There are many mysteries surrounding the story of the Great Flood in the Holy Bible. There is one mystery that seems to get glossed over and it is the appearance of the "first rainbow."

The Mystery of the First Rainbow Explained

By explaining this mystery, the other mysteries of Biblical old age and the Great Flood are revealed.

Rainbows are created by direct light interacting with water droplets. Rainbows visible in Earth's atmosphere are created by direct, unfiltered sunlight interacting with rain.

This begs the question. How is it that the first rainbow wasn't seen until AFTER the Great Flood?

The answer is simple. In Earth's early history, it was completely cloud-covered.

Wait! you might say. How could plants survive if the Earth was cloud-covered?

It is highly likely that the sunlight hitting the Earth was greatly diffused...to the point where plant life was possible, but rainbow formation was impossible.

That type of cloud coverage would have meant that the Earth was subjected to an extended period of extreme low pressure. It is believed that humans live longer in low pressure. This explains how come people in the early chapters of the Bible were able to live for such an extraordinary length of time.

Finally...that much water overhead and released at one time would cause a great flood.

What caused the Earth to lose its cloud cover in such a dramatic fashion? I suspect that the meteor that created "Meteor Crater" in Arizona caused enough of a shock wave in the atmosphere to push the cloud cover over towards the Middle East / Black Sea area of the world...where the compression of waterlogged clouds caused the downpour we call the Great Flood.

Scoff at me, skeptics of GLP. Scoff and mock me till the cows come home! I know I'm right about this!