How great the condescension of God and His compassion for His erring creatures in thus placing the beautiful rainbow in the clouds as a token of His covenant with men! The Lord declares that when He looks upon the bow, He will remember His covenant. This does not imply that He would ever forget; but He speaks to us in our own language, that we may better understand Him. It was God's purpose that as the children of after generations should ask the meaning of the glorious arch which spans the heavens, their parents should repeat the story of the Flood, and tell them that the Most High had bended the bow and placed it in the clouds as an assurance that the waters should never again overflow the earth. Thus from generation to generation 107 it would testify of divine love to man and would strengthen his confidence in God.

Hvor var Guds nåde og medlidenhed med de fejlende skabninger stor, idet han således satte den smukke regnbue i skyen som et tegn på sin pagt med menneskene! Herren siger, at når han ser på buen, vil han komme sin pagt i hu. Det betyder ikke, at han nogensinde ville glemme den; men han taler til os på vort eget sprog, for at vi bedre kan forstå ham. Det var Guds hensigt, at når børn i senere slægtled spurgte om betydningen af den smukke bue, der strækker sig over himmelen, skulle deres forældre gentage beretningen om syndfloden og fortælle dem, at den Højeste havde sat denne bue i skyen som en forsikring om, at vandet aldrig mere skulle oversvømme jorden. Således ville den fra slægt til slægt være et vidnesbyrd om Guds kærlighed til menneskene og derved styrke deres tillid til Gud.