Genesis 9: God’s Promises

¹² 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.” -Genesis 9:12-13

Noah is special not only because of the Ark, but because of God’s covenant. God didn’t make many covenants in the Bible with people. Noah was one of a select few who heard these words from the Lord. In these words, we find God’s promise with God and animal life via a rainbow. He would never flood the earth again in the same way. He had something else in mind for the future.

When we see a rainbow today, we find it fascinating. However, we should also see it and remember God is faithful. In the thousands of years since the Flood, it has never happened again. The earth has experience relative calm, with the covenant to Noah leading to Abraham, the Jewish people, Jesus, and now to all believers across the planet. We experience different global phenomenon now. We call it Christianity.

Just as with Noah, God cares for us and our well being. Even in tragic times, he is there and cares for our needs. Let us not look at Noah’s life and simply think of him as a floating zookeeper. Let us see him as one who followed God’s plan and experience God’s plan for his life. Let us seek to do the same in ours today.

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Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and is handwriting a copy of all 31,173 verses of the Bible at HolyWritProject.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook.com/readdB or readdB.com.