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Death. Though mankind has been given the promise of eternal life,
symbolized by the rainbow which is behind the skeleton, the grim reaper looms large over
mankind, as if his sickle of death was the final word to mankind. That is why the rainbow
is diminutive on card 13. Satan is the prince of this world and has the world marching to
his parade. Ultimately, he is the Grim Reaper, he is the god of death. His sickle is
aimed at the humans who are pictured low to the ground, near the rainbow. The rainbow symbolizes the gospel, the good news about God, about the sacrifice that is offered the human race to redeem them from the grips of death. Satan aims his knife-sharp sickle there. Stay close to the earth, close to my kingdom of death, and pay no attention to that small insignificant bright rainbow. Paul, the author of most of the New Testament letters, writes:
Seeker, look closely at Tarot card 13. Do you see the rainbow? The sharp sickle is swung in fear of it...for that sickle has no power over the rainbow. Its brilliant colors, shining as strongly thousands of years ago when this card was first drawn as they do today, assure us of victory over death... Choose between the rainbow and the sickle of death. One leads to eternity and one does not.
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