Noah’s Rainbow was not an Ordinary Rainbow

The Flood of Noah was a real historical event. Some parts of the Biblical description of the Flood are figurative and other parts are literal. There was literally a Noah, an Ark, and a great Flood. However, the expressions that say the Flood covered all land and killed all animals and humans outside the Ark are a figurative expression of the great extent of this event. Not all species of animals were on the Ark, and it was not 300 cubits long. These expressions are also figurative.

The cause of the great Flood of Noah was a comet striking the deep ocean. This event caused immense tidal waves, threw vast quantities of water into the upper atmosphere, and altered the weather worldwide for many months. It caused torrential rainstorms, and much flooding throughout many areas of the world. This explains not only the Flood of Noah, but the many flood stories from hundreds of cultures in every region of the world.

The rainstorms of the Flood were not like prior and subsequent rains. But I say more. The appearance of the sky after the Flood was not like prior and subsequent times. It was utterly unique and astounding. What Noah saw, what all the survivors saw, was not a simple rainbow on one particular day. They saw a continuing array of atmospheric optical effects, including rainbows of every kind and similar effects. And nothing similar has been seen since that time. The ordinary rainbow after an ordinary rainstorm is a pale reminder of that great set of astonishing optical effects, which occurred after the great Flood.

For when a comet strikes the deep ocean, it casts water into the highest part of the atmosphere, which normally has no water at all. This water exists in a fine mist, at very low temperatures and pressures. In essence, the water thrown that high into the atmosphere would form exceedingly fine ice crystals. The same event would also result in more ice crystals in the upper atmosphere and more water droplets in the lower atmosphere than is usual. (Noah’s Flood: Literal or Figurative?)