Joel 1 - Introduction

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 with the correct person or event of column two.

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Jehoiada

Pethuel

Joash

Mt. Zion

Valley of Jehoshaphat

high priest

Joel

trumpet

Tyre

pour out my spirit

locusts

boy king

Jerusalem

judgment

Pentecost

Jehovah is God

Athaliah

my army

shophar

queen

Joel's father

city of Phoenicia

MEMORIZATIONS

Fill in the blanks:

Yet even now, saith Jehovah, _____ ye unto me with all your _____, and with _____, and with weeping, and with _____: and _____ your heart, and not your garments, and _____ unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and _____, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and _____ him of the evil. Who knoweth whether he will not _____ and _____, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
And it shall come to pass _____, that I will pour out my _____ upon all _____; and your sons and your _____ shall prophesy, your old men shall ______ ______, your young men shall see _____:
And I will show _____ in the heavens and in the earth: _____, and fire, and pillars of _____. The sun shall be turned into _____, and the moon into _____, before the great and terrible day of _____cometh, And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be _____; for in mount _____ and in Jerusalem there shall be those that _____, as Jehovah hath said, and among the _____ those whom Jehovah doth call.

CONTEMPLATIONS

1.

What was Joel's interpretation of the meaning of the locust plague?

2.

What does his interpretation mean to our concept of God and history?

3.

Name the things the people were instructed to do to show their repentance,

4.

What is the meaning of the terrifying figure or picture Joel gives of the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood?

5.

Is the valley of Jehoshaphat a place where a literal judgment will be made or does it stand as a figurative-' representation of God judging the nations in Christ? Prove it!

6.

Why does Joel reverse the saying of Isaiah when he says, Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears?

7.

Have strangers ever passed through Jerusalem since the time of Joelwill Jerusalem be inhabited forever?