Roman Catholics ought to as well, for that matter!

Both groups might claim that God will never flood the earth again, but they certainly do not believe that and I can prove it!

The basis for believing that God will never flood the earth again is the presence of the rainbow, an occasional sign in the heavens as promised in Genesis 9:8-17.  Let’s read,

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, ⁹ “Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your ^[g]descendants after you;… ¹¹ I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ¹² God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for ^[h]all successive generations; ¹³ I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.…… ¹⁶ When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ¹⁷ And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

I know, some of you think I’ve already painted myself into a corner, but the actions of Christendom demonstrate that they do not actually believe these verses and therefore, they need to build an Ark…  or, three.

This passage says

• there is a covenant between God and all flesh
• there is a sign of the covenant, a rainbow
• the covenant is an everlasting (or, ‘perpetual’ in some translations) covenant.

Christendom puts great stock in the words, ‘covenant,’ ‘sign,’ and ‘everlasting.’

So why would I claim Christendom doesn’t really believe those words?

Let’s read Exodus 31:13-17,

 “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. ¹⁴ Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you... ¹⁶ So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to ^[a]celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’ ¹⁷ It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”

This passage says

• there is a covenant between God and Israel
• there is a sign of the covenant, the Sabbath
• the covenant is an everlasting (or, ‘perpetual’ in some translations) covenant.

Christendom believes that this ‘everlasting covenant’ sign has been done away with, even though the commandment it is clearly spelled out SEVEN times in Scripture.  (Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 16:22-30; 20:8-11; 31:12-17; 35:2; Leviticus 23:2-3; Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

Clearly, their actions indicate that they do not believe an everlasting covenant is everlasting…  Therefore, they better build an Ark!!

Now, for the careful reader, you may have noticed that the sign of the Sabbath is ‘given to Israel,’ and thus you think it does not apply to you.  I would ask several questions:

• Who do you think you are?  Read Hebrews 8:8 very carefully, then Ephesians 2:11-12
• With seven explicit commands for the seventh-day Sabbath, where is there any specific commandment to change it?  In fact, where is there even a shade of hinting?
• Can you really trust a God who makes, then breaks, everlasting covenants?

Think about it.

You can not have it both ways…  Either, the ‘everlasting covenant‘ of the rainbow is broken or the ‘everlasting covenant‘ of the Sabbath still stands.  We don’t get to choose which covenants to abide by and which ones no longer apply.

In my opening statement, referring to Protestants and Catholics, I said, “Both groups might claim that God will never flood the earth again, but they certainly do not believe that and I can prove it!”  As long as Christendom ignores the seventh-day Sabbath, then they do not believe God when He says, ‘everlasting covenant.’  And, that is sad.

For further study and other signs/covenants we need to heed, read RT:Signs.

For more about the Sabbath, here is a research paper written by a 16 year old: The Sabbath, Scripturally Speaking.

Consider also, was Jesus/Yeshua at Mt. Sinai during the giving of the Torah?

I pray you dig deeply and consider the implications of what the Word says in Exodus 31:12-17.

Shalom.