“And God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you.
“I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
(Read all of verses 8-17).
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His Name. And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels.” (Mal. 3:16, 1716Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (Malachi 3:16‑17)).
When God made promise ne’er again
By flood to judge the earth,
He placed a token in the sky
Establishing its worth.
With Noah and his family
The covenant was made,
And sealed with God’s own promise
Of a bow set in the cloud.
It must have given wondrous peace
To Noah’s family
To see the bow, and know the flood
Would ne’er repeated be.
And then to think that God Himself
Would view the token, too!
He said, “I’ll look upon it, and
I will remember you.”
Another token God has given
Of judgment past and done;
It is the emblems of the death
Of His beloved Son.
There on the cross of Calvary
His precious blood was shed;
The Lamb of God’s providing, bore
The judgment in our stead.
More solemn judgment then was vent –
More awful than the flood –
When Christ, the one who knew no sin,
Redeemed us by His blood.
There all the billows of God’s wrath
Fell on His only Son,
And He endured such agony,
Forsaken, and alone.
He gave those precious emblems –said,
“This do, remember Me.”
And as we view the loaf and cup
God’s wondrous grace we see,
Reminding our forgetful hearts
Of all His suff’rings past,
And love that wants us e’er with Him
While endless ages last.
What boundless love, and matchless grace
That thought out such a plan
To pardon, justify, and bless
Poor, lost, rebellious man!
And all who trust Christ’s finished work
Are sheltered, safe, and free;
No condemnation! – one with Him
Throughout eternity.
What peace the emblems of His death
Give to the trusting soul!
They tell him all his guilt’s removed –
In Christ he is made whole.
They banish every fear and doubt –
They set his heart at rest,
Assuring him as he is secure
In Christ – supremely blest.
And as we view these emblems and
Upon them meditate,
We see Him now at God’s right hand,
Our Priest and Advocate.
And from the glory He looks down –
Assures His feeble few,
“When I gather up My jewels,
I will remember you.”