REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Fourteen -Jehovah's Resplendent Presence -Conclusion

 Notice that John sees around the throne a rainbow, colored emerald green. The Greek word here, translated  rainbow (Ir'is) suggests a completely circular form.  The rainbow is first mentioned in the Bible in connection with Noah's day.  After the waters of the Deluge subsided, Jehovah caused the rainbow to appear in the cloud, and he explained what it symbolized in these words: "My rainbow I do give in the cloud, and it must serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  And I shall certainly remember my covenant  which is between me and you and every living soul among all flesh; and no more will the waters become  a deluge  to bring all flesh to ruin." (Genesis 9:13, 15)  What then, would the heavenly vision bring to John's mind?  The rainbow that he saw must have reminded him of the need for a peaceful relationship with Jehovah, such as the John class enjoys today.  It would also impress him with the serenity and peace of Jehovah's presence, a serenity that will extend to all obedient humans when Jehovah spreads his tent over mankind in the new earth society. - PSALM 119:165; PHILIPPIANS 4:&; REVELATION  21:1-4.

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