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Is God real? Do we want Him to be? Does He really love us? If He does, how far would He go to let everyone know just how much He cares? Is it possible that He would declare it to the entire world - even to those who do not accept the Bible as His Word? I believe that He has, and I believe that He told us of His love and His plan of redemption long before it even played out. I believe that He put that message in a form that no one can miss.

We are narrow in our thinking, but God can see the whole picture and is capable of using singular items to teach multiple lessons. I believe He did just that with the rainbow. This non-verbal “message in the sky” reveals to the entire world the plan of God for humankind.

This is a bold statement, but one that I believe is correct. With the colors of the rainbow we can see what God has done to “bridge the gap” between Himself and us - the gap that our rebelliousness has caused. It is my contention that this unique object tells the most important story of all: that God loves each one of us, and wants to show us how we can have a relationship with Him.

I only want to show the symbolic meaning that can be taken from this phenomenon, so I will not discuss the technical and scientific explanations of the rainbow.

Though there is debate about how many colors are actually in the rainbow, I will address the generally accepted number of six colors of the rainbow, plus one more, since they complete the “palette” needed to “paint” this story.