“Whoever
sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image
of God has God made man.”
When
we’re tempted to think our culture couldn’t get any more depraved we should
think…
Before
the flood things had become pretty chaotic. Men and women did pretty much as
they pleased and, for the most part, got away with it. It was like the “wild,
wild west”. God let this go for quite some time because there really
weren’t any established rules of conduct. But, when things got so odious that
even a loving God couldn’t tolerate it…He decided to do some housecleaning.
When we
think of the flood we think of the Rainbow. We forget the rainbow was NOT the
first consequence of the flood. The first consequence of the flood was
God “laying down the law”.
What
this means should be self-evident. God did not send the flood simply to punish
people. That would be cruel. God sent the flood because He needed a new
beginning. That new beginning meant new rules…foremost being “I will
demand an accounting…”
Under
these new rules God offered a rainbow. The rainbow isn’t a free pass for
you and me. The rainbow reminds us that if we life according to God’s rules a
flood is not necessary.
Live
boldly out there…
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