The Divine Glory – Heavenly Rainbow – Ezekiel 1:28, Revelation 4:3, 10:1
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
- God’s Throne / Beauty / Holiness / Promise (Scriptures)
- Hi-jacked for sin / Pride / Call Evil Good
- Metaphor for Enlightenment / Films
Rainbow: The Word
Hebrew: qesheth: a bow, arch – קֶשֶׁת (keh’-sheth) – Keshet – https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7198.htm
Genesis 9:13 – The Covenant of the Rainbow – https://biblehub.com/topical/r/rainbow.htm
https://hebrew.learnoutlive.com/what-is-the-hebrew-word-for-rainbow (image)
A primitive root; to bend; used only as denominative for yaqosh, to set a trap — lay a snare. – https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6983.htm – https://biblescan.com/searchhebrew.php?q=bend
Greek: iris: a rainbow or halo – ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ (ee’-ris) – https://biblehub.com/greek/2463.htm
Revelation 4:3; Revelation 10:1
God’s Throne / Beauty / Holiness / Promise (Scriptures)
Scripture – First mention: Genesis 9:13 – The Covenant of the Rainbow – Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind.
Revelation 4:3 – The Throne in Heaven – …2At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. 3 The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads
Revelation 10:1 – The Angel and the Small Scroll – 1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
God’s Throne / Beauty / Holiness
Robe – Isaiah 6:1 – Isaiah’s Vision of the Lord in His Glory
I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted;
and the train of His robe filled the temple.
THE ROBE, Wes King (1993) – filmed on the Oregon coast
Study: https://tammysnotes.home.blog/2021/07/18/the-robe
God’s Promise after the flood – Noah’s Ark
Rainbow over the Temple Mount – Residents of Kidmat Zion neighborhood awake to magical sight over Temple Mount and Mount of Olives on Tu B’Shvat.
1-28-21 – RAINBOW IN JERUSALEM over Temple Mount and Mount of Olives on Tu B’Shvat. – This morning, a huge impressive and beautiful rainbow appeared over the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives, as seen from the Jewish neighborhood of Kidmat Zion. – https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295788
1-25-21 – In the past few weeks, Israelis have been suffering from one of the harshest winters the country has seen in almost 30 years. All across the country heavy rains, icy temperatures, thunderstorms, floods and snow flakes have left many to wonder when we would finally get to see a ray of sun again.
A beautiful rainbow appeared around the Judean Hills, bringing with it hopes that warmer days are ahead of us. For a few minutes, that rainbow pushed grey clouds away. Watch the video here. – https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/rainbow-over-israel-brings-welcomed-break-from-weeks-of-storms-615394
Hi-jacked for Sin / Pride / Call Evil Good
Gay/LGBTQ flag / symbol
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 16:17-19
A sad note in Israel today …
TEL AVIV BEACH RANKED MOST LGBT-FRIENDLY BY ‘NEWSWEEK’
TripAdvisor ranked Tel Aviv among 25 best 2019 destinations.
’10 Best Gay Beaches in the World,‘ in which Tel Aviv’s Hilton beach was crowned as most LGBT-friendly. The magazine also mentioned the pride parade that takes place in Tel Aviv every year, noting that it is sponsored by the government and pegs it as “the only sanctioned Pride parade in the Middle East.”
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Tel-Aviv-beach-chosen-as-best-for-LGBT-city-among-25-top-destinations-584914 (March 2019)
https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2018/09/tel-aviv-new-city-rising-out-of-jaffa.html
Metaphor for Enlightenment / Films
The Wizard of Oz (1939), Pleasantville (1998) and Sin City (2005 Film)
The use of color represents the transformation from repression to enlightenment.
COLOR is symbolically added to indicate movement away from the idyllic perfection of the black-and-white television world to color-filled reality.
