Revelation 4:3

LESSONS FROM THE RAINBOW

‘And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.’

Revelation 4:3

A storm is an awful phenomenon whenever it rages, because it is a convulsion of nature. But it has its meet set-off. If it happen in the daytime, when the rain is falling and the sun is shining, it is relieved by the bow, which is an object of supreme beauty.

Just as the rainbow appears and vanishes in the natural world, so it does in that of the inspired. It spans the sky in the first book of the Bible, and reappears round the throne in the last. It is a token of good both on earth and in heaven.

I. As the rainbow owes its all to the natural sun, so the Divine covenant owes its all to the Sun of Righteousness.

II. As the rainbow contains a variety of perfect colours, so the Divine covenant contains a variety of perfect blessings.

III. As the rainbow is fixed round about the throne, so the Divine covenant is established for ever with man.

IV. As the rainbow adorns the throne, so the Divine covenant glorifies its Maker.