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The appearance of the likeness of the rainbow tells us that there is a very special atmosphere in heaven. To produce the bow there has to be light. Also a cloud and rain. We know that the Lord is light. 1 John 1:5 Clouds typify the hostís of heaven. Redeemed and angelic. These are those who are termed to be the cloud of witnesses. Heb. 12:1 They are also seen coming with Him when He returns at the end of the age. Mt. 26:64 The light of the sun shining on millions of droplets of rain create the right conditions for the evidence of the covenant which that Lord made with man. The throne is the source of the most spectacular light show ever seen. The colors are perfect, vivid and alive. There is nothing like it that can be reproduced on earth. The rainbow surrounding the throne gives evidence of the Godhead and shows us how three can be one. Yellow, the Father. Red, the Son and the blue emblematic of the Holy Spirit. Three colors, one rainbow. Three persons, one God.
In Him, that is in Jesus the completeness of the Godhead was to be found, residing permanently. The mystery of God likeness is solved when we realize that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. 2 Cor. 5:19 Jesus said that He was in the Father and the Father was in Him. Perfect, absolute accord and harmony. The Lord Jesus did not work alone but followed the example established and manifest by the Father. All of His actions followed the actions of His Father. John 5:19 The unity of the rainbow and the elements necessary to produce such a beautiful sight are all typical of the unity of the Godhead. The stage for the final acts of the Lord is established by the appearance of a mighty angel. Rev. 10:1 The position and accomplishment of an angel is that of a messenger. Therefore any messenger sent by the Lord is an angel. Not all in the scriptures which are called angels are created angels by any means. This messenger is none other than the Lord Jesus. He is a mighty angel, a man of great strength and power. He is clothed with a cloud, what cloud other than the cloud of the glory of the Lord. He is crowned with a rainbow, giving evidence of the fullness of God being resident in Him. His face shines brightly as the sun in full strength. That glorious light of the Lord is also resident within Him, in its completeness. His feet as pillar of fire. The same bright burning flames which Ezekiel saw. For all the attempt of the scriptures to convey to us the beauty and majesty of the Lord and His glory, having to use the elements of this world cannot deliver the exceeding great glory of the Lord which will be manifest throughout eternity in the new heavens and the new earth. We will never cease to marvel at the splendor of the Lord Jesus and the display of that glory as it fills heaven and its inhabitants.