What does the Bible say is the meaning of a rainbow?
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Question: What is the meaning of a rainbow in the Bible? What do colors such as red, blue, and purple symbolize?
Answer: Interestingly, the true meaning of the rainbow or rainbows is only in in the first book (Genesis) and the last book (Revelation) of the Bible. The book of Ezekiel also has a reference to a rainbow.
In the Genesis account, a rainbow appears right after the great worldwide flood brought in order to remove sinful and evil-minded man from the earth. It symbolized God’s mercy and the covenantHe made with Noah (representing mankind) not to destroy the world in such a way again:

“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.’ ” (Genesis 9:12-16, NKJV throughout)

The cloud which has the bow set in it, in a way, pictures God, as Exodus 13 states:

“And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of CLOUD to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. ” (Exodus 13:21)

In his first vision from God, known as the “wheel in the middle of a wheel” vision, the prophet Ezekiel compares the glory of God he saw with a rainbow!:

“And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

“Like the appearance of a RAINBOW in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord . . . ” (Ezekiel 1:26-28)

“After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.’ Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a RAINBOW around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.” (Revelation 4:1-3)

The second mention occurs when John describes the look of a mighty angel:

“I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a RAINBOW was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.” (Revelation 10:1)

The Lord has so much in me stored up to share with you! I want to share with you two of the posts I just did at www.fggam.org ;

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
Jackie Robinson
Picture of Jackie Robinson, who became the first black player to play in the Major Leagues, thanks in part to the determination of baseball Executive Branch Rickey. Rickey picked Jackie for this challenge to break the race barrier in baseball. I have read many books on Jackie Robinson and seen an old movie about his life story, but the Movie, 42, which I saw last night, reinforced with me the strong man of God Jackie was, he was a Methodist like Branch Rickey. Robinson had such a toughness about him, but it was under control. I am reminded that meekness is not weakness, it is power under control. Jackie Robinson kept his power under control and fueled it toward the his family, baseball, and the rights of other black players to play in the Major Leagues. God ordained Branch Rickey to be the first Baseball Executive to stand up against the baseball establishment and their racism and God ordained Jackie Robinson to be the first black player to stand up against all the awful hate toward black players. They both were men of God, I have studied their lives, they heard from God and answered the call.
So as I go on in my life in serving God, I was reminded last night in watching the movie, 42, that we are here to serve and pave the way for others, meaning helping bring others to Jesus Christ.
And let us remember that meekness is POWER UNDER CONTROL, not out of control.
Thank God for the lives of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey.
Oswald Chambers: “Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” From Pastor Dewey: It is so important to have a personal relationship with our Lord, so that you hear from him. The Lord sends His messenger, the Holy Spirit to guide and comfort us. There is nothing like knowing that your words and steps are being directed by God. The older I get the more I realize that my faith in God leads me to places of Glory I never thought I would visit. I so love my Lord and the wonderful treasures he has in store for us. What a road trip!

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July 22, 2013. It is time for a new day with new things and circumstances. You have never been happy in redundancy. You are blessed with a notion for change and upward motion. You are not satisfied with the status quo. Therefore, I have kept you on the edge of the present while always leaning into the future. Your destiny is to be a pioneer in whatever you do, wherever you go. I can give you specific assignments which appeal to no one else. Your faithfulness in such quests has endeared you to Me.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB) “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” Ras Robinson

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