position must have known that it could
be a temptation to Adam and Eve. So
who planted the tree? God did, so there
must be a very important lesson to learn
as God does everything deliberately.
God did not want man to sin but man
himself needed to develop a distaste
for sin. Moving the temptation away
from us would remove the opportunity
to overcome the desire for that thing.
Even Jesus learnt obedience through
the things He suffered, we must face
the realities of temptations in this life
and learn to overcome the fear of
them. When a child is shielded from
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the realities of life, never taking the
public bus or attending a public school
etc... we say they grew up sheltered.
God is not like that, He wants us to
face the realities and difficulties of a
fallen world and develop the character
to overcome. Jesus when praying for
us said this, “My prayer is not that you
take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one.” John
17:15 He will protect us but He will not
remove us. Why? It is because God is
building an army of battle hardened
people who have overcome the fears
and intimidations of the enemy. Place
yourself in God’s hands today. He will
raise you up from your self pity and
self doubt and enable you to fight fear
through the power of the His Holy
Spirit. In Jesus’ strength you can
have the courage to have, no fear
but to free fall to a safe landing in
life! Lets hail the day when you can
boldly say, “Hello fear!”
I remain in Jesus’ Service. Love as always
Angela Slack
Editor and Co-founder
You have questions
we’ve got answers
This issue’s question taken from GotQuestions.org:
Accessed August 27, 2016.
http://www.gotquestions.org/meaning-of-the-rainbow.html
Question: What is the real meaning of the rainbow?
Answer: Biblically speaking, the
rainbow is the sign of a covenant that
God made with the whole earth: He
will never destroy the earth again
with a flood. The rainbow is literally
correlated to rainfall.
God made this covenant, with
the rainbow as the token, after
the waters of the flood receded
and Noah and his family exited
the ark. God said, “I establish My
covenant with you: Never again will
all life be destroyed by the waters
of a flood; never again will there
be a flood to destroy the earth...
This is the sign of the covenant I
am making between me and you
and every living creature with you,
a covenant for all generations to
come: I have set my rainbow in the
clouds, and it will be the sign of
the covenant between me and the
earth. Whenever I bring clouds over
the earth and the rainbow appears
in the clouds, I will remember my
covenant between me and you and
all living creatures of every kind.
Never again will the waters become
a flood to destroy all life. Whenever
the rainbow appears in the clouds,
I will see it and remember the
everlasting covenant between God
and all living creatures of every kind
on the earth”. (Genesis 9:11–15)
God made this promise, signified
by the rainbow, not only to mankind
but to “every living creature . . . the
birds, the livestock and all the wild
animals, all those that came out
of the ark . . . every living creature
on earth” (Genesis 9:9–10). The
covenant is perpetual, enduring to
all generations. Never again will
there be a worldwide flood.
The colors of the rainbow are
sometimes used as a symbol of
“gay pride.” This began in the
1978 when an artist named Gilbert
Baker designed and made a flag
for the homosexual community
in San Francisco. Baker’s original
design had eight colors, and he
assigned a meaning to each one:
hot pink (sexuality), red (life),
orange (healing), yellow (the sun),
green (nature), turquoise (art),
indigo (harmony), and violet (spirit).
Subsequent designs sported seven
and then six colors. Rainbow flags
and banners, as used by the LGBTI
community, represent
hope, and social action.
diversity,
There are other rainbow flags and
banners that have nothing to do
with the homosexual culture. For
example, the Hawaii Ko Aloha Flag
has nine colored stripes representing
the islands that were inhabited
before Western civilization arrived.
Another example is the flag of the
International Order of the Rainbow
for Girls, a Masonic organization
whose banner represents seven
different virtues.
The rainbow is God’s creation.
We naturally delight in it. There
is something awe-inspiring in the
appearance of a rainbow after a
storm. It is good and right that
we rejoice in the rainbow as a
God-ordained symbol of God’s
faithfulness and mercy. The attempt
of some to co-opt the colors for
their own purposes does not
diminish the beauty and wonder of
what God has made. p
Recommended Resource:
The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and
Its Scientific Implications, 50th Anniversary
Edition by Morris & Whitcomb
April - June 2017
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