Taking Back the Rainbow

The rainbow today has become synonymous with homosexuality and so called gay pride. Tracing back the origins of the gay rainbow flag, I was not all that surprised to find out that the rainbow flag was designed in San Francisco by Gilbert Baker in 1978. The flag originally had eight colors: hot pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise blue for art, indigo for harmony and violet for spirit. By  the 1979 Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco, the  flag design changed to only include six colors as hot pink was not a commercially dye and indigo was removed to have an even six colors. Over time the rainbow flag become recognized all over the world as part of the active homosexual movement.

This is travesty to Christians as the rainbow has been a Judeo-Christian symbol for thousands of years. From the first book of the bible God has revealed the rainbow as a sign of His covenant with mankind. The first rainbow can be found within the story of Noah found in Genesis 5-10. After God had destroyed the earth with a flood due to the wickedness of the people, God formed a covenant or family bond with Noah promising to never destroy the earth again with a flood.

I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.” God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.” Genesis 9:11-17 RSV

God established the rainbow as a sign of his mercy on us and as a promise not to flood the earth because of our wickedness. The actively homosexual community claim the rainbow flag represents the diversity of the their community, but whether they realize it or not it has also become a sign of rebellion against God's mercy. God has provided us with the rainbow to remember the flooding of the earth caused by the wickedness and sinfulness of mankind. Homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered mortal sins and are one of the four sins that cry out to heaven for vengeance. The rainbow is a sacred sign of God's mercy, associating it with homosexuality could very well be considered sacrilegious! It is time for us as Christians to take back something that until 37 years ago was ours!

This is not what the rainbow should represent!

This is what the rainbow really represents!