Category: Book of Joel
The Book of Joel: A video summary of the Day of the Lord
Book of Joel: a video review and related articles. This post highlights the Book of Joel and features a short video created and presented by The Bible Project. The book is one of the minor prophets. Altogether, the minor prophets consist of twelve books. And because of that, they were once known as “The Book…
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…
Valley of Decision: Joel 3:1-8 The Lord brings the nations
Joel 3:1-8 God will bring the nations into the Valley of Decision? The decision to follow God or choose a different path falls on each individual. For now anyway. God graciously granted Adam, Eve, and all their descendants the freedom to choose at the time and manner they feel is best. The options are plentiful and attractive…
Wonders in the Heavens: Joel 2: Sun 2 darkness, moon 2 blood
Wonders in the Heavens: Before the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord What are the ‘wonders in the heavens,‘ the Bible refers to in the last days? In the Book of Joel, we are told the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before the Lord returns. Has this already…
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…
Joel Chapter One: The Day of The Lord is at Hand!
The Day of the Lord is at hand, And Israel had the grasshoppers to prove it. The Book of Joel is very short but is an important prophecy book. It is filled with apocalyptic imagery and phrases, recording historical events over two thousand years ago and pointing to the future Day of The Lord, just…
