It is remarkable that in a cultural moment defined by division and rage, the solution to many of our most bitter debates was written plainly in Scripture thousands of years ago. I am speaking of the Noahic Covenant — the promise God made after the flood in Genesis 9 — which, if truly believed and understood, dismantles much of the poisonous confusion currently destroying the American mind. It speaks directly to the three issues our nation cannot stop screaming about: race, the value of life, and climate change.
The Noahic Covenant is God’s promise to Noah and his descendants — meaning every human being alive today — and to every living creature on the earth. After the flood waters receded, God made a declaration that redefined human history: “Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” He then sealed that promise with a sign — the rainbow — as a visible reminder that the stability of the created world rests not on human brilliance, but on divine faithfulness. It was the first universal covenant. Unlike the Abrahamic Covenant, it was not limited to a chosen people. It was given to all humanity. No exceptions. No divisions.
Which means that the next time someone argues that the color of someone’s skin is cause for separation or resentment, the Scriptures answer with absolute authority: every human being alive descends from the same family. There is no racial divide. There is no racial hierarchy. There is no claim of superiority for any tribe or tongue. We are all children of Noah. There are not multiple races; there is only one — the human race — and our God-given unity predates every phony theory that bitter activists and opportunistic politicians have used to divide us. If every human descends from Noah, then the modern obsession with race is not only ignorant; it is disobedient. It violates a covenant written by the hand of God.
The Noahic Covenant also speaks to the current war over the value of human life. In the same breath that God promised stability to creation, He gave the command that forms the foundation of pro-life ethic: “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.” He established the principle of justice and human dignity in a single sentence. The shedding of innocent blood is a direct assault on the image of God. The entire debate over abortion collapses under that weight. It is not a question of personal autonomy or reproductive rights. It is a question of whether God determines the value of life or whether human opinion does.
If every person bears the Imago Dei — the image of God — then the unborn child is not disposable material or a negotiable inconvenience. He or she is a living bearer of divine worth. And the covenant tells us that to take that life intentionally is not simply a medical decision. It is violence against God Himself. It is rebellion against the order God cemented after the worst moral collapse in human history. In the light of the Noahic Covenant, Roe v. Wade was not just bad law; it was covenant-breaking. And every law that permits the killing of children remains an act of defiance against a divine decree that predates every constitution on earth.
And then there is climate change — perhaps the greatest modern religion of them all. The climate movement insists that human beings can destroy the planet, that the existence of the world hangs by a thread, and that salvation lies in policy, protest, and personal guilt. It is a theology of fear and human-centered sovereignty. It demands worship and tithes: carbon taxes, ESG mandates, the elimination of reliable energy, and the submission of national interest to global bureaucrats.
But the Noahic Covenant speaks like thunder against this panic. God promised that seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease while the earth remains. The sustainability and stability of creation are not fragile accidents of physics. They are secured by the word of the Creator. The planet is not held together by emissions targets or activist marches. It is held together by the One whose voice split the heavens and whose bow in the sky declares His rule over all nature.
Humans are commanded to steward the earth — not worship it. We are to cultivate it — not fear it. The climate activists who declare that humanity will destroy the world deny the covenant, mock God’s sovereignty, and replace the true faith with environmental idolatry. The rainbow was never meant to symbolize rebellion. It was meant to symbolize the unshakable promise that God controls the earth and will not allow it to be destroyed by human mismanagement. The rainbow does not belong to activists. It belongs to God. And it is a reminder that the future of the world is not at the mercy of carbon levels or political treaties.
If America returned to the Noahic Covenant — even intellectually, even philosophically — division over race would collapse overnight, the pro-life argument would be settled permanently, and the apocalyptic fearmongering of climate extremism would be recognized for the manipulative control tool that it is. The covenant answers the questions our culture seems determined to keep asking: Who are we? Image bearers. Where do we come from? The same family. What is life worth? Everything. Who maintains creation? Not us — God.
The political class trades in fear because it profits them. But the Noahic Covenant refuses panic. It demands faith. It demands humility. And it demands obedience.
If America wants peace again, it will not be achieved through legislation or protest or environmental sermons — it will come through remembering the oldest promise ever made to humanity: God keeps His word.