Today, I saw this beautiful picture on NASA's picture of the day site. And although I have seen "fire rainbows" before, a horizontal one like this is quite unusual.
The site says:
Explanation:
Why would clouds appear to be different colors?
The reason here is that ice crystals in distant cirrus clouds are acting like little floating
prisms.
Sometimes known as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a
circumhorizon arc lies parallel to the horizon.
For a circumhorizontal arc
to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where
cirrus clouds are present.
Furthermore, the numerous, flat,
hexagonal ice-crystals
that compose the
cirrus cloud must be
aligned horizontally
to properly
refract sunlight in a collectively similar manner.
Therefore, circumhorizontal arcs are quite unusual to see.
This circumhorizon display was photographed through a
polarized
lens above
Dublin,
Ohio in 2009.
So, we have a phenomenon that looks like fire, but is really ice. Sometimes, it takes a contrast like this to get our attention, as is the case in the following passage of Scripture...
Revelation, Chapter 3
Rev 3:14 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
Rev 3:15 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
Rev 3:17 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Rev 3:18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Rev 3:19 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Rev 3:20 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Rev 3:21 'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Rev 3:22 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
Rev 3:15 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
Rev 3:17 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Rev 3:18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Rev 3:19 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Rev 3:20 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Rev 3:21 'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Rev 3:22 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
The United States of America is a very rich nation; even the poor here tend to become obese. Many in our nation no longer feel the need to seek out God because they seem to have everything they "need". How sad!!! The message to the church in Laodicea is a message for America and the sooner we heed it, the better!!! Repent and return to the God of your youth, America; before it is too late!!!!