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TITLE: Rainbow Reminders

TEXT: Genesis 9:8-15 - 8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9“And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12And 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: 13I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15and 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.

PROPOSITION: The rainbow is a “sign” of the covenant God made.

QUESTION: What?

KEY WORD: Lessons

SCRIPTURE READING: Same

  1. God put three items in the sky for special purposes


 

What

When

Why

Pillar of Cloud; Pillar of Fire

In the Wilderness

Guidance

A bright star

Announce Jesus' birth

Salvation

Rainbow

After the flood

Reminder of the Promise

 

  1. Two things necessary for a rainbow –

    1. A disturbance (storm, rain, thunder) in heaven.

    2. Sunlight (hope) on earth.

Notice some Facts about the Rainbow:

Man did not ask for the rainbow, it was all God’s idea.

  1. Covenants with God are not DEMANDED!

  2. God (in His kindness and grace) OFFERS, PROMISES.

  3. We have the choice to accept, believe OR reject, refuse.

Man can not destroy a rainbow.

  1. This is a promise from God.

  2. Song – Standing on the Promises of God

  3. Mark it down. When God promises – He keeps His promises.

  4. Man can not destroy the promise.

    1. Esther 4:14 – For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

    2. Luke 19:40 – But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

God looks on the rainbow and remembers.

  1. Man’s wedding ring = Not for others – to remind the husband of vow.

  2. Genesis 9:15- and I will remember My covenant

  3. Genesis 9:16 - I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant

The rainbow touches heaven and earth.

  1. Heaven – constant reminder of the covenant.

  2. Earth – We also remember (comforted) in the promise.

Nobody has ever seen a complete rainbow.

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:9 – But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

  2. Revelation 4:3 – 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.

  3. 1 Kings 10:7 – However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard.

Conclusion:

  1. I have some “rainbows” that I will give away from time to time.

  2. You do not ask for them. (Others may request one for you.)

  3. Someone does something that should be noted and remembered.

  4. When you see your rainbow – You will remember the act of service.

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