There were no rainbows until Noah?

Answer 1

The first Biblical reference to a rainbow is in the account of the covenant God made with Noah and his offspring after the Flood survivors came out of the ark. (Ge 9:8-17; Isa 54:9, 10) This splendid sight of itself would have been reassuring and an indication of peace to Noah and his family.

Many opinions have been offered as to whether this was the first time humans saw a rainbow. Some commentators have held that rainbows had been seen before and that God’s ‘giving’ the rainbow at this time was really a ‘giving’ of special meaning or significance to a previously existing phenomenon. Many of those holding this view believe that the Flood was only local or did not substantially change the atmosphere.

Nevertheless, this is the first mention of a rainbow, and if a rainbow had been seen earlier, there would have been no real force in God’s making it an outstanding sign of his covenant. It would have been commonplace, and not a significant marker of a change, of something new.

The Bible does not describe the degree of clarity of the atmosphere just prior to the Flood. But apparently atmospheric conditions were such that, until a change came about when “the floodgates of the heavens were opened” no others before Noah and his family had seen a rainbow. Even today, atmospheric conditions affect whether a rainbow can be seen or not.

Answer 2

That is right. There were no rainbows before Noah because God's Word says that it never rained before Noah.

Answer 3

Best answer the sun reveals the end of a
constant downpour by the decrease of
participation by the amount of light which
is brighter than the 40 day period it rained.

This promise also indicates that there wasnt a large amount of atmospheric
parcipitation in those times.
Which also shows the great amount of faith Noah had being persecuted in a dry area.
Who would of ever thought a man would build an ark in the dessert?
This in itself was documented and has stood the test of time. The story of Noah.
All the elements were available to create
a spectrum of colors by droplets of water
but perhaps in a controlled enviorment of
pressurised water in a particular angle of the
sun in relation to the viewer.

Answer 4

That's the plain reading of the text.

Some have also said that there were rainbows before Noah, but at the time of Noah, God attached a special significance to the rainbow.

Answer 5

I doubt very much that anything Noah did caused any major changes in the atmosphere of the planet - and that is what causes rainbows.

Answer 6

The theories in this rely I even have heard pass like this: there became into no rain till the flood. this is why it became into so terrifying because of the fact human beings observed it for the 1st time. till now this time water became into amassed from springs. The mechanism that led to this became into an adventure that tilted the axis of the earth fairly which began the water cycle we now have. So confident it became into the 1st rainbow to respond to the unique query. the communicate over the form is that it may desire to have been a comet passing close - realigning our orbit via the gravitational field of the bypass. I study all this some years in the past and that i'm a splash rusty yet that became into the final gist of it.

Answer 7

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Not necessarily, A cursory review of the scriptures show that at one time it do not rain,

“ Jehovah God had not made it rain upon the earth and there was no man to cultivate the ground. but a mist would go up from the earth and water the entire surface”

Later on, it shows Cain was a cultivator of ground who brought some of the first fruits in offer to God thus, indicating that rain may have been limited to where cultivation by man was possible.

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Answer 8

According to judeo-christians, either light refracted differently, or there was no rain before the flood.

We know the truth, of course - thousands of years ago people did not know about refraction, and had no idea what a rainbow was, just that it appeared after rain - so they made up a story about it.

Answer 9

It was there but after God give it like singe of secure it means God fulfill his promise.

Answer 10

I figure no rain = no rainbows.