RAINBOW
“The bow set in the clouds” was given to Noah by God as a covenant that he would not again destroy the whole world with a flood (Gen. 9:13-16).
The conditions that cause the rainbow, the refraction of light in raindrops, did not exist before the flood, since the state of the atmosphere was different from what we have after the flood. (See FLOOD).
The bow mentioned in Revelation (Rev. 4:3; 10:1) is a symbol that, despite all of man’s sin, God has been faithful to his promise to the earth. The beautiful rainbow should always remind us of his abiding faithfulness.