Question

Read this sentence, which contains a biblical allusion from the story "The Lightning-Rod Man. See, the scroll of the storm is rolled back the house is unharmed, and in the blue heavens I read in the rainbow. that the Deity will not, of purpose, make war on man's earth. Which of these statements best conveys meaning of the allusion?

Answer 1

The above sentence makes a reference to The Covenant of the Rainbow which states that God will never again let the floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again He will send a flood to destroy the earth.
In this biblical allusion, God uses the rainbow as a sign of his promise never again to destroy all life on Earth.

Answer 2

The answer is C - God uses the rainbow as a sign of his promise never again to destroy all life on Earth.