Joel 2
God’s Spirit Poured Out
In this passage it seems that Joel has compressed together in prophetic fashion events separated by hundreds of years. Some of these special events of history are: The locust plague in Joel’s day. The day of Pentecost on which the Holy Spirit was made available to …
Forgiveness And Restoration
Remember what this book is about. The land of Israel is being overrun by hungry locusts. The crops are destroyed. There is nothing left. And it’s because of God’s punishment upon them for leaving their first love. These people have deserved to lose God’s blessing on t …
The Coming Day of The Lord
The prophet seems to place himself in the future “day of the Lord” and from that position looks back to the present locust plague. With this dual crises in mind Joel wrote to warn his nation and at the same time encourage her to a holy walk. The trumpet of alarm …