Rainbow Covenant 63 (I Establish My Covenant With You) [Gen 9:1-17] / Anne's Faith Column

 

 

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Rainbow Covenant 63

(I Establish My 

Covenant With You)

[Gen 9:1-17]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

 

/  By Priscilla

 

 

God blessed Noah, 

made the covenant, 

and gave a rainbow 

  in the clouds as a sign.

 

 

 

"So God created man

in his own image, 

in the image of God

he created him; 

 

 

 

male and female

 he created them.

God blessed them

and said to them, 

 

 

 

"Be fruitful and increase

in number; fill the earth 

and subdue it. 

 

 

 

Rule over the fish of the sea

and the birds of the air 

and over every living creature 

that moves on the ground."

(Gen 1:27-28)

 

 

The word of God

was a privilege given 

to Noah after Adam, 

 

 

 

and therefore man came

to subdue, and rule over

 nature and every creature.

 

 

 

However, 

on the other hand, 

 

 

 

we can discover that 

the relationship between

humans and nature is 

 not as peaceful as before.

 

 

 

In particular, all the peace, 

which Adam and Eve 

had enjoyed in the 

Garden of Eden, 

 

 

 

was no longer possible 

for them. 

 

 

 

Through the Genesis 9:2

of 'the fear and dread 

of you will fall upon 

all the living creatures

of the earth,' we can

guess that.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, 

the relationship between

man and God was cut off 

due to the sin of Adam, 

the ancestor of mankind.

 

 

 

In addition, the relationship

between humans, and every 

creature in nature was cut off,

resulting in an irreversible result.

 

 

 

However, God determined 

to save mankind with

his endless love.

 

 

 

Because humans were

created in the image of God, 

God gave Noah a new covenant

through the rainbow that 

he would never again judge

 the earth with water.

 

 

 

After that, seeing the 

'rainbow' appearing 

after the rain, 

 

 

 

Noah and his family 

must have been more 

 grateful for God's grace.

 

 

 

 

Since they were the ones

who directly experienced 

the flood, they must 

have feared God in

 the vivid memory

 

 

 

and truly served God

as the Almighty.

 

 

 

You can clearly guess

that today's scripture

is a representative scene

of God's comfort

and goodness.

 

 

 

Above all, God wants

all of us to be born again 

with a new heart and 

to praise God in spirit, 

 

 

 

bteaking freeing from

ourselves that were 

children of darkness

in the past.

 

 

 

He wants us who have

received the grace of God, 

who established the new 

covenant, to obey God 

 

 

 

and establish a new 

relationship with the Lord.

 

 

 

Then, what kind of covenant

does God want to establish

  with each of us at this time?

 

 

 

Also, what kind of life 

should we live?

 

 

 

1) As children of light, 

we must live brightly with

a positive perspective.

 

 

 

2) We must acknowledge 

that we are weak human 

beings, and we must 

always ask the Holy Spirit

 

 

 

to help us live as children

of God who take on the role 

 of light and salt through

 the help of the Lord.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!

 

 

 

Grant me a beautiful 

covenant with me as

you did with Noah!

 

 

 

Amen.

 

 

 

2010/01/04

 

 

/  By Priscilla