The rainbow
Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 7 viewsNotes
Transcript
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
genesis 8:20-22
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
20 Luego Noé construyó un altar al Señor, y sobre ese altar ofreció como holocausto animales puros y aves puras.
21 Cuando el Señor percibió el grato aroma, se dijo a sí mismo: «Aunque las intenciones del ser humano son perversas desde su juventud, nunca más volveré a maldecir la tierra por culpa suya. Tampoco volveré a destruir a todos los seres vivientes, como acabo de hacerlo.
22 »Mientras la tierra exista, habrá siembra y cosecha, frío y calor, verano e invierno, y días y noches.»
gn 9:12-17
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
13 I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,
15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.
16 The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the permanent covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.”
17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and every creature on earth.”
12 Y Dios añadió: «Ésta es la señal del pacto que establezco para siempre con ustedes y con todos los seres vivientes que los acompañan:
13 He colocado mi arco iris en las nubes, el cual servirá como señal de mi pacto con la tierra.
14 Cuando yo cubra la tierra de nubes, y en ellas aparezca el arco iris,
15 me acordaré del pacto que he establecido con ustedes y con todos los seres vivientes. Nunca más las aguas se convertirán en un diluvio para destruir a todos los mortales.
16 Cada vez que aparezca el arco iris entre las nubes, yo lo veré y me acordaré del pacto que establecí para siempre con todos los seres vivientes que hay sobre la tierra.»
17 Dios concluyó diciéndole a Noé: «Éste es el pacto que establezco con todos los seres vivientes que hay en la tierra.»
Definition of rainbow — noun. an arc of colored light in the sky caused by the sun after the rain; the sign of God’s covenant with Noah.
What’s Happening?
Noah and his family are still in the ark. The rains have been pounding the earth for 40 days.
But now the time has come for the rains to stop, and for Noah and his family to leave the ark and come back to dry ground (Genesis 8:13 ).
13 In the six hundred first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water that had covered the earth was dried up. Then Noah removed the ark’s cover and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
13 Noé tenía seiscientos un años cuando las aguas se secaron. El primer día del primer mes de ese año, Noé quitó la cubierta del arca y vio que la tierra estaba seca.
After leaving the ark, God gives Noah’s family the same command he gave to Adam and Eve in the beginning - be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:1 ).
1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
1 Dios bendijo a Noé y a sus hijos con estas palabras: «Sean fecundos, multiplíquense y llenen la tierra.
Along with this command, God makes a covenant with Noah and his descendants.
He promises to never again wipe out all humanity with a flood (Genesis 9:11 ).
11 I establish my covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by floodwaters; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
11 Éste es mi pacto con ustedes: Nunca más serán exterminados los seres humanos por un diluvio; nunca más habrá un diluvio que destruya la tierra.»
God seals this promise with a sign, a rainbow (Genesis 9:13 ).
13 I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
13 He colocado mi arco iris en las nubes, el cual servirá como señal de mi pacto con la tierra.
The bow in the sky was meant to be seen as a warrior’s bow.
But if the arch of a rainbow formed the arch of a bow, the arrow would fly right into heaven.
That is the point God is making.
A time will come when punishment won’t come down to on the earth but will fall upon God himself in a supreme act of mercy.
//
Then right after God gives this promise, we see something similar.
As there was a division between Adam’s children after the garden of Eden,
there is a division between Noah’s children after the flood.
Ham is cursed because he sees his father’s nakedness (Genesis 9:22 ).
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
22 Cam, el padre de Canaán, vio a su padre desnudo y fue a contárselo a sus hermanos, que estaban afuera.
Exactly what happened is hard to tell.
It at least involved Ham seeing his father naked and spreading his father’s shame outside his tent by telling his brothers.
At most, it could be a euphemism for a sexual act of incest.
Whatever the reason, for his actions, a curse comes upon Ham (Genesis 9:25 ).
25 he said: Canaan is cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.
25 declaró: «¡Maldito sea Canaán! Será de sus dos hermanos el más bajo de sus esclavos.»
//
By contrast, a blessing is given to one of his brothers, Shem (Genesis 9:26 ).
26 He also said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be Shem’s slave.
26 Y agregó: «¡Bendito sea el Señor, Dios de Sem! ¡Que Canaán sea su esclavo!
Which means the remnant God has promised would save would come through Shem.
This blessing proves to have been sovereignly placed.
Where is the Gospel?
In the Gospel of Luke, in the New Testament, we read the genealogy of Jesus. And whose name do we see? Shem, the son of Noah (Luke 3:36 )
36 son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
36 hijo de Cainán, hijo de Arfaxad, hijo de Sem, hijo de Noé, hijo de Lamec,
Jesus is the one who fulfills the blessing Noah gave to his sons.
Jesus completes the mission given to Noah and his family after the flood.
They were supposed to fill the earth with the image of God.
But sin continued to spread.
However, when Jesus saves an individual, he makes them into his image (2 Corinthians 3:18 ).
18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
18 Así, todos nosotros, que con el rostro descubierto reflejamos como en un espejo la gloria del Señor, somos transformados a su semejanza con más y más gloria por la acción del Señor, que es el Espíritu.
Through his Christians and his Church, Jesus is covering the world with God’s image.
Jesus is also the fulfillment of the promise made with the rainbow. On the cross, the punishment we deserved fell upon Jesus (Isaiah 53:5 ).
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.
5 Él fue traspasado por nuestras rebeliones, y molido por nuestras iniquidades; sobre él recayó el castigo, precio de nuestra paz, y gracias a sus heridas fuimos sanados.
The bow turned toward heaven.
See for Yourself
I pray that the Holy Spirit would open your eyes to see God as one who has always been making a way to keep a remnant of undeserving people for himself.
And that you would see Jesus as the one who makes the saving of undeserving people possible by turning our punishment into a promise on the cross.
https://www.spokengospel.com/books/devotionals/genesis-8-9
COMUNION
19 And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
20 In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
19 También tomó pan y, después de dar gracias, lo partió, se lo dio a ellos y dijo: —Este pan es mi cuerpo, entregado por ustedes; hagan esto en memoria de mí.
20 De la misma manera tomó la copa después de la cena, y dijo: —Esta copa es el nuevo pacto en mi sangre, que es derramada por ustedes.