After finishing the exposition of the Covenant with Noah (Genesis 6: 18) and essentially all of mankind after him (Genesis 9: 9) by signifying that “all seed after him” were included, God gives Noah a sign or token. Interestingly, He makes this Covenant with every living thing on the earth as well. God says that never again will the inhabitants of the earth be cutoff with a flood (Genesis 9: 11). This is further attestation to the universality of the Flood since there have been many local floods since the Great Flood. God never said that He would not destroy the mass of humanity again, just that He would not do it by means of a worldwide flood. God also verified this through the prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 54: 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
From Scripture we know that the next time the destruction comes it will be by fire (Isaiah 24: 5-6; II Peter 3: 10; Revelation 6: 1-19: 21). We remember that Josephus noted in his day (1st century AD) that the stone, which Adam erected and engraved with text, declared the earth’s destruction by Flood and Fire (The Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1 Chapter 2 para. 71). This will come about for violating the Noahic Covenant (enlarging wickedness). The sign or token is the bow in the sky. The Hebrew word for bow is keshet קַשְׁתִּ֕י It is the same word used throughout the Old Testament for a military bow
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