Colors Of The Rainbow
When God appeared unto Noah after the flood, and placed a rainbow in the sky; he did much more than show him a phenomenon. In the seven colors, beginning with red and ending with purple, God was displaying a natural miracle that demonstrated the complete redemption of man.
First let us look at color in the natural. In the world of art, we have three primaries; red, yellow and blue. These cannot be formulated by mixing. They come from the earth; but with these three colors, and the addition of black and white, any shade of the spectrum can be obtained. Herein lies a thought provoking, scriptural principle, for in red, we have a Hebrew word "OUDEM" which means "red clay." It is the root word from which we get Adam, Esau, and Edom; all of which speak of flesh. So at the very outset, we have something that cannot be created or controlled by man. An exact counterpart of our first primary color in nature.
The second primary is yellow. we also find its counterpart in the principles of God. Yellow always speaks of trial and purging.
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:7)
Fire which is always used in the purification process comes in the category of yellow. So once again even though we cannot make yellow, in the same way man, has no control over trouble.
The third primary in the natural is blue. When we come to this color in scripture, we approach one of the most sublime subjects of the Bible. Blue is the symbol of the Word and healing power of God. We refer you to the 15th chapter of Numbers, verses 38-41.
"Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God."
This is the reason heaven above is blue, for it speaks to us of the eternal presence of YAHWEH. The color of God's chosen nation, the people of Israel, is blue, dating back to the time of David. We also note in Ezek. 1:26, that the restored throne of David which will rule supreme in all the earth, being God's throne, is spoken of as sapphire, which is blue. We note with extreme interest, what the woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years, said when she saw Jesus: "If I can only touch the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole" (Matt. 9:21). The hem of that garment was blue. We must point out, however, that Christ immediately emphasized it was her faith that made her whole and she had not gained healing by the works of the law. Also note carefully that she had to kneel down, literally bowing before the Lord to touch the hem of his garment. This custom was not confined to this woman, for in Matt. 14:26, we find the multitudes following this example and getting the same results. The prophet Zechariah, speaking symbolically, tells of the day when all nations shall be healed. He says in 8:23, that ten men out of every nation shall take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, "We will go with you for we have heard that God is with you." This is the day when the curse shall be lifted and the desert shall blossom as a rose.
Now that we have our three primary colors, let us do a little paint mixing. In the natural if we blend yellow and blue, the result is green. In the spiritual, you mix trial (yellow) and blue (the Word or Power of God) and we get green (the color of immortality) Psa. 1:3. "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season: his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." (An evergreen tree)
Green is the symbol of resurrection which (in the mercy of God) we are reminded of every spring. In Aaron's rod that budded, (laid up in the ark of the covenant), there is the symbol of selection and resurrection, Num. 17:8.
Let us blend two more colors. In the natural, if we mix red and blue, the result is purple. In the spiritual when we take red (flesh) and blue (Word or power of God) the result will be purple (royalty or priesthood).
Noah looking at the rainbow saw seven steps (the number of spiritual perfection), beginning with flesh, going through trial, being guided by the Word of God, bringing forth immortality and priesthood; thus fulfilling Rev. 5:10, "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." This is further emphasized in Ezekiel's glorious vision of the Cherubim, the immortalized host of God, as outlined in his first chapter.
Now that we have carefully laid the patternwork of color in the Bible, namely that red refers to flesh; yellow--trial; blue--the Word or healing power of Almighty God; green--immortality; purple--royalty or priesthood; let us go back once again to a few recorded incidents to see how this color progression is employed.
(For those desiring a more detailed study of the color of blue, we heartily recommend Arthur Hall's excellent publication, "The Significance of Blue in Scripture." Address: The Debir Press, A. Hall, 617 Foleshill Road, Coventry, Worwickshire, England.)
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