To him that acknowledges that all things are “upheld” by the word of God’s power, 2Hebrews 1:3. and that by Him “all things consist,” 3Colossians 1:17. there is no difficulty in accounting for these remarkable appearances in the heavens. Such a one recognizes the fact that “fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind,” are “fulfilling His word.” 4Psalm 148:8. Of the rainbow God said: “I do set My bow in the cloud.... It shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the LDT 76.1
PICTURE-SIGN IN THE SUN IN AMERICA, 1844.
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PICTURE-SUN RINGS, NEW YORK STATE, 1844
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earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: ... and I will look upon it.” 5Genesis 9:13-16. God’s power produces the beautiful bow, with its varied colors; and while we look upon it, our minds are solemnized with the thought that God too is looking at it. LDT 81.1
As the storm and vapors fulfil His word, it is of little consequence whether the center of His rainbow-colored circles are in the sun or outside, or whether the convex of the rainbow half-circles, or the concave, is toward the sun. God has said in His word that as the end draws near, there shall be “signs in the sun.” His power produces these signs in a way that defeats all the speculations of men as to how they are produced. When men talk of “natural law,” let it be remembered that “nature is but the name for an effect, whose cause is God.” LDT 81.2