Title: God's Rainbow Covenant/Genesis 9:8-17
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Title: God's Rainbow Covenant
Bible: Genesis 9:8-17 (399 chapters)
You must have memories of a rainbow floating in the garden after it rained when you were young.
is. After the rain showers pass, one side of the sky is mysteriously embroidered.
will not be able to forget the color of the beautiful rainbow. However, modern people
They barely see the rainbow and live. A high-rise building filled with turbid smoke
Rainbows will not appear properly in the forest.
However, the rainbow in the text we read today is used very meaningfully.
has been After the flood judgment, God brought out Noah and Noah, the representatives of mankind.
A covenant was established with this rainbow in between.
What is a covenant in the Bible? May God be judged on the basis of your character and authority
It refers to God's promise to the liver. The original covenant is a mutual agreement
It has a hostile character. So, both sides of the promise are on an equal footing
In order to pursue common interests in
When it is satisfied, the promise, that is, the covenant, is finally established.
However, the covenant spoken of in today's Bible text does not provide any conditions.
Dunn's covenant. In the sense that God is in control of all covenants,
It can be called 'a covenant of grace and love'.
This covenant is not a covenant made through consultation or compromise with humans.
It is a covenant that God unilaterally and sovereignly presented and concluded without conditions.
All. In fact, for human beings themselves, they make conditions with God and bear them.
You don't have enough faith or will to kill. Therefore, not
The liver has the power to make any kind of covenant with God.
The reality is that you can't afford it. Nevertheless, God only
Through God's unconditional love and sovereign will,
It could be a party.
Also, God doubts in spite of His sure covenant,
Considering the fear of flood damage, the rainbow, the visual sign of the covenant
It was placed in the sky after the rain. A person who is ignorant and susceptible to the disease of oblivion
By pouring out a rainbow for the liver, a new reminder of God's covenant
You can see the love of God that He wants to give. Even in this rainbow covenant
In spite of this, it was darkened by the eyes of unbelief, and fearing another flood, the Tower of Babel was built by Noah.
Looking at what descendants have built up, it means no covenant to those who do not believe.
You can see that there is no . In this sense, ultimately, this rainbow covenant is
It is a sign that foreshadows the salvation of mankind through Jesus Christ.
1. The rainbow covenant is a sign of God's love.
2. The rainbow covenant is a sign of the certainty of salvation for the saints of God.
3. The rainbow covenant is a sign of God's faithfulness (verses 15-16).
God repeats this covenant, "...I will remember."
I did. This means that God always faithfully keeps His covenant.
(Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 36:5; Hebrews 6:8) To God as a proof of the covenant
From Noah's Flood to the present day, He is showing the rainbow
is. Even if heaven and earth change, God's word does not change, even one jot or one tittle.
As the saying goes, the rainbow, a sign of God's covenant, has passed many years.
Eo is still revealing itself. (Matthew 24:35)
The Bible is full of rich promises to the saints. that promise
Not only at the time when the covenant was first heard, but also to us today.
It is a valid and faithful covenant.