EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. What did the Day of Jehovah mean to the people of Joel's day? What does it mean to you? 2. Who was Joel? and what about his literary style? 3. What is Joel's contribution to the Messianic prophecies? ASSOCIATIONS Associate the persons or events of column one wi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXCLAIMER OF REPENTANCEGOD'S PROPHET TEXT: Joel 1:1-3 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your ch... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXTENT OF THE PLEA FOR REPENTANCE; VIVID, ARRESTING TEXT: Joel 1:4-12 4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXTENT. VIVID, ARRESTING (cont-'d) TEXT: Joel 1:13-20 13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.... [ Continue Reading ]