God created the heavens and the earth, and everything in it. Through Him all things are ordered, assigned purpose and given laws. The adversary (Satan) doesn’t have power like our Creator does. As a result, he resorts to manipulating, perverting, and corrupting what the Creator has already made.
THE RAINBOW
Satan's Perversion
Through Satan's influence, society manipulated and perverted a symbol of God's promise to humanity into a sign that falsely praises sexual immorality through the PRIDE movement and LGBTQ+ community.
God's Intention
God created the rainbow as a reminder of His unconditional covenant, to all generations and all living creatures, that He would never flood the earth again. The rainbow reminds us that God is faithful and full of mercy. However, we are also reminded that our God is righteous and will not let sin go unpunished. Only those living in Christ will be saved from the coming wrath of God.
PRIDE
Satan's Perversion
Through Satan's influence, society no longer sees pride for what it is: an evil and ungodly characteristic that destroys virtue and morality. Instead society glorifies it and idolizes it.
God's Law
Pride is the root sin of sexual immorality (for more info, check out my post on spiritual warfare: sex, sexuality, and sexual sin).
When pride and sexual immorality mix, the outcome is: "I deserve my pleasure." Pride ignites lust which creates the deception that people and all creation exist to satisfy one's desires. From pride comes lewdness, envy and jealousy, idolatry and heresy, selfish ambition and revelries, outbursts of wrath and hatred. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins and can only be combated with humility, meekness, and the love of God.
THE WARNING
Noah spent years warning his friends of the coming wrath of God but they scoffed at him because they enjoyed their way of life too much.
Today, we see this parallel. Jesus warns us that when He returns the world will be the same as it was in the times of Noah and the times of Sodom and Gomorrah.
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." 2 Timothy 3:1-4
THE IRONY
The Bible tells us that God flooded the earth because
...of the wickedness of man on earth
...every intention of humanity was evil
...the earth was filled with violence
...all flesh had corrupted their ways on the earth
However, only Noah was favored by God. At that time, humanity's depravity and ungodliness angered God so much that He regretted "that He had made man."
WHAT WE CAN DO
Remember the true reason and meaning of God's covenant rainbow
Remember that pride is a dangerous sin. (C.S. Lewis even called it the "great sin")
Share the good news: that salvation and healing can be found in Jesus Christ
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Scripture: Genesis 6-9, Matthew 24:37-38, Romans 1:24-27, Hebrews 11:7, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Colossians 3:5-8
Culture has been/is being deceived about the true origins and meanings behind the rainbow and pride.
In June, the LGBTQ+ community kicked off what they call "Pride Month." The Pride Movement is society's manipulation and perversion of a symbol of God's promise to humanity into a symbol that falsely praises sexual immorality. As a result, society no longer sees pride for what it is: an evil and ungodly characteristic that destroys virtue and morality. Instead, society glorifies it and idolizes it.
We need to combat the evil lies from Satan and share God's truth. The adversary comes to steal, kill, and destroy but we must turn hearts and minds to Jesus Christ.
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