God's Covenant with Noah (1-21-24)

To rebalance nature, the Lord declares that animals will live in fear of man, and that animals may be used for food, as long as the meat is drained of its blood since life is in the blood. To establish His standard of the sanctity of life, the Lord says there will be a reckoning for every life taken. In the case of murder, the one who takes a life forfeits his own life. In the covenant the Lord makes with Noah, his sons, and every generation of man and animal to follow, He promises never again to destroy the earth by flood, and affirms this promise with the rainbow as a sign and symbol of His grace.