“I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” Genesis 9:11 (NASB)
“I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.” Genesis 9:13 (NASB)
“But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” -2 Peter 3:7 (NASB)
How is the state of your peace of mind these days? With so many pressures and changes as well as threats and fears coming upon us, we might be encouraged if we consider two promises God made with the earth. First, after the flood which destroyed all people and animals on the face of the earth, except for Noah and his family, and the animals he brought onto the ark.* God made a covenant with Noah. A covenant is a promise and God promised to never destroy the people on the earth by a flood again. He gave us the rainbow in the sky as His sign of that promise between Him and the earth. God has kept that promise ever since and each time we see a rainbow, we can remember His covenant with the earth. The rainbow and its colors were not created to represent gay pride. The Apostle Peter reveals another promise about the earth. The earth and heavens being reserved for the Day of the Lord when intense heat and fire will burn up and dissolve the earth we know. How to respond, we will talk about the instructions Peter gave us from God.
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* This is a link to a very interesting YouTube video about finding Noah’s Ark posted in 2018. It is 20 min documentary video.
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