Noah Receives the Sign of the Rainbow
“Noah, Westminster College, Cambridge” Stained glass in the chapel of Westminster College, Cambridge. The glass is by Douglas Strachan and dates from 1921. This depicts God’s covenant with Noah: “God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.” (Genesis chapter 9 verses 12-15) Photo by Steve Day; flickr
Meditation
Monday, Easter Week Six, the lessons reinforced how God will provide and take care of believers. In the Old Testament lesson in Genesis, the promise to Noah and all living creatures was that there would never be a flood of that magnitude again—at least one that would destroy all living things on the earth. The sign of the rainbow would be a reminder.
The New Testament lesson in Acts continued Paul’s transit to Rome as a prisoner. We had seen how the ship had been hit with a terrible storm and Paul told the captain that they didn’t need the life boats, but should stay with the ship and no one would die.
The storm increased and they floundered until they saw a bit of land. They cut the anchors and headed toward shore of the unnamed island, but their ship ran aground and the power of the waves broke the aft portion of the ship apart. The captain didn’t want to have ‘escaped prisoners’ on his record, so he chose to kill the prisoners.
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