Rainbow at dusk?

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I wanted to show you how early the sun sets these days in Macungie. I took out my camera and went out to the patio...


The time was about 4.45pm, just before 5pm and the sky was already dark. We were told by our neighbours that as we approach December, daylight will get much shorter. It would be like, 'you wake up in darkness, you go to bed in darkness.' We decided to brighten up our place instead of living in darkness. We bought lots of Christmas lights - for the backyard and the front driveway.

And as I was capturing the 'Christmas light-up' with my camera, I spotted the rainbow in the background. I thought that was really unusual. Wikipedia explained rainbow as "an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere". My limited knowledge in this area also tell me that rainbow only occurs when there are sun and rain.

It did drizzle but there was definitely no sun. But it was a beautiful sight to see such a rainbow, the seven colours were not obvious but rays of red were clearly seen. Perhaps it was God telling us that a new era has dawn on America or maybe, it's God telling us that He is still watching over us and will always watch over us.



I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9:13
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. Ezekiel 1:28
And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. Revelation 4:3