Truth Exposed: Bow
In Genesis 9:16, God tells Noah he will set a bow in the sky as a sign of his covenant with the earth. Most translation say “rainbow,” but the Hebrew translation is “qesheth,” bow, meaning weapon. A bow is used for many different things, but in this context, I believe it symbolizes protection, not aggression; there will never again be total destruction by water. Each color of the rainbow we see is pointing to a characteristic of the Lord. The Ancients understood this, Noah saw a weapon, and the goodness of God, but we have lost this through romanticization of the story.
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