Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday August 12, 2017 |
Evening Time: 8:44 PM PST
"The bow shall be seen in the cloud." --Genesis 9:14
The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord
Jesus, who is the Lord's witness to the people. When may we expect to see the
token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted upon a
cloud. When the sinner's conscience is dark with clouds, when he
remembers his past sin, and mourneth and lamenteth before God, Jesus Christ is
revealed to him as the covenant Rainbow, displaying all the glorious hues of the
divine character and betokening peace. To the believer, when his trials and
temptations surround him, it is sweet to behold the person of our Lord Jesus
Christ--to see Him bleeding, living, rising, and pleading for us. God's rainbow
is hung over the cloud of our sins, our sorrows, and our woes, to prophesy
deliverance. Nor does a cloud alone give a rainbow, there must be the
crystal drops to reflect the light of the sun. So, our sorrows must not only
threaten, but they must really fall upon us. There had been no Christ for us if
the vengeance of God had been merely a threatening cloud: punishment must fall
in terrible drops upon the Surety. Until there is a real anguish in the
sinner's conscience, there is no Christ for him; until the chastisement which he
feels becomes grievous, he cannot see Jesus. But there must also be a sun; for
clouds and drops of rain make not rainbows unless the sun shineth. Beloved, our
God, who is as the sun to us, always shines, but we do not always see
Him--clouds hide His face; but no matter what drops may be falling, or what
clouds may be threatening, if He does but shine there will be a rainbow
at once. It is said that when we see the rainbow the shower is over. Certain it
is, that when Christ comes, our troubles remove; when we behold Jesus, our sins
vanish, and our doubts and fears subside. When Jesus walks the waters of the
sea, how profound the calm!
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