“This use of color as a metaphor in black-and-white films certainly has a rich tradition, from the over-the-rainbow land in The Wizard of Oz to the girl in the red dress who made the Holocaust real for Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List. In Pleasantville, color represents the transformation from repression to enlightenment. become color after sin (adultery, premarital sex, physical assault, etc.). In one scene in particular, a young woman shows a brightly colored apple to young (and yet uncolored) David, encouraging him to take and eat it. Very reminiscent of the Genesis’s account of the fall of man.” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville_(film) – What is the symbolic significance of color in Pleasantville? (findanyanswer.com) – https://literatureessaysamples.com/biblical-allusion-in-pleasantville
LIVING COLOUR: PLEASANTVILLE V SIN CITY
https://forums.wrestlezone.com/threads/living-colour-pleasantville-v-sin-city.212350
May 17, 1900 – L. Frank Baum‘s 1900 children’s fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz published. The Wizard of Oz was put to music and went on Broadway in 1903. It had a successful seven-year run, during which time Baum continued to write Oz books. An early silent film of the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was created in 1910, and in 1925, a full-length silent feature was created with the help of Baum’s son (Baum died in 1919). The Oz series was extended even after Baum’s death, with a total of 40 Oz books in circulation by 1940.
Song: “Over the Rainbow” was written for the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role. With music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, the classic Academy Award-winning ballad has received numerous historic honors and accolades over the past years, and continues to resonate as one of the most important songs in popular music history. The song has been named number one on the “Songs of the Century” list compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/over_the_rainbow – https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/music/over-the-rainbow – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow
The Rainbow Gospel:
1. Red, the Blood of Jesus
2. Orange, Fire like the Holy Spirit above the heads in Acts 2 at Pentecost.
3. Yellow, Jesus is the Light of the world, we are now the light of the world.
4. Green, We are a new creature in Christ, growing in the Lord.
5. Blue, the Beautiful Sapphire Blue Ten Commandments (Exodus 24:10).
6. Indigo, Violet(Purple) which is Blue + Red meeting/fulfilling the Sapphire Blue Ten Commandments.
7. Violet (Purple), the Red Blood of Jesus fulfilling the Sapphire Blue Ten Commandments.
Violet (Purple) has the tightest most powerful wavelength. Purple is also the color of royalty, the color of kings. Who is the king on the throne of your heart? I pray your answer is King Jesus, Hallelujah!!!
The gospel colors are a great way to lead a child to salvation.
First used by Charles Spurgeon in 1866, the Wordless Book has become a very popular tool used all over the world to explain the plan of salvation to kids using the gospel colors.
This method of evangelism has been so effective that there are now many variations available. One example is the Salvation Bracelet.
Wordless Books are not only extremely easy to use, they are also very effective in explaining the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
https://www.letthelittlechildrencome.com/child-evangelism-resources/wordless-book-share-the-gospel
https://www.cefonline.com/articles/the-wordless-book-discover-its-rich-heritage
Coloring song: Petra – https://youtu.be/qZCRjUmNYyA (Spanish lyrics)
– https://youtu.be/J_uDcoyzAIE – https://youtu.be/FPDoFhAMkBw
Rainbow Studies:
https://biblereasons.com/rainbows
https://www.openbible.info/topics/rainbow
https://www.compellingtruth.org/meaning-of-the-rainbow.html
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-rainbow-in-the-bible.html
I started this study in June 2022 as the offense of seeing God’s beautiful rainbow used everywhere for the symbol of LGBT lifestyle. It breaks my heart to see company endorsements and people accepting this perversion of God’s creation. We know Satan often counterfeits God’s ideas.
We long for the day when all things will be set right.
They Kingdom come!
God made the rainbow as a symbol of promise and his heavenly glory at His throne. May our minds be filled with these lovely word pictures.
The Divine Glory
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
Ezekiel 1:28
The Throne in Heaven
…At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 4:2-3
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
Revelation 10:1
Maranatha!!
GOD’S THRONE TOWERS OVER EARTH’S HISTORY–Revelation 4
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