seen in the cloud: and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
In view of the fact that God has made the rainbow a token of an everlasting covenant between Himself and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth, Bible expositors have said that this is the angel of the covenant, because he has the covenant token upon his head. Now the angel of the covenant is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. And if this was the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, He would swear by Him-self, and not swear by Him that liveth for ever and ever. This is a created angel, whoever he is or whatever he is intended to symbolize, and he is closely allied to the angel of the covenant; the fact is, or appears to be, that he is the forerunner of the angel of the covenant, and that he is sent to prepare the way for our Lord's coming to reign, exactly the same as John the
