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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Scripture focus
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 1:28 — KJV
The bow. Ezekiel was probably reminded of the gracious promise in Gen. 9:13.
As discouraging and foreboding of disaster as the national outlook presented itself to the prophet, he knew that God’s thoughts toward His people were thoughts of peace and not of evil. Thus the majestic presentation of God’s glory was completed. Overpowered by the heavenly brilliance of the scene, Ezekiel fell on his face, but a voice bade him arise and hear the word of the Lord.
The rainbow encircling the throne of God is our assurance of His eternal love. “The throne arched with the rainbow of promise, [is] the righteousness of Christ. . . . The rainbow encircling the throne represents the combined power of mercy and justice” (EGW RH Dec. 13,1892). It is “a token of the mercy of God toward the repentant sinner” (PP 107).
By SdaBc
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