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Joel. Rebellion & Return. The Day of the L ORD. Joel. Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer. Joel 1:1-2:17. Joel 2:18-3:21. Mt Ebal Disobedience = Curses Mt Gerizim Obedience = Blessings. Deuteronomy 27-28. Joel. The day of the L ORD HWHY
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Joel Rebellion & Return The Day of the LORD
Joel Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer Joel 1:1-2:17 Joel 2:18-3:21
Mt Ebal Disobedience = Curses Mt Gerizim Obedience = Blessings Deuteronomy 27-28
Joel The day of the LORD HWHY YHWH HaShem G_d
Joel Yow’eel YAHWEH ‘Eel The LORD is God
Joel Plague of locusts Wake up! A nation has invaded My landMy vines, My fig treesMourn Offerings cut off Fields are ruined Despair Joy is withered away Rebellion & Return Joel 1:1-12
Joel Actual plague of locusts? Or Symbol of a nation invading? Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6 2:4-5 Locusts in the future Revelation 9
Joel Whose land is this? Who owns the contents? Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6-7 2:18 3:2 II Chronicles 7: 18-22
Joel Dried up Withered Destroyed Rebellion & Return Surely the joy of mankind is withered away Joel 1: 8-12
Joel Offerings withheld Day of the LORD = destruction No joy in Temple Food cut offNo seeds, no grain Livestock suffering Wildfires Drought Rebellion & Return Joel 1:13-20
Joel Day of the LORD coming like destruction from the Almighty Rebellion & Return Isaiah 13 Ezekiel 30: 1-4 Zephaniah 1: 14-18 II Peter 3: 10 Joel 1:15
Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Large & mighty army Devouring fireNothing escapes Like cavalry in battle Nations in anguish Like thieves they enter Day of the LORD = dreadful Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 1-11
Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Day of the LORD = great, dreadful Joel Who can endure it? Rebellion & Return Matthew 24: 29 Isaiah 34: 4 Revelation 6: 12-14 Revelation 8: 5 Joel 2: 1-2, 10-11
Day of the LORD Joel Who can endure it? Joel 2: 11 Rebellion & Return Why do you long for it? Amos 5: 18
Day of the LORD Joel Is there a way out? Luke 21: 34-36 Revelation 3: 10 Rebellion & Return Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath I Thessalonians 1:10 I Thessalonians 5: 1-6
Joel Even now…return to Me Joel 2: 12-17 Deuteronomy 4: 25-31 Rebellion & Return Return to Me and I will return to you Zechariah 1: 3
Joel Rend your heart & return Joel 2: 13-14 Gracious Compassionate Slow to anger Abounding in love Relents from sending calamity Blessing used for…? Rebellion & Return
Joel Assemble everyone Spare your people Protect your inheritance Rebellion & Return Why should they say “Where is their God?” Joel 2: 15-17
Your inheritance: Joel • An object of scorn • A byword among the nations Joel 2: 17 Rebellion & Return I Kings 9: 6-9 Psalms 44: 9-14 Why should they say “Where is their God?”
The land of Israel, the people of Israel Joel Ezekiel 36 Rebellion & Return • An object of scorn, a byword Joel 2: 17 Why should they say “Where is their God?”
Joel Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer Joel 1:1-2:17 Joel 2:18-3:21
out of jealousy for His land • out of pity for His people Joel Joel 2: 18 A restoration will come - The people to the land The land to the people Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 19 & Amos 9: 11-15 Never again…
Joel An army from the north Driven to the Seas Stench of the dead Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 20 Gog & Magog Ezekiel 38 & 39
Joel Return & Restoration Bountiful land Abundant showers Overflowing grain & wine And you will… And never again… Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 21-27
Joel Return & Restoration You will praise never again… You will know… never again… Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 26-27