(Photo taken from Alden's camera)
A beautiful rainbow which stretch across the Horizon! That was the sight and experience i saw in the evening on the way to dinner! And as i saw that amazing rainbow, it reminded me of how Rainbow's are a sign of God promises! And what strike me was it was an assurance of my recent thoughts of the revelation of The PROMISE that was given to us which would aid us in the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
"4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about." Acts 1:4
And that Promise which was fulfilled in Acts 1:8,"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
That promise was the Holy Spirit!
John Piper said this, " The promise of this extraordinary power—this extraordinary experience of the fullness of God—is given, Jesus says, to enable his witnesses to take the gospel to the end of the earth (Acts 1:8), or, as Luke 24:47 says, to all the nations. But we have not completed that assignment yet. Therefore I do not think he has withdrawn the promise yet either. If the promise was given to empower the church to complete the Great Commission, then the promise is valid till the Great Commission is complete, and the witness to Christ has been planted among all the unreached people groups of the world. Therefore, I conclude that the power promised here—the extraordinary experience of being "clothed with power"—is for us. And if we love the glory of God, and if we long for his kingdom to advance, and if we have compassion on the lost and hurting people of the world, we will increasingly want this power and we will seek this power. "
(Photo taken from Jason Balota's camera)
The Double rainbow which i did not see, but is seen here! What a beautiful sight of God's majestic reminder to us of His Promise! =)
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