It starts in Genesis 8:22. God says to Noah just after promising to never send another flood.
“While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
Every time the weather changes, it’s a reminder that the Lord is faithfully keeping His word. Every season, every cloud, every temperature change -they all point us back to the Lord who sustains world.
The weather helps us look back to God’s promise that seasons will continue to turn, and to look up, to see God’s awesome creativity. It also allows us to look back.
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested Him by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
He replied,
When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather for the sky is red.’ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the sign of the times! An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. He left them, and departed – Matthew 16:1-4
We learn at a young age to read the signs of the weather. Heavy dark clouds mean it will probably rain, while a clear sky and midday sun have us reaching for sun screen.
Jesus pointed out to the Pharisees that they’re good at reading weather signs but completely miss the signs that point to Him.
I often think about the people today that are concerned with “climate change” God controls the weather -not people.
The sign of Jonah in verse 4 goes back to Jonah spending three days and nights in the belly of a big fish before it spits him out onto dry land. While inside the fish, Jonah learned a valuable lesson:
“Salvation comes from the Lord” -Jonah 2:9
The ultimate “sign of Jonah” was when the Lord Jesus himself spent three days in the tomb before God the Father powerfully brought His Son back to life in 1 Corinthians 6:14. The death and resurrection of Jesus is how “salvation comes from the Lord,” and is a sign that we too, if we are trusting in Jesus can look forward to living with Him forever.
God has placed many signs in the sky that point us to Him. Perhaps the most poignant is the rainbow, which takes us back to where we started in Genesis (before it was stolen by the gay pride people). The rainbow us a sign of God’s covenant never again to bring flood in judgment on the earth (Genesis 9:12-17. Instead, His rainbow points upwards. That’s where His judgment was focused 2000 years ago – on God the Son.
What a wonderful truth to remember every time we see God’s rainbow in the sky.
From Pity to Praise 