ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki 9 Sanuali 2021

My rainbow...sign of the covenant

‘ai ‘eku ‘umata ...ko e fakaʻilonga fuakava

Senesi 9 (Genesis 9)

(v. 13) I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

(v. 13) kuo u ‘ai ‘eku ‘umata ‘i he ngaahi ‘ao; pea ‘e hoko ia ko e faka‘ilonga fuakava ‘i he vaha‘a ‘o‘oku mo māmani.

*Commentary: David Guzik study notes*

It shall be for the sign: Every time we see a rainbow, we should remember the faithfulness of God and every one of His promises. He even says His covenant of peace with us is just as sure as His covenant with Noah and all generations (Isaiah 54:9-10).

of the covenant. I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant: The other mentions of a rainbow in the Bible are set in the context of God’s enthroned glory (Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 4:3 and 10:1). It is staggering to see God, in His glory, setting so close to Himself a reminder of His promise to man.

ko e fakaʻilonga. ‘I he taimi kotoa pe ‘oku tau mamata ai ki ha ‘umata, ‘oku totonu ke tau manatuʻi ‘a e faitōnunga ‘a e ‘Otua´ mo ‘ene fai ki heʻene ngaahi palōmesi´. ‘Oku´ ne talamai, ‘oku malava ke tau pauʻia ‘i heʻene kovinānite melino´ ‘o hangē pe ko ‘ene kovinānite naʻe fai mo Noa mo e ngaahi toʻutangata´ (‘Aisea 54:9-10).

fuakava. Te u vakai hifo ki ai ko e fakamanatu ‘o ‘eku kovinānite taʻengata´. Ko e ngaahi potu kehe ‘oku hā ai ‘a e ‘umata´ ‘i he Folofola´, ‘oku fekauʻaki mo e naunau ‘o hono taloni´ (‘Isik 1:28; Fakahā 4:3; 10:1). ‘Oku fakaofo ‘etau vakai ki he ‘Otua´ ‘i hono langilangi´, ‘a ‘ene fokotuʻu ke ofi ange kiate Ia ‘a e fakamanatu ‘o ‘ene palōmesi ki he tangata´.

* study on the Attributes of God / ako ki he natula (ngaahi ‘ulungaanga) ‘o e ‘Otua *

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

Knowing God

Do you want your soul expanded? Listen to Spurgeon, who surely knew something about such expansion. But before you read on, note that he rightly connected the science of Christ with the knowledge of God as the way to make one spiritually healthy. The revelation of God shows Christ, who in turn discloses God. God created all things in order to glorify his Son (Col. 1:16), and the Son comes to reveal the Father (Matt. 11:25-27; John 17:5-6,26). By the Spirit we enter this world of supernatural revelation, in which we can joyfully declare that through Christ we know God, which is eternal life.

‘Oku ke loto ke fao ho laumālie´? Fanongo ki he lau ‘a Sipeisone´, ko e tangata ‘oku maheni mo e moʻui ‘oku tupulaki´. Kimuʻa pea ke hoko atu´, fakatokangaʻi ‘a ‘ene hanga ‘o fakafehokotaki ‘a e saienisi ‘o Kalaisi´ mo e ‘ilo ki he ‘Otua´, ko e founga ia ki he moʻui lelei faka-laumālie´. Ko levelēsio (fakahā meʻa) ‘o e ‘Otua´, ‘oku ne fakaeʻa mai ‘a Kalaisi pea fakaʻilo mai ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e ‘Otua´. Naʻe fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua´ ‘a e ‘univeesi´ ke fakalangilangiʻi ‘a e ‘Alo´ (Kolose 1:16) pea hoko mai ‘a e ‘Alo´ ke ne fakahā mai ‘a e Tamai´ (Matiu 11:25-27; Sione 17:5-6, 26). ‘Oku fou ‘i he Laumālie´ ‘etau aʻusia ‘a e fuʻu koloa tatala meʻa fakatuʻanatula ko eni, pea lava ai ke tau Kalanga fiefia, koeʻuhi´ ko Kalaisi, ‘oku malava ke tau ‘ilo ai ‘a e ‘Otua´, ‘a ia ko e moʻui taʻengata´ ia!