One of the most hopeful signs after a thunderstorm is a rainbow stretching across the sky. The only thing better is perhaps seeing two side by side. Have you ever seen a double rainbow? Or have you ever tried to find the end of a rainbow? If you’ve ever seen one from end to end, than you know the thrill of seeing something only God could create. What’s even more encouraging is the realization that God not only made the rainbow as a sign of hope for us, but for every generation that has ever lived, all the way back to Noah in the book of Genesis—because that’s where it all started. For Noah, the rainbow was the seal of God’s blood covenant with him and his family. Positioned between heaven and earth, to this day, it is a hard-to-miss reminder of God’s promise to Noah and all mankind, that no matter how evil things become in this world, God will never again flood the earth, and that He is committed to BLESSING us in every way. That Is the Importance of the Rainbow. 

When God made this promise, He said to Noah and his sons:

Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth” (Genesis 9:12-17).

There Is a Rainbow In Heaven Too

The rainbow is not just a natural, earthly phenomenon. In heaven, there’s a 360-degree rainbow that surrounds God’s throne. The prophet Ezekiel saw it in the vision as he described the four living creatures, saying: 

Above the dome that was over their heads was something like a throne that looked like a sapphire. On it, above it, was what appeared to be a person. I saw what looked like gleaming, amber-colored fire radiating from what appeared to be his waist upward. Downward from what appeared to be his waist, I saw what looked like fire, giving a brilliant light all around him. This brilliance around him looked like a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day (Ezekiel 1:26-28, Complete Jewish Bible).

The Apostle John provided us with an amazingly similar description. In Revelation 4, he said a door was opened to him in heaven: “And…behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald” (verses 2-3, KJV).

God put a rainbow around His throne so that in any direction He looked, His eyes would forever see the sign of the covenant through which He had obligated Himself to Noah and his descendants. This is a promise for us, that we can fully trust and rely on. To this day, no matter how hard satan and his band of demons try to wreak havoc on earth, God is continually reminded of The Importance of the Rainbow: His promise to BLESS His people and to never flood the whole earth again.