Please not, if you did nto read the bible don't bother to answer. I will accept even circular logic since it will be harder to justify with regular logic.
Do you think there was any kind of rain before Great flood? Things to concider that rainbow was created by GOD only after the flood is reminder of GOD not to wipe us all again in near future. So there was no rainbow before flood. Since many even radicals christians understand what rainbow is and why it occurs than if there was a rain before flood was there a rainbow?
2006-07-11 06:53:32 · 18 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So as i see from the answer that many trying to say water came from ground and there was no rain. So i guess Son was not hot at all in that region so the water did not waparate . Wow. Things gets better and better. I wander why Mid east ppl are tant. I guess coz they had a cold wheater after all.
2006-07-11 07:31:37 · update #1
No. You are mistaken. There was no rain before the Flood, but there certainly could have been rainbows.
PLEASE READ:
First of all, there is the argument of Genesis 2:5-6:
"For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth...but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground."
This allows us to know that there was no rain before the flood.
Another, lesser known and used argument is that of Genesis 9:12-14:
"And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud..."
The key phrase is, "I set My rainbow in the cloud."
Now taking what we know from Genesis 2:5-6 and combining it with the key phrase of Genesis 9:12-14, we can conclude that there was no rain before the Flood, which means that there was also no clouds. But, there could have been rainbows before the Flood, for Genesis 9:13 says, "I set My rainbow in the CLOUD." It does not say God created the rainbow just now; it just says that now the rainbow will be seen in the clouds.
Wikipedia defines a rainbow as "an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere." Before the Flood, rainbows were most likely seen all over the place, for there had to be much moisture in the air if there was no rain, and moisture + sunlight= rainbow. The key is that there were no rainbows in the sky in the clouds- there were no clouds. If you have ever seen a geyser, you will have probably noticed a rainbow in the mist around it. Rainbows like these were probably seen all over the earth before the flood, they just weren't seen in the sky.
Lastly, research the Canopy Theory. It explains many mysteries of the Pre-Flood world including this one.
2006-07-11 06:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Just Wondering 777 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gen 2:4 That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the LORD God made the heavens and the earth,
Gen 2:5 no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
Gen 2:6 But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
There was no rain before the flood, and without rain it is very unlikely there was every a rainbow before this time. This is probably why God used it as a symbol of this eternal promise.
2006-07-11 13:59:31 · answer #2 · answered by WVMagpie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like there should have been rain before the flood, but if there is rain there is the possibility of a rainbow. Hmm, let me think about this one for a minute.
What if there was always rain and always rainbows and when the flood was over and Noah saw the rainbow God said to him that it would be a sign of his covenant to not flood the whole earth again.
2006-07-11 13:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by The Keeper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough one, but i would say that there most propably was rain before God gave the rainbow to Noah as a new covenant between Him and Noah-
There must have been rain- because there was water,(they drank, bathe?) and the great flood lasted for 40 days and 40 nights. that is an awfull lot of water-But there was no rainbow before the great flood. God bless
2006-07-11 14:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by destiny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am really not sure what your question is but...there was no rain ont he earth before the flood (Genesis 3 or 4). Water came up from springs and there was the seas but no rain. So, I guess there could have bben a rainbow but I doubt it. I think God created it when He fooded the earth. Hope that helps.
2006-07-11 14:02:07 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think there was any rain before the flood. "For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." Gen. 2:5,6. It seems that there had been a mist that came up to water the earth.
2006-07-11 15:03:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I believe there was rain before the great flood.
(Just an idea) the rainbow that God showed Noah was probably really big, clear and great.
the rainbows before were probably like the ones we see now. Distant and pale. And for some, hard to locate.
2006-07-11 13:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♣ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read Genesis 2:5,6 you will see that no rain occured before the flood. Instead, a mist came from the earth which watered the ground and caused vegetation to sprout.
2006-07-11 14:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by roc788 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there wasn't a rainbow see cause the rainbow really was showing gods people he still loves them after the great flood and we all now the rainbow comes after the rain that is what i call realistic
2006-07-11 13:59:18 · answer #9 · answered by Charnele B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe there was rain before the flood just no rainbow
2006-07-11 13:58:50 · answer #10 · answered by stormyblythe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