And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. Genesis 9:14
"Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the
We see the rainbow often enough to prevent our having any such fears.
The covenant which the Lord made with Noah stands fast, and we have no doubts about it.
Q: Why, then, should we think that the clouds of' trouble, which now darken our sky, will end in our destruction?
Let us dismiss such groundless and dishonoring fears.
Faith always sees the bow of covenant promise whenever sense sees the cloud of affliction.
Faith always sees the bow of covenant promise whenever sense sees the cloud of affliction.
--God has a bow with which He might shoot out His arrows of destruction.
--But see, it is turned upward!
--It is a bow without an arrow or a string; it is a bow hung out for show, no longer used for war.
--It is a bow of many colors, expressing joy and delight, and not a bow blood-red with slaughter or black with anger.
Never does God so darken our sky as to leave His covenant without a witness.
Until the waters go over the earth again, we shall have no reason for doubting our God."
Charles Spurgeon
