What's Weather Been Teaching You?

The Noahic Covenant was between God and Noah, who stood as a type of Adam (the federal head of all men) and all the creatures of the earth; it is a covenant between Creator God and earth. This covenant was the promise by God to never destroy the earth again by a flood and provide food and seasons for all the beasts of the earth until the end of the age (Gen. 8:20 - 22; 9:8 - 17).  The sign of the covenant is the rainbow (Gen. 9:13).

Genesis 8:20 – 22 & 9:8 – 17. Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.  While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” …  Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Here's what the weather's been teaching me. Since my wife and I moved to south-east Oklahoma from Houston, Texas not too long ago ()this was written in early 2015), having real seasons (rather than summer with a dash of cool weather) has reminded me of the personal providential aspect of YHWH’s covenant with Noah and all of us. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. That’s a personal, gracious, kind God; even for those who hate Him (as we all did until He rescued us). Do not lose sight of this promise – the Creator of all things (Colossians 1:15 & 16) Who holds all things together (Colossians 1:17) – He declares that until Christ returns (as long as the earth remains – 2 Peter 3:8 – 13) seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will be sustained by the will of almighty, sovereign YHWH!

That is unearned kindness from One Who owes nothing to anyone.