Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge VERSE (8) -
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SEV Biblia
¶ Y habló Dios a Noé y a sus hijos con él, diciendo:
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-17 - As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this worl remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, that drowned the ol world, will burn this. Articles of agreement among men are sealed, tha what is promised may be the more solemn, and the doing of what is covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of thi covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the cloud before, but was never a seal of the covenant till now it was made so The rainbow appears when we have most reason to fear the rai prevailing; God then shows this seal of the promise, that it shall no prevail. The thicker the cloud, the brighter the bow in the cloud Thus, as threatening afflictions abound, encouraging consolations muc more abound. The rainbow is the reflection of the beams of the su shining upon or through the drops of rain: all the glory of the seal of the covenant are derived from Christ, the Sun of righteousness. An he will shed a glory on the tears of his saints. A bow speaks terror but this has neither string nor arrow; and a bow alone will do littl hurt. It is a bow, but it is directed upward, not toward the earth; for the seals of the covenant were intended to comfort, not to terrify. A God looks upon the bow, that he may remember the covenant, so shoul we, that we may be mindful of the covenant with faith and thankfulness Without revelation this gracious assurance could not be known; an without faith it can be of no use to us; and thus it is as to the stil greater dangers to which all are exposed, and as to the new covenan with its blessings.
Original Hebrew ויאמר559 אלהים430 אל413 נח5146 ואל413 בניו1121 אתו854 לאמר׃559
