Remembering My Covenant
Scripture Reference: Genesis 9:12-17
As Noah surveyed the scene before him, so drastically changed, he certainly needed God’s assurance. This God gave in His covenant with Noah, his sons, (Genesis 9:8), “all flesh that is on the earth,” (Genesis 9:17), and “for perpetual generations” (Genesis 9:12). As the token of this covenant, God “set (His) rainbow in the cloud” as a reminder to men that He would remember His covenant.
The features of the covenant are: (1) the fixity of nature in its various cycles; (2) the fruitfulness enjoined upon Noah’s family, and the filling of the earth; (3) the fear of man—on the part of the animals; (4) food from animal flesh in addition to the green herb; (5) forbidden food—blood, which is the life of the flesh; (6) the forfeiture of life—for murder; (7) floods like the global deluge will never destroy the earth again.
As a result of the catastrophic deluge, we see the world as it is today—mighty oceans, with deep troughs to accommodate the flood waters; seven continents with massive mountain ranges; untenable weather conditions; extremes of climate; glaciers and deserts; fossil remains; subtropical vegetation below the Siberian surface; volcanic and seismic activity; and unfiltered harmful cosmic radiation reducing man’s longevity from around 900 years to today’s 70 years.
Some creation scientists also believe that there was an ice age after the flood. They suggest that this may explain how certain animals became isolated in certain parts of the world. As the ice age lowered sea levels, it allowed people and animals to cross land bridges into all continents, and its cessation caused the isolation of some species of animals, such as kiwis and koalas.
However, whatever the consequences of the flood, scripture teaches that God’s covenant with Noah governs man’s society and nature right till the end of time, as long as the rainbow endures—an everlasting promise, a magnificent covenant indeed!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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