GOD'S COVENANT - GENESIS 9:8-17

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 "And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." 17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."- Genesis 9:8-17

The divorce rate among born-again believers' is equal to that of the people who are in the world. Why is that? We were made in the image of God and are being conformed to the Lord's likeness, yet it is so difficult for us to keep a commitment to our spouse because we are not perfect, as God is perfect.

When God makes a covenant with mankind the terms of that agreement have little, if anything, to do with man's faithfulness to the Creator. God's covenants with man are unconditional and depend entirely upon His truthfulness and faithfulness in keeping His promises to human beings, regardless of our behavior toward Him.

The Lord promised Noah that He would never again destroy every living thing on the earth, as he did at the time of the flood. Yet, the flood is a shadow of what will happen on the earth before our Lord's return to earth. This earth will pass away and the Lord has promised His people a new earth, along with new heavens. But, that may not happen until believers' are caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man" (Luke 17:26). Many believe that we are living in the days foretold by our Lord, just before His return.

What are you doing to prepare for the end of the age and the reappearing of our Heavenly Bridegroom?

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