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Joel 1:1-2:17 Joel 2:18-3:21

Mt EbalMt Ebal

Disobedience = Disobedience = CursesCurses

Mt GerizimMt Gerizim

Obedience = Obedience = BlessingsBlessings

Deuteronomy 27-28

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HWHY HWHY YHWHYHWH

HaShemHaShemG_dG_d

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Yow’eelYow’eel

YAHWEH ‘EelYAHWEH ‘Eel

The LThe LORDORD is is GodGod

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Joel 1:1-12

Plague of locustsWake up!A nation has invaded My landMy vines, My fig treesMournOfferings cut offFields are ruinedDespairJoy is withered away


Joel 1:6 2:4-5

Actual plague of locusts?Or

Symbol of a nation invading?

Revelation 9

Locusts in the future


Joel 1:6-7 2:18 3:2

Whose land is this?Who owns the contents?

II Chronicles 7: 18-22


Joel 1: 8-12

Dried upWitheredDestroyed

Surely the joy of mankind is withered awaySurely the joy of mankind is withered away


Joel 1:13-20

Offerings withheldDay of the LORD = destructionNo joy in TempleFood cut offNo seeds, no grainLivestock sufferingWildfiresDrought


Joel 1:15

Day of the LORD coming like destruction

from the AlmightyIsaiah 13Ezekiel 30: 1-4Zephaniah 1: 14-18II Peter 3: 10


Joel 2: 1-11

Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom,blackness, clouds

Large & mighty armyDevouring fireNothing escapesLike cavalry in battleNations in anguishLike thieves they enterDay of the LORD = dreadful


Joel 2: 1-2, 10-11

Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom,blackness, clouds

Day of the LORD = great, dreadful

Who can endure it?Matthew 24: 29Isaiah 34: 4Revelation 6: 12-14Revelation 8: 5


Joel 2: 11

Day of the LORD

Who can endure it?

Amos 5: 18

Why do you long for it?


Luke 21: 34-36Revelation 3: 10

Day of the LORD

Is there a way out?

Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath I Thessalonians

1:10I Thessalonians 5: 1-6


Joel 2: 12-17

Even now…return to Me

Return to Me and I will return to you

Zechariah 1: 3

Deuteronomy 4: 25-31


Joel 2: 13-14

Rend your heart & return

Gracious CompassionateSlow to angerAbounding in loveRelents from sending calamityBlessing used for…?


Joel 2: 15-17

Assemble everyone

Spare your peopleProtect your inheritance

Why should they say“Where is their God?”


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: 6-9Psalms 44: 9-14


Joel 2: 17

The land of Israel, the people of Israel

- An object of scorn, a bywordWhy should they say “Where is their God?”

Ezekiel 36

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Joel 2: 18

- out of jealousy for His land- out of pity for His people

Never Never againagain……

A restoration will come - The people to the landThe land to the people

Joel 2: 19 & Amos 9: 11-15


Joel 2: 20

An army from the north

Driven to the SeasStench of the dead

Gog & Magog Ezekiel 38 &

39


Joel 2: 21-27

Return & RestorationBountiful landAbundant showersOverflowing grain & wineAnd you will…And never again…


Joel 2: 26-27

Return & Restoration

You will praisenever

again…You will know…

never again…

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