Joel Rebellion & Return The Day of the L ORD
Joel Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer Joel 1:1-2:17Joel 2:18-3:21
Mt Ebal Disobedience = Curses Disobedience = Curses Mt Gerizim Obedience = Blessings Deuteronomy 27-28
Joel The day of the L ORD HWHYYHWHHaShemG_d
Joel Yow’eel YAHWEH ‘Eel The L ORD is God
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:1-12 Plague of locusts Wake up! A nation has invaded My land My vines, My fig trees Mourn Offerings cut off Fields are ruined Despair Joy is withered away
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6 2:4-5 Actual plague of locusts? Or Symbol of a nation invading? Revelation 9 Locusts in the future
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6-7 2:18 3:2 Whose land is this? Who owns the contents? II Chronicles 7: 18-22
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1: 8-12 Dried up Withered Destroyed Surely the joy of mankind is withered away
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:13-20 Offerings withheld Day of the L ORD = destruction No joy in Temple Food cut off No seeds, no grain Livestock suffering Wildfires Drought
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:15 Day of the L ORD coming like destruction from the Almighty Isaiah 13 Ezekiel 30: 1-4 Zephaniah 1: II Peter 3: 10
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 1-11 Day of the L ORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Large & mighty army Devouring fire Nothing escapes Like cavalry in battle Nations in anguish Like thieves they enter Day of the L ORD = dreadful
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 1-2, Day of the L ORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Day of the L ORD = great, dreadful Who can endure it? Matthew 24: 29 Isaiah 34: 4 Revelation 6: Revelation 8: 5
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 11 Day of the L ORD Who can endure it? Amos 5: 18 Why do you long for it?
Joel Rebellion & Return Luke 21: Revelation 3: 10 Day of the L ORD Is there a way out? Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath I Thessalonians 1:10 I Thessalonians 5: 1-6
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: Even now…return to Me Return to Me and I will return to you Zechariah 1: 3 Deuteronomy 4: 25-31
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: Rend your heart & return Gracious Compassionate Slow to anger Abounding in love Relents from sending calamity Blessing used for…?
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: Assemble everyone Spare your people Protect your inheritance Why should they say “Where is their God?”
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 17 Your inheritance: - An object of scorn - A byword among the nations Why should they say “Where is their God?” I Kings 9: 6-9 Psalms 44: 9-14
Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 17 The land of Israel, the people of Israel - An object of scorn, a byword Why should they say “Where is their God?” Ezekiel 36