Answers to Questions - Creation vs. Evolution

Why weren't there rainbows before the flood, if laws of physics of refracted light existed?

The Bible doesn't state that refracted light (i.e. "rainbows") didn't exist before the flood. Any mist refracts light passing through it. The language simply states that God "set the rainbow in the clouds as a sign of his covenant". Rainbows existed prior to the flood. Only now, God has redefined it as a "sign" of a "covenant". People often make covenants using something as a sign that already exists. For example a wedding ring is just a ring with no significance until it is placed on a bride's finger as a sign of a covenant. In this case, simple refracted light in the clouds, now became a sign of God's covenant.

God doesn't always work within the laws of chemistry and physics He created. However, I've found that when you search hard, often you find He does. This need not lessen His miraculous power in any way, however. Hopefully this question, stemming from either misunderstanding of Hebrew, or imprecise reading of the text--perhaps by friends, relatives and pastors--have been answered in a way that finally makes sense to you.

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