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God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
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A New Meaning for the Rainbow
Most commentators agree that the rainbow was not a new phenomenon, but that God gave it a new purpose. He designated this natural event as the official 'token' or sign of His covenant. This means a beautiful, natural occurrence was invested with a supernatural meaning, serving as a perpetual seal of God's promise never again to destroy the earth by a flood.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
This is the token of the covenant. —The word translated “token” really means sign, and it is a term that has received ver…
Baptist
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more b…
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16th Century
Protestant
This is the token of the covenant. A sign is added to the promise, in which the wonderful kindness of God is exhibited, who, for the purpo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you Meani…
Just as the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, which drowned the ol…
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