articlesforchristians

Author

• Joel
• Joel means “Yahweh or the Lord is God”

Date

• Probably 835-805 B.C.

Theme

• The Judgment of God (the coming of the day of the Lord)
• The Grace of God

Purpose

• Joel prophesied about the judgment of God at a time of great of devastation.
  • A plague of locust has stripped the countryside of vegetation and livestock.
  • Joel describes the present destruction as nothing compared to the coming judgment of
    God.

Content

• The invasion of locusts: Joel1:1-12
  • Joel 1:4(NKJV) What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming
    locust has eaten.
• Judgment Through:
  • Locust: Joel1:4-7
  • Drought and Famine Joel 1:9-12
  • Fire: Joel 1:19-20
• A call to repentance: Joel 1:13-20
  • Joel 1:13,14 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
• Warnings and God’s promise: Joel 2:1-32
  • Joel 2:1(NKJV) Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
  • Joel 2:25-29 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 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 also, upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
• God’s final judgment and rule: Joel 3:1-21
  • Joel 3:16(NKJV) The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.

Christ in the Book of Joel

• Christ is the Righteous Judge
  • In the book of Joel, it talks about God’s final judgement and rule. Jesus is the one who will be ruling and judging.
    • Revelation 19:11-16(NKJV) Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.