Remember The Rainbow Series

Through the ages God has put three witnesses in the sky to speak to the heart of mankind.

• The Pillar of Fire – Speaks of His Presence, Power & Providence.

• The Star – Speaks of His Position & Pre-eminence. He is above all, before all and the all in all (Col 1:18; Song 5:10).

• The Rainbow – Speaks of His Pledge & Promise. He is a covenant-keeper. What He says, He will do (Heb 6:18; Rom 4:21).

Consider with me some spiritual insight into some facts about The Rainbow:

#1. RAINBOW’S REMINDS US OF OUR SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.

The colors of the Rainbow arise from two basic facts:

• Sunlight is a combination of a spectrum of colors that the eye cannot naturally discern. The range of sunlight colors, when combined, looks white to the eye.

• A rainbow is seen when light of different colors is refracted through a single medium into another (water).

John 4:13-14 “Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

The colors of the Rainbow are…

• Purple speaks of Royalty – 1 Tim 6:15 Jesus “is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;”

• Blue speaks of Heaven – John 3:13 “No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”

• Green speaks of New Life – John 1:3-4 “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”

• Yellow speaks of Light – John 8:12 “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

• Orange speaks of Warning – Matthew 16:2-4 “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red [Purrhos = flamelike, fire colored]. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.”

Jesus warns ALL men everywhere, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).

• Red speaks of the Blood – Rev 1:5 “Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,..”

#2. RAINBOW’S NEED TWO THINGS TO OCCUR.

• A Storm (the greatest storm of all time took place on Calvary).

• Sunlight (Resurrection). Most people have never noticed that the sun is always behind you when you face a rainbow, and that the center of the circular arc of the rainbow is in the direction opposite to that of the sun.

• One theologian wrote, “The sunshine of His resurrection shined through the drops of His shed Blood and produced the Rainbow of God’s Eternal Grace!”