Genesis 9:12-15 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
As I was thinking about the debate of homosexuality in America and the supreme courts decision to allow same sex marriages. I was reminded of the biblical symbolism of a rainbow. In Genesis, after God destroyed all living creatures besides Noah, his family and two of every kind of animal. He set a rainbow in the sky as a covenant with Noah that he would never again use waters to destroy all life. As I though about this covenant I realized it was ironic that people engaging in a lifestyle of sin would use the same symbol to proudly display their sin that God used with Noah after he destroyed nearly the entire human race because of their lifestyle of sin!
Genesis 6:5- 6
5 Then the Lord[b] saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
But God was pleased with Noah's heart and he walked with Noah and spoke with him. God then gave him instructions to build an arc, after the arc was complete Noah and his family along with the animals loaded up on the arc and God shut the door and flooded the earth.
After they came to shore safely God gave a few commandments the first of which was "Be Fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. (Genesis 9:1 then in verse 3 "Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you,. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." God then gives value to human life and commands that whoever sheds human blood their blood shall be shed by others for in the image of God humans were made.
Then we get to the rainbow. I'm sure it is just coincidental that LGBTs chose the rainbow for their symbol. But I, being a God fearing Christian am terrified to do anything that might entice God's anger. By choosing that symbol you are using the very symbol God gave mankind after destroying nearly everyone.
God sent his only son to die on the cross to be our arc and salvation. I want to see everyone go to heaven, the arc is big enough for everyone you just have to get on the boat before it starts raining. You have to turn from your wickedness, no matter what form, no matter how hard and get on the ship.
