Rainbow flag in his hand. In the German Peasants' War of the 16th century, the rainbow flag together with the peasants' boot ("Bundschuh") was used as the sign of a new era, of hope and of social change. The choice of the rainbow in the form of a flag harkens back to the rainbow as a symbol of biblical promise. According to the Bible, God first created the rainbow as a sign to Noah that there would never again be a worldwide flood, also known as the Rainbow covenant. The South African flag is sometimes referred to as the "Rainbow flag". Rainbow
Christendom Astray from the Bible chapters and republished as "Christendom Astray From the Bible" in 1884. "Christendom Astray" covers topics such as "The Bible—What it is, and how to interpret it" (chapter 1), "The Dead Unconscious till the Resurrection, and consequent error of popular belief in heaven and hell" (chapter 3), "The Devil not a personal supernatural being, but the scriptural personification of sin in its manifestations among men" (chapter 7) and "The Promises made to the Fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), yet to be fulfilled in the setting up of the Kingdom of God upon earth" (chapter 9). The last section of the book