NIV Rainbow Study Bible: Jacketed Hardcover

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Because so much of our plant life is green, this color is often linked to nature and living naturally. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, . The rainbow reassured Noah and his family that a flood on the same scale will never take place again.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day.The first reference to a rainbow in the Bible is when Noah and his brood spotted a rainbow in the sky after the great flood had ended, and they left the ark to enter dry land. Answer: We only need to look in a few Biblical places to discover both the meaning of a rainbow and what its colors may symbolize. It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Even just changing out the wallpaper on a computer background to an ocean scene can be beneficial in this regard. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. The rainbow reminds us how our heavenly Father is prepared to restrain his anger against sin, and deal with it through his Son Jesus Christ.The Israelites rejoiced, with Moses’ sister Miriam beating a tambourine and leading in a song of joy on the other side of the Red Sea ( Exodus 14:27-31; Exodus 15:20-21). The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. There is a debate between theologians whether the rainbow first appeared after the flood or had always been and God decided to make it a sign to Noah. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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.

Around the throne [were] twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. When I started to look into the Bible about rainbows I was really surprised there wasn’t a slew of scripture verses on them. God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us – in the dreariest and most dreaded moments – can see a possibility of hope. 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 to a rainbow appearing in a cloud. Scientists have not reported evidence of another widespread flood after the formation of the continents and human settlement on land.