What does Joel 2:28 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:"
Verse 28. _SHALL COME TO PASS AFTERWARD_] אחרי כן _acharey ken_, "after this;" the same, says _Kimchi_, as _in the latter days_, which always refers to the _days of the Messiah_; and thus this prophe...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AFTERWARD - After the punishment of the Jews through the Pagan, and their deliverance; after the Coming of the Teacher of righteousness, was to follow the outpouring of the S...
II. THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD: THE REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The alarm sounded and the day at hand (Joel 2:1) _ 2. The invading army from the north (Joel 2:3) 3. The rep...
THE PORTENTS OF THE DAY OF YAHWEH. The deliverance from the locusts is but a harbinger of the time coming when Yahweh will impart His spirit to all Jews for to such the context evidently restricts all...
AFTERWARD: i.e. after the "good bestowed" had begun to be enjoyed (Joel 2:21 for the nation had been restored under Ezra and Nehemiah; "the light had sprung up" (Isaiah 42:7; Matthew 4:12; Luke 2:32);...
Part II. Chap. Joel 2:18 to Joel 3:21 Jehovah's answer to His people's prayer of penitence. He will remove from them the plague of locusts, and bestow upon them an abundance of both material and spir...
__ 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) T...
DISCOURSE: 1182 SIGNS OF THE MESSIAH’S ADVENT Joel 2:28. _And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old...
AFTERWARD— Kimchi says, that this is the same as, _In the last days,_ Isaiah 2:2 and it is explained by St. Peter, Acts 2:17 of the times of the Gospel. The rabbies affirm, that wherever the words occ...
III. THE PURPOSE OF REPENTANCE (cont-'d) FUTURE BLESSINGS (GOD PREPARING A NEW PEOPLE) TEXT: Joel 2:28-32 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and...
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:...
2:28 (e-0) Vers. 28-32 compose ch. 3 in the Hebrew....
REPENTANCE FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION Joel 2:1 are another description of the locust plague. An alarm is sounded as though the Day of Jehovah had come (Joel 2:1). The advance of the locusts into the city...
THE DAY OF THE LORD JOEL _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 2 THE ARMY OF *LOCUSTS V1 Blow the *trumpet in *Zion. Tell the people on the *Lord’s hill to watch for trouble. All the people who live in this count...
I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH. — Holy Scripture is itself the interpreter of this most weighty promise. St. Peter’s quotation and application of it in the Acts is its commentary. “Afterward...
_[Joel 3:1]_ וְ הָיָ֣ה אַֽחֲרֵי ־כֵ֗ן אֶשְׁפֹּ֤וךְ אֶת ־רוּחִי֙ עַל ־כָּל ־בָּשָׂ֔ר וְ נִבְּא֖וּ ב
PROSPERITY AND THE SPIRIT Joel 2:18 "THEN did Jehovah become jealous for His land, and took pity upon His people"-with these words Joel opens the second half of his book. Our Authorized Version rende...
“THE VALLEY OF DECISION” Joel 2:28-32; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpou...
Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some of the things foretold have now been fulfilled, so...
And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour (q) out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream (r) dreams, your young men shall see...
_After. From this verse to the end the prophet speaks of the times succeeding the captivity, and more especially of the propagation of the gospel. The enemies of God's people shall be destroyed, (chap...
But here we have the sum and substance of the whole in one of the richest promises ever made, as the effect of salvation, and most comprehensive of all blessings. It is impossible to err in the explan...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than Jonah), but differs es...
_THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT_ ‘I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.’ Joel 2:28 Joel sees in the national calamity a sign and harbinger of the Day of the Lord, to which all things are tending. To prep...
We have explained why the Prophet began with earthly blessings. One may indeed think that this order is not regular; for Christ does not in vain remind us, that the kingdom of God ought to be first so...
Joel 2:1 sounds the alarm, because the day is near. The day is then described as the invasion of a people, the like of whom had never been seen by Israel or the land. It was, in fact, the army of Jeho...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AFTERWARD,.... After the teacher of righteousness has been sent, and a plentiful rain of the Gospel has been let down in the land of Judea, in the ministry of John the Baptis...
And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions...
_And it shall come to pass afterward_ Some versions begin the third chapter with this verse; and indeed the subject which is begun here is of so different a nature from what goes before, that it seems...
God's Promise of Temporal and Spiritual Blessings...
28-32 The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and miraculous gifts conferred on both Jews and Genti...
IT SHALL COME TO PASS, most certainly this shall be done, afterward; in the latter days, after the return out of Babylonish captivity, after the various troubles and salvations by which they may know...
Joel 2:28 afterward H310 out H8210 (H8799) Spirit H7307 flesh H1320 sons H1121 daughters H1323 prophesy H5012 (H8738) men H2205 dream H2492 (H8799) dreams H2472 men H970 see H7200 (H8799) visions H238...
THE PROMISE OF GREAT SPIRITUAL BLESSING YET TO BE ‘POURED OUT' AND PORTENTS OF JUDGMENT TO COME (JOEL 2:28). And as a result of their restoration to Him through repentance and their turning to Him, He...
AFTERWARD Compare (Acts 2:17) which gives a specific interpretation of "afterward" (Hebrew, "Acherith", means "latter," "last"). "Afterward" in Joel (Joel 2:28) means "in the last days" (Greek, "esch...
CONTENTS: Day of vengeance upon Israel. Invading hosts and awful scourges. Repentance of the Jewish remnant and Jehovah's response and deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Joel. CONCLUSION: Th...
Joel 2:1. _Blow ye the trumpet in Zion,_ to convoke a solemn assembly for fasting and humiliation. Numbers 10:2. Joel 2:2. _A day of darkness, nigrum esse._ The army of locusts obscured the light whi...
_And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh._ THE NEW GOSPEL ERA The prophet had encouraged the nation to repentance by announcing the temporal blessings whic...
JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 2:28 POUR OUT MY SPIRIT. Just as God will send life-giving rain (vv. Joel 2:18), so also will he pour out his Spirit on his people in the future. ALL FLESH. All God’s people will sha...
CRITICAL NOTES.] JOEL 2:28. AFTERWARD] These outward things are only a type of spiritual gifts, a prospect of richer blessings; and a grander dispensation is held out, a dispensation remarkable for t...
EXPOSITION JOEL 2:1 These verses contain a further description of the calamity occasioned by the locusts and the appearance presented by them; the calling of a congregational meeting for penitence a...
Now he uses this as the springboard and he begins to speak now of a yet future day of devastation that is coming from armies that are to invade the land. And in the second chapter, as he describes thi...
Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15; Acts 15:7; Acts 15:8; Acts 2:16; Acts 2:2; Acts 2:33; Acts 2:39; Acts 21:9; Ezekiel 39:29;...
Afterward — After the return out of Babylon, after the various troubles and salvations by which these may know that I am the Lord. I will pour — In extraordinary gifts on the first preachers of the go...