“And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.”
(Revelation 4:3)
The precious gems refract light in almost all the shades of the color spectrum pointing to God’s undescribable glory, while the rainbow recalls to mind God’s covenant oath and faithfulness in providing for the salvation of his people. As the rainbow was the sign of the new creation after Noah’s deliverance from the flood, so too the presence of the rainbow in heaven directs our gaze to the new creation which began with the resurrection of Christ and which one day will be God’s will on earth.
(Dr. Kim Riddlebarger)
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