnessing with you the sign of His promise: never to destroy the earth with a flood again! Gather your family to the windows and view this amazing phenomenon.
--Hannah
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