Genesis 8:21-22
“I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake... While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
King James Version
God's pledge after the Flood — never again to destroy all life by flood, and the unfailing rhythm of the seasons while the earth endures.
Fulfillment References
Genesis 9:11-15 Jeremiah 33:20-25 Acts 14:17 2 Peter 3:7
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe God who upholds seedtime and harvest (Acts 14:17) is the one God whose faithfulness to creation foreshadows His faithfulness in salvation.
JewishGod's gracious pledge of cosmic stability and the seasons' constancy — His common-grace faithfulness to all creation.
CatholicGod's faithfulness in upholding creation's order, a sign of His mercy to all.
ProtestantThe reliability of the seasons as God's covenant faithfulness (cf. Jer. 33:20); a common-grace witness (Acts 14:17).
OrthodoxGod's providential sustaining of creation's rhythms.
DispensationalThe Noahic order of nature, upheld until the renewal of all things.
AcademicPart of the Noahic covenant; scholars note its 'common grace' universality, distinct from the later particular covenants.
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