SERIOUS COVENANT: SERIOUS SIGN

Then God told Noah and his sons, ⁹ “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, ¹⁰ and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. ¹¹ Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

¹² Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. ¹³ I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.  Genesis 9:8-13

We are all familiar with the creation story and how God instituted the first marriage ceremony and covenant with Adam and Eve, but as we continue to read we discover that they had issues.  Eve didn't really have the relationship with GOD that Adam did.  Adam knew what God said, and stood by in glorious stupor watching, listening to the serpent deceive her/them.  So sin enters the world, and then soon after the first murder occurs with who.....their children.  As Adam is fulfilling his role "replenishing the earth" sin is then multiplied only to bring God to a point of frustration with creation that He's had it! 

He informs Noah of what to do, because He's calling it a wash, literally.  He plans to flood the entire planet except for Noah's family and some animals.  Can you imagine being told by God, that THIS IS IT?  Kiss your neighbors goodbye.  That favorite trail....will be underwater.  Can you imagine wondering will this happen again, that God, His frustrations will lead to something as catastrophic as a flood.........?

God wanted Noah, and his family, and their descendants (us) to know that He would NEVER flood the Earth again, and as a sign He painted/provided the first rainbow.  God wanted to give a visible sign to the world of His faithfulness to us.  Now that sign has been used to create myths of pots of gold, as well as for the LGBT community....but despite whatever we attempted to twist and pervert it to mean.....it will always be GOD's sign of faithfulness to us.

Married couples covenant is marked by a ring, and depending on who you talk to that can be a SERIOUS SIGN, but for those that can't afford the 2+ carat variety, platinum jewels.....what's your sign?  If you are single, but devoted to God, what's your SERIOUS SIGN.  If you are truly a follower, a disciple, a doer of the WORD of GOD/CHRIST what's your sign that is visible to your spouse, your co-workers, your children, and your neighbors.  A covenant is not a conditional agreement.....it's a statement that says...no matter what I am committed to__________________.  SERIOUSLY?  SERIOUSLY!  LGLP (that's what I am committed to)