Tag: Zion
The Day of Vengeance: Isaiah 34 Part One: Warning!
God warned the nations, that the day of vengeance is coming. In this chapter, Isaiah describes what he calls “the day of vengeance.” That is the day of judgment that the world has been warned about for thousands of years. That day will be a day of graphic content, bloody swords, rotting corpses, and rivers…
Children of Israel: Joel 3:16-21 Will they survive prophecy?
The Children of Israel have many enemies The children of Israel will survive despite the relentless efforts of their sworn enemies. I’ve had the privilege of teaching stories about the Children of Israel to thousands of children. A common response from those young learners is for them to imagine lots of little children marching through…
Armageddon Joel 3:9-16 God accepts challenge of false gods
The Final Showdown of Armageddon: Armageddon is going to be “God versus the nations” In the last chapter of Joel, the Lord calls for the war of Armageddon to begin. This is literally the war-to-end-all-wars. Many have heard the word used so often it has lost its sense of impending doom and destruction. As we…
Blow The Trumpet in Zion: Joel 2:1-11 The day of the Lord!
Blow The Trumpet in Zion. A day of darkness is coming The second chapter of Joel begins with a reference to the name Zion so we should try to understand its meaning. We’ve heard the word but do we understand the biblical meaning? Questions we might ask are; “Where is the city of Zion, what…
