_THE PROPHET JOEL_
‘The word of the Lord that came to Joel.’
Joel 1:1
There is this value in the study of Joel—that he touches nearly the
whole round of the Christian year, or which is the same thing, of
Christian experience. Joel is the prophet of the great repentance, of
the Pentecostal gift, a... [ Continue Reading ]
_A DAY OF JUDGMENT_
‘The day of the Lord is at hand.’
Joel 1:15
In the first two Chapter s Joel foretells, under the figure of an
army, a most terrible plague of locusts. The palmer-worm, locust,
cankerworm, and caterpillar are believed to have been locusts in four
different stages, rather than d... [ Continue Reading ]