"Mysterious and Beautiful! The Presence of God Is Felt!"_ God's promise and providence expressed in rainbows
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A rainbow appears in the Bible at the time after Noah's flood. Genesis 9:13 records, "I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth." It was the promise of God that He would no longer destroy the earth with flood. Moreover, it showed that the works of God who is spirit can also happen in this fleshly realm and God would lead everything in the fleshly world according to His plan.
By saying, "And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance," Revelation 4:3 tells us that there is a rainbow around the throne of God. God shows such rainbows as a sign of His covenant between Him and the world just as people share a sign to guarantee their promise. Therefore, when marvelous and extraordinary rainbows appear transcending scientific explanation or human knowledge, the meaning of their appearance should be pondered upon.
Different from ordinary rainbows that appear after rain
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite to the sun. In recent years it has been harder to see rainbows in South Korea because of air pollution.
However, rainbows have continually appeared over Manmin branch churches as well as the central church in and out of Korea during their events and also during many outdoor events like the Summer Retreat and the mission trip since they witnessed the first circular rainbow surrounding the sun over the central church on May 15 in 1998.
Circular rainbows surrounding the sun and many extraordinary rainbows
In August 2000, God showed Manmin a fourfold rainbow with the sun at the center. When God shows a circular rainbow, He means 'I and you, and your people are one in the truth.' It also indicates that God promises us to make us His children and to lead us to become united with Him in His providence. The double circular rainbows and triple circular rainbows show that heaven is divided into a few heavens. A double circular rainbow is shown through the second heaven, and a triple circular rainbow,
through the third heaven. In other words, when three rainbows in the first, second and third heavens are seen overlapped at the same time, a tri-fold circular rainbow appears in our eyes. A fourfold circular rainbow appears when God opens the fourth heaven where God the Origin dwells.
The circular rainbow that appeared during the mission trip to Dubai in April 2003 meant that 'everything will be accomplished in the same space as the space of God the Father'. That is, everything would be done by the works of the Triune God (Pic.1).
During the flight to D.R. Congo for the D.R. Congo United Crusade 2006, a new kind of rainbow beautified the sky outside of the airplane (Pic. 2). A circular rainbow appeared and an arc-shaped rainbow was over it. Strong light emanated from both sides and lower part of the circular rainbow.
A ring-shaped rainbow meaning the accomplishment of promise
In April 2010, a ring-shaped rainbow over the church's cross tower amazed its members and residents around the church. A circular rainbow passed through the sun, which made the sun look like a stone on the ring and another circular rainbow surrounded the sun (Pic. 3). It symbolized the fulfillment of God's providence through the holiness gospel that was proclaimed in the remotest part of the earth and the achievement of God's plans made for the end time of the world, including the Canaan Sanctuary and the Grand Sanctuary.
In January 2011, a comprehensive rainbow came up over Muan Sweet Water Site (Pic. 5). There were a circular rainbow around the sun, wing-like rainbows shining like diamonds on the both sides, a semi-circular rainbow surrounding them, and a fan-shaped rainbow over the rainbows. Muan Sweet Water Site is where the salty sea water at the site of Muan Manmin Church in Jeonnam Province changed into drinkable sweet water by Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer just as the bitter water at Marah had changed into sweet water (Exodus 15:25).
During Rev. Soojin Lee's mission trip to Russia in June 2014, the mission team members saw a variety of rainbows including a big double-fold semi-circular rainbow, circular rainbows, and a linear rainbow. During the period of the 2014 Leadership Conference from June 30 to July 2, rainbows appeared and caused the members to feel the love of God who is always with Manmin.
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