A PROPHECY FOR PENTECOST -- Joel Two -- Joel two sounds almost like a restatement of Joel one with the Pentecost prophecies added. Joel said that the people must assemble and that an announcement should be made that the day of the Lord is at hand. He described that day as a dark day of destruction... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS GREAT -- JOEL 2:1-11:_ The trumpet was blown to warn the nation of danger and invasion. The warning was sounded in order that the people could tremble and make matters right with God before the day of the Lord came. The Lord was sending the locusts and He was also sending the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD'S INVITATION TO REPENT -- JOEL 2:12-17:_ At that moment it was not too late for the people to return to the Lord with all their heart and to cry in repentance to him. They were told to fast and pray. Joel said, "Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for h... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE -- JOEL 2:18-27:_ The People of Judah would spend seventy years in Babylonian captivity. Even while they were there the Lord was deeply concerned about the land and He had pity on His people. The Lord provided an opportunity for His people to return from captivity. He... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Prophecy pointing to Pentecost -- Joel 2:28-32: The last verses of Joel two are a very famous prophecy quoted by Peter on the day of Pentecost on which the church was established. (Acts 2:17-21) These event transpired in the "the last days" of the Jewish dispensation. In the church age the Spiri... [ Continue Reading ]