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The Rainbow Covenant

The Rainbow Covenant. The covenant & its sign: Unconditional. Genesis 8:21-22.

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The Rainbow Covenant

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  1. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional

  2. Genesis 8:21-22 ". . . and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

  3. Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

  4. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal

  5. Genesis 9:9-11 "And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."

  6. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’

  7. Genesis 9:16 "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."

  8. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food

  9. Acts 14:17 "Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

  10. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food • Stands as a testimony to God & His promises • Lessons for us: • Blessings of nature are not conditioned upon man’s moral conduct

  11. Genesis 8:21 ". . . the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." “though”

  12. 2 Peter 3:5-7 ". . . by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."

  13. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food • Stands as a testimony to God & His promises • Lessons for us: • Blessings of nature are not conditioned upon man’s moral conduct • There will be no variation from the established order in the universe

  14. Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

  15. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food • Stands as a testimony to God & His promises • Lessons for us: • Blessings of nature are not conditioned upon man’s moral conduct • There will be no variation from the established order in the universe • God patiently waits for sinners to repent

  16. 1 Peter 3:20 ". . . the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing . . ." 2 Peter 2:5 "(God) spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;"

  17. 1 Peter 3:20 ". . . the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing . . ." 2 Peter 2:5 "(God) spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;"

  18. 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

  19. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food • Stands as a testimony to God & His promises • Lessons for us: • Blessings of nature are not conditioned upon man’s moral conduct • There will be no variation from the established order in the universe • God patiently waits for sinners to repent • There is an end to His patience – the earth will be destroyed

  20. Genesis 7:21 "And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:"

  21. 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." vs. 10 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."

  22. 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." vs. 10 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."

  23. Matthew 24:37-42 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be . . . Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."

  24. Matthew 24:37-42 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be . . . Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."

  25. The Rainbow Covenant • The covenant & its sign: • Unconditional • Universal • ‘Everlasting’ • The benefits: • Regularity of the seasons is guaranteed • Physical food • Stands as a testimony to God & His promises • Lessons for us: • Blessings of nature are not conditioned upon man’s moral conduct • There will be no variation from the established order in the universe • God patiently waits for sinners to repent • There is an end to His patience – the earth will be destroyed

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