Genesis 9:16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.
In the culmination of the story of Noah and the ark we get the promise of God never to destroy the whole earth with a flood ever again. And the reminder of that promise - the rainbow. When we teach this story to children (or ourselves) I think we often get it backwards - we think of the rainbow as a reminder to us, in an Aesop's fable kind of way, of God's faithfulness. But that's not how the story goes in the Bible. The rainbow isn't a reminder for us - it's a reminder for God.
It's like God put a note in the Eternal Smartphone with an alarm. The phone buzzes and the message pops up: "Don't forget. You promised not to destroy the earth with a flood again." That's what a rainbow is. And I love this image. As someone who love to make lists and put reminders in smartphones, I do it because those things are important to me. Things that are important go on the list. We are important to God. So we go on God's list. We get a rainbow - because we matter.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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