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  • Bennymkje - 6 months ago
    Annotated Gen.9.16-17 "The everlasting Covenant"

    " And the bow shall be in the cloud;"

    This is repeated. In v.13 we read,"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." The Spirit in many other places repeat where the emphasis on the Father Son relationship. He remembers for instance is referring to the covenant and his Son is the heir of all things. So the world framed by the word of God begins with the world of Noah as against naations rising subsequently. Those who set about to build the tower of Babel for instance. We shall come to that.

    "And I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." God remembers so Noah does in obedience to the will of god. Faith is what makes Noah as a double for his Son. This is how we need look at the Covenant which is everlasting. So first four days in the Covenant refer to the Will as expresssed; the three refers to the man called to be a saint shall do. He rests in the God's rest or his obedience is allied to the mind of Christ. We put on the mind of God by faith. " Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."(Phil.2.5)

    v.17 "And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

    Token is not the original.This bow which He sets is like specimen, framed so iris scan works at the airports. It is uniques as the voice of the Lord so the sign provided is as good as God is present. It is thus the cloud specified in this case. St John saw this rainbow" and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."(Rev.4.3) and upon 'another angel as significant as another seed, "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:" The Word as a sign.



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