The Rainbow's Promise

What do you think of when you see a Rainbow?

What does a Rainbow mean to you?

Destruction is a real part of God’s world - good news/bad news story?

Preservation and Destruction are allies, not enemies

Pruning a grapevine or Fruit tree - 17 year cicada

Grooming hair or nails Baby Teeth, Molting, shedding skin Cancer, gangrene

Floods on the river plain Forest fires - Fire and sin

God warns that He will refresh renew the earth by fire

MT 13:40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age

I Cor. 3:13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. 14 If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

Preservation Destruction

Ark Flood

Warning to Noah People ignored Noah’s preaching

Save Noah to preserve Righteousness Give creation a clean slate - destroy sin

Is this primarily a story of Preservation, Destruction - or both?

Read the Scripture passage

What do you think of when you see a Rainbow?

What does a Rainbow mean to you?

Imagine what went through Noah’s mind when he saw a rainbow

Let the rainbow assist you in worship

God is Faithful - I will be Grateful

God is creative - Artisitc -

Be creative - line each color with God’s Character

Gen. 9:9 & 11 I will establish - I will remember - even if you forget

it is all about God and His faithfulness, His character

Never again - this is an everlasting covenant

God uses Nature to point towards Him

Covenant connections

I will not destroy with a flood I will bear your sins in my own body

Sign of the covenant Rainbow Cup and bread - symbols of blood and body

Participative - share in the Lord’s Supper

Final Words (After Communion)

9:14 When I bring clouds... Don’t be afraid

Not saying - no more natural disasters

Not saying - no more destruction of the earth (Fire - nuclear - asteroid with our name on it?)

2 PET 3:3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, "Where is this coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Matt. 24 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

Fight the Lie - ""There’s always time" Noah preached 100 years!

Choose destruction or obedience, God is faithful, No more floods - Rainbow is a sign of promise

In order for God to preserve your life - what must He Destroy?