Joel 3 - Introduction

Saved Out Of Troubles

-- Joel Three --

Not only would God bring His judgment upon Israel and Judah but the nations or Gentiles would also be judged. God promised to restore Judah and to bring those nations into the valley of Jehoshphat for judgment. The valley of Jehoshphat was "Judgment Valley." God was concerned about the restoration of His land and His people.

The people of God had been scattered among the nations. There they had been mistreated in a horrible way. They had "given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine." (Joel 3:3) Now these nations will bear the consequences of their wicked treatment of God's people. They had plundered and destroyed the land and had sold God's people as slaves. The nations would now reap what they had sown against the people of God. God's unchangeable law says, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7) The nations will now reap the result of their past sowing.

The nations would become enslaved, but God would save His people out of trouble. God would save Judah from captivity, return them to their land and allow them to dwell in rest and peace. True rest and peace comes to those that serve the Prince of peace. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)